Sipeed is moving into a market with the MaixStation, which has so far been shaped primarily by NVIDIA and AMD. 128 GB of LPDDR5X, 273 GB/s of memory bandwidth, and a dedicated AI accelerator based on the Axera AX8860P are intended to enable local inference without a traditional high-end GPU. The target price of around 3,999 US dollars makes the concept even more interesting.