Chips and edge compute

Rockchip RK3588

China

The budget workhorse of physical AI: its modest 6-TOPS NPU plus strong CPU/GPU make it the default brain of countless AMRs, robot dev boards and Chinese robotics products where a Jetson would be overkill.

Updated 2026-07-09 · Last verified 2026-07-09

VendorRockchip
CountryCN
TypeSoC
AI perf6 TOPS (3-core NPU; ~2 TOPS/core; supports INT4/INT8/INT16/BF16/TF32; optimized for INT8)
AvailabilityGA since 2022; massive installed base across robot controllers and SBCs
MemoryExternal LPDDR4/4x/LPDDR5 (board-dependent)
Form factorSoC (8x Cortex-A76/A55 + Mali-G610); ubiquitous on SBCs, SMARC and robot control boards; -40 to +85 C industrial variants
ApplicationsAMR, vision, education robots, industrial
Used byTheobroma Systems JAGUAR mobile-robot computer, Dusun IoT AGV/AMR controllers

Sources : TinyComputers.io (2026-07-09)Dusun IoT (2026-07-09)Robotics 24/7 (2026-07-09)

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Christian Verbrugge

Christian Verbrugge · D·Fairy

Bringing a physical AI solution into European industry?

15 years at KUKA on automotive OEM programs (€100M), now focused on edge AI and autonomous agents. I support robotics and embodied AI companies on their EMEA market entry: OEM and Tier 1 access, co-funded pilots, AI Act readiness.

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