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Kendryte

Kendryte is a RISC-V-based edge AIoT chip and developer platform brand offering the K230, K230D, K210 and K510 SoCs along with SDKs, development boards and an online model training platform.

Last updated September 16, 2026

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Overview

Kendryte is a developer-facing brand centered on RISC-V AIoT SoCs for edge AI. Its product line spans the flagship K230 AI SoC, the compact K230D with integrated 128MB LPDDR4 memory, the entry-level K210, and the K510 high-precision edge inference chip. The brand also provides open-source hardware and software resources, an active developer community, downloadable pretrained models, a one-stop cloud model training platform, and learning courses. K230 is described as commercially deployed at scale across areas such as robot interaction, industrial quality inspection, smart agriculture, smart power and smart education.

History

Kendryte presents itself as a developer community and product brand for RISC-V edge AI. Its product center lists the K230, K230D, K210 and K510 chips, describing K230 as a flagship AI SoC, K230D as a compact package with integrated 128MB LPDDR4 memory, K210 as an entry-level classic, and K510 as a fully open high-precision edge inference chip with dual-core RISC-V CPU and the in-house KPU2.0 AI accelerator. The brand also lists numerous third-party development boards built around its chips and offers SDKs including CanMV K230 (MicroPython-based) and a Linux SDK in C/C++.

Products and positioning

Open RISC-V AIoT SoC and developer ecosystem for edge AI, from entry level to industrial applications.

  • K230

    Flagship AI SoC based on RISC-V architecture, described as a truly open RISC-V AIoT SoC with 4K high definition, multi-channel parallel input and strong compute, suited to applications from edge AI to industrial gateways.

  • K230D

    Compact-package SoC with integrated 128MB LPDDR4 memory and low-power design, suited to small embedded AI applications; inference capability under typical networks reaches 13.7 times that of K210.

  • K210

    Entry-level classic chip using RISC-V processor architecture, with features described as audio-visual integration, proprietary IP cores and strong programmability.

  • K510

    Fully open high-precision edge AI inference chip with dual-core RISC-V CPU and the in-house KPU2.0 AI accelerator, supporting Linux and RISC-V P extension, with triple high-definition cameras.

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