RISC-V服务器CPU厂商蓝芯算力完成近20亿元B轮融资，兆易创新等参投，LX500已进联想服务器

Shenzhen-based Blue Core Computing (Shenzhen) Technology has raised nearly CNY2 billion (≈ US$298.7 million) in Series B financing to accelerate production of its RISC-V server processors with integrated AI capabilities. The funding follows the deployment of its LX500 chip in Lenovo servers, advancing China's efforts to develop alternatives to x86 and Arm architectures.

According to ICsmart and PEdaily , existing investors Shenzhen Capital Group, T-Capital, and Longqiu Capital increased their investments. New backers include GigaDevice, Suzhou state-backed funds, Taiping Science and Technology Innovation Fund, Cowin Capital, CCB International, Guangdong Technology Financial Group, and Ubiquant Partners. Proceeds will support RISC-V CPU mass production, heterogeneous AI processor development, and computing solutions for telecom operators, financial institutions, and cloud providers.
Founded in 2023 and headquartered in Shenzhen's Nanshan district, Blue Core Computing develops high-performance RISC-V server processors, combining general-purpose computing and AI inference on a single chip. It maintains research and operations in Beijing, Shanghai, Xi'an, Suzhou, and Hong Kong.
Founder and CEO Shan Lu brings more than 20 years of CPU and system-on-chip design experience. A Tsinghua University graduate with a doctorate from Boston University, he previously worked at Intel, Qualcomm, and ByteDance, where he led RISC-V and server chip projects in San Diego before founding the company in May 2023. CTO Xinxia Jia has 21 years of chip design experience, including positions at HiSilicon and Qualcomm.
LX500 integrates RISC-V computing and AI inference
Blue Core Computing's flagship LX500 combines 48 heterogeneous CPU cores with an integrated AI engine, reducing reliance on separate accelerator cards. Its 32 performance cores handle demanding general-purpose workloads, while 16 efficiency cores manage lighter tasks. The AI engine delivers up to 75TOPS at INT8 precision, supporting INT4, INT8, FP16, and FP32 formats.
The processor also supports RISC-V Vector Extension 1.0 (RVV 1.0), the RVA23 profile, PCIe 5.0 and CXL 2.0 memory expansion. Unified memory management reduces data transfers between processing components, potentially lowering inference latency, power consumption, and deployment costs compared with conventional CPU-plus-accelerator configurations.
The design targets growing inference and workload orchestration requirements associated with agentic AI. Blue Core Computing reports successful inference validation of a quantized trillion-parameter Kimi K2.6 model with a 128K context window and the 35-billion-parameter Qwen3.6-35B, alongside compatibility with DeepSeek and Tencent's Hunyuan models. However, these demonstrations do not establish performance parity with GPU-based systems.
Lenovo server production advances commercialization
The LX500 completed its first tape-out and successfully booted Linux in February 2026. In July, Lenovo's LX500-powered Wentian WR5219 G5 server rolled off the production line at its Hefei facility, marking a significant step towards commercial RISC-V server deployment.
The server has been adapted to China Mobile's BC-LINUX operating system. Blue Core Computing has also formed strategic partnerships with Lenovo, China Mobile, Tencent Cloud, and data center operator VNET Group.
The company reports orders exceeding 200,000 chips from customers including Lenovo, China Mobile, and Tencent Cloud, although actual shipments and recognized revenue remain undisclosed. Lu previously outlined plans for batch testing in China and the US during 2026, targeting large-scale production in 2027.
Beyond hardware, commercial adoption requires operating system compatibility, compiler support, and software optimization. Blue Core Computing began server integration and software adaptation with Lenovo during chip development, seeking to shorten deployment timelines.
Its target applications include telecom virtualization, cloud computing, AI data centers and financial workloads such as risk management, quantitative trading, and feature extraction. Local processing could also help financial institutions retain sensitive data within their infrastructure.
RISC-V expansion hinges on software and scale
RISC-V's open instruction set offers chipmakers greater architectural flexibility than proprietary alternatives, attracting interest beyond embedded devices in AI infrastructure and high-performance computing.
China has strengthened policy support. RISC-V entered national electronic information manufacturing priorities in September 2026, covering processor research, industrialization and applications in AI and embedded systems.
Internationally, Nvidia has announced plans to extend CUDA compatibility to RISC-V processors, while Meta's 2025 acquisition of RISC-V specialist Rivos reflects growing interest in custom processor architectures. Still, broader ecosystem development does not guarantee near-term adoption of RISC-V as a mainstream data center CPU.
For Blue Core Computing, the immediate challenge is converting LX500's technical progress, Lenovo server integration, and reported orders into sustained shipments. Competing with established x86 and Arm platforms will require proven performance, competitive operating costs, and reliable software support. Its planned 2027 production expansion will be an important measure of whether RISC-V can gain a meaningful foothold in commercial AI servers.