QNAP TVS-675 NAS (Network Attached Storage) is powered by Zhaoxin x86 processor

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Intel and AMD aren’t the only companies making x86 processors. A Chinese organization called Zhaoxin has been designing its own x86 chips for a few years.

Until recently, these chips were only available in computers designed for the Chinese market. But now, network storage company QNAP has introduced a Zhaoxin KaiXian KX-U6580 8-core processor-powered NAS device called the QNAP TVS-675, and it should be available worldwide.

The TVS-675 includes six bays for hard drives or SSD storage, two M.2 2280 slots for SATA or NVMe drives, and two PCIe 3.0 x4 slots for storage, networking or other expansion cards. There is also an HDMI 2.0 port with support for 4K / 60Hz output to a TV or monitor.

QNAP hasn’t announced pricing yet, but while QNAP makes hardware for home and business users, the TVS-675 is aimed at small businesses. So don’t expect it to be particularly cheap.

Still, it’s interesting hardware because it’s one of the first devices powered by a Zhaoxin processor to hit the market for customers outside of China. And although the TVS-675 is positioned as a network attached storage device, like most modern NAS hardware, it is essentially a computer with a specialized operating system (Linux based) and supporting many storages.

QNAP typically uses ARM or Intel Celeron processors for its entry-level devices, and AMD Ryzen or Intel Core or Xeon chips for more expensive and better-performing products. But the TVS-675 is something a little different.

With 2.5GHz ZhaoXin KX-U6580 64-bit octa-core processor and ZhaoXin C-960 graphics card, the computer supports hardware-accelerated video transcoding and AES-NI encryption. It comes with 8GB of DDR4 memory, but supports up to 64GB in total.

In terms of overall performance, however, the chip isn’t exactly a speed demon. I haven’t seen a lot of actual performance reviews, but according to Passmark, it offers similar multi-core performance to a previous generation Intel Celeron J4105 quad-core processor, but lags behind this low-power Celeron chip in single-core scores.

Most likely, QNAP developed the TVS-675 for the Chinese market, where the government encourages businesses and government agencies to use local technologies, but the company has decided to make the equipment available worldwide in case customers elsewhere would be interested.

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