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MemryX MX3

MemryX

Edge AI accelerator from MemryX in the United States, built on a dataflow architecture where each MX3 chip provides about 6 TOPS and an M.2 2280 M-key module packs four of them for up to 24 TOPS at roughly 6 to 8 watts with passive cooling. It connects over PCIe Gen3 and supports 4, 8 and 16-bit weights alongside BFloat16, with no model-zoo lock-in.

The openness axis weighs public datasheets and several released runtime and driver repositories against a closed compiler core. Verified 2026-08-13 via the M.2 datasheet, the MxAccl repository and Tom's Hardware's launch coverage.

Openness

3 high confidence
3.0
schematics
none
toolchain
partial (open runtime (MxAccl) + utils + driver mirror, closed NeuralCompiler)
datasheets
public
blobs
required (proprietary silicon)
retail
open_market (Amazon/Mouser ~$149)

Proprietary dataflow silicon with public datasheets, retail availability, and several open source runtime/driver repos, though the compiler core is closed.

Adoption

3 medium confidence
3.0

Low-cost retail availability (Amazon, Mouser), independent reviews, a 2025 industry award and an active GitHub org point to growing but emerging traction. Tom's Hardware's launch coverage puts the module at $149 but names no distributor, so the Amazon and Mouser half of that availability is not confirmable from any source cited here.

Capability

3 high confidence
3.0

Moderate throughput with flexible precision, but on-chip parameter capacity caps deployable model size. The M.2 datasheet no longer carries a TOPS figure, a data-format list or a parameter-capacity number at all - its specification table is now system, electrical, mechanical, environmental and compliance only. The throughput half of the recorded value rests instead on the launch coverage, which reads "Each MX3 chip is said to deliver 6 TOPS ... offering a total of up to 24 TOPS" and "particularly those optimized for 8-bit weights". The 4/8/16-bit plus BFloat16 format list and the ~42M-parameter capacity are supported by no source cited here. The band holds - 24 TOPS still sits above the 6 TOPS SBCs and below the Jetson Orin line.

Verified 2026-08-13