Milk-V Titan: A $329 8-Core 64-bit RISC-V mini-ITX board with PCIe Gen4x16

Summary

We first noted the UltraRISC UR-DP1000-powered Milk-V Titan mini-ITX motherboard when we wrote an article about three high-performance RISC-V processors to watch in H2 2025. There have been some delays, as there often are, but the Titan board finally appears to be in stock, so it’s probably a good time to have a closer look. Powered by a 2 GHz UR-DP1000 octa-core RISC-V CPU, the Titan mini-ITX motherboard supports up to 64GB DIMM memory and M.2 NVMe storage (PCIe Gen4 x4), and features a PCIe Gen4 x16 slot for a graphics card or other expansion, Gigabit Ethernet, four USB 3.0 ports, a BMC, and more. Milk-V Titan specifications: CPU – UltraRISC UR-DP1000 8x 64-bit RISC-V UR-CP100 “RV64GCBHX” cores up to 2.0 GHz Two 4x core cluster design with 4MB L3 cache each, and a total of 16MB cache. Fully RVA22 compliant, and “Compliant with RVA23 excluding V extension.” Supports Hardware Virtualization, RISC-V RV64 ISA H(v1.0) Extension Memory – Up to 64GB at 3200 MT/s via 2x DDR4 DIMM slots; ECC support Storage – M.2 NVMe SSD via M.2 M-Key (PCIe Gen4 x4) socket Networking – Gigabit Ethernet RJ45 port USB 4x USB 3.0 Type-A ports (5 Gbps) 1x USB 2.0 via front USB header 1x USB Type-C debug port Expansion PCIe 4.0 x16 slot (with PCIe 4.0 x16 signalling) for graphics cards or computing cards M.2 Key-M socket (PCIe Gen4 x4) for NVMe SSD BMC 100Mbps RJ45 port for remote control USB 2.0 Type-A port for BMC Storage USB Type-C port Debugging 3-pin UART for the CPU USB Type-C Debug connector Misc Power, Reset, BMC, Reset, BMC Boot buttons Front panel header for Power Button / Reset Button / Status LED / Power LED PWM fan connector RTC battery socket (CR1220) Power Supply 12V DC via 5.5/2.5mm power barrel jack 24-pin ATX power connector Power Consumption (no peripherals, 64GB DDR4, 128GB SSD) Idle – ~14W (12V/1.2A) Full load – ~30W (12V/2.5A) Dimensions – 170 x 170 mm (mini-ITX form factor) Compliance – FCC/CE We’ll notice there’s no video output, and users will need to add a graphics ca...