Lenovo laptop with Chinese processor. Kaitian N7 reached for the Zhaoxin CPU

A few years ago, well-known laptop manufacturers on the market had a choice of either an AMD or Intel processor. Recently, works based on the Arm architecture have been added to this mix, but as Kaitian N7 proves, i.e. a Lenovo laptop with a Chinese processor, it is a matter of time until the architecture loses a bit to competing solutions.

Kaitian N7, is a unique laptop from Lenovo with a Chinese processor, using a quad-core processor from Zhaoxin

The Lenovo Kaitian N7 laptop is clearly an experiment for the company. It uses not only the unusual Chinese KaiXian KX-6600MA4 processor based on the LuJiaZui microarchitecture made in TSMC 16 nm technology, but also developed by Lenovo SoC, supporting system-specific functions like light detection, lid opening, fast charging, power bank mode or control saving energy. Apparently, SoC also relieves the processor from some tasks set by the operating system.

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This SoC may be crucial, because the Zhaoxin quad-core processor is definitely not a technological masterpiece, looking at the company’s chip tests and the 16-nm technological process itself. This definitely affected work on a single charge, because the 61-Wh battery provides only work up to 6 hours. Lenovo clearly wanted to create the Kaitian N7 model based on technology available only in China.

The rest of the Kaitian N7 specification includes a 14-inch 2.2K display, Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5 support, a fingerprint reader, 16GB DDR4 memory, and a 512GB NVMe SSD. Regarding the capabilities and therefore the performance of this 1.29 kg notebook with a thickness of 14.6 mm, unfortunately we have nothing to say.