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China's 64bit Homegrown CPU

Posted by michael on from the enter-the-dragon dept.

An anonymous reader writes: "EE Times is reporting on China's BLX IC Design Corp nearing the completion of their first 64-bit CPU. Based on the MIPS instruction set the 500-MHz Godson-2 microprocessor is aimed toward distributed grid computing. To avoid MIPS patent issues, several instructions (unaligned loads and storeds in the 32 bit version) have not been implemented but with the support of over 60 software providers such as Red Flag Linux and the ability to tweak compilers to not use these instructions this should not be a problem. The Godson-1 processor (also patent free) was announced last year and was aimed at the embedded market." The Godson processor line has generally been called Dragon by the Western press.

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  1. Pff. by grub · · Score: 3, Funny


    64 bits? Maybe now someone will actually be able to calculate how much tea is meant when someone says "..all the tea in China".

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    1. Re:Pff. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      thats japan you spastic

    2. Re:Pff. by Cumstien · · Score: 2, Funny

      To really prove its power, the chip would have to demonstrate that it has "all the tea in China" and "none of the tea in China" at the same time.

      That and someone would have to write a bunch of 64 bit software.

  2. Re:Wow... by Subotai · · Score: 2, Funny

    Actually that is just a nasty rumor to keep all the riff-raff out.

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  3. Re:The beginning by Un+pobre+guey · · Score: 2, Funny
    Note this in your dairy

    I'm putting it between the soy milk and the mango lassi.

  4. FINALLY... by cygnus · · Score: 3, Funny

    now we FINALLY know what the next PowerMac will run on. :)

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  5. Longxin? English? by lwbecker2 · · Score: 2, Funny

    "...The chip is dubbed Godson-2 and is the follow-on to a 32-bit, 266-MHz version released last year that is aimed at the embedded systems market.
    ...snip...
    Godson-2, which has also been translated into English as Dragon or Longxin, has already been prototyped. "

    uh... since when is "Longxin" English? no entry in the Dictionary

  6. Yeah, but can you build a... by HarveyBirdman · · Score: 5, Funny
    ... Beowurf cruster out of them?

    Oh, my goodness. I'm so sorry!

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  7. Marketing Literature by nick_davison · · Score: 2, Funny

    GODSON-2, now 50%* faster at performing miracles than our original GODSON-1 (Jesus) line without the overheating issues associated with the FIRSTANGEL (Lucifer) series.

    Note: 50% speed improvement is valid. PhilosopherMark2003 does not take in to account issues that need to be addressed in the new millenium and therefore produces unbalanced results in favor of BhuddaTechnologies's processor line.