The formal name of the dragon chip is Godson. It is not x86 compliant but MIPS III compliant. The specification is very rough, 0.18um CMOS, 8k data cache and 8k instruction cache, 32 bit integral WORD and 64 bit float WORD. According to the news report, it has some unique character such as buffer overflow protection. The stated performance is ambiguious. One artical said at 12.5Mhz, the integral performance is roughly about half of a 486/50, and the float performance is equal to a 486/50. In the news website, they said it is about a PII. But in the formal report issued by the Chinese Academy of Science and Technology, they claimed at 200Mhz, its performance is about a 180Mhz MIPS R5000 (maybe dual cpu)SGI O2. The highest frequency is 266Mhz. After one year preparation, it will be put into production. I suppose it can't be seen in the retail market and the biggest buyer is surely the Chinese government.
Dragon is the totem of Chinese. In the far east, the image of dragon is totally different from that in the western. It has the antler of deer, the claw of crocodile, a snake-like body, a pair of bull's eye. Some anthropogists indicate the image of dragon reflects that Chinese was formed through integration of different tribes in the early history. For thousand of years, dragon was used to refer to Chineses race by themselves. But in their own country, dragon is used to refer to Emperors, or those very eminent figures. A Chinese proverb "All parents wish their son to be a dragon" just mean this. Another important point is dragon is always male. His wife is Phoenix. So you know in ancient China the robe of Emperor is always decorated with dragons, while the dressing of Queens is embroidered with phoenix. Dragon and Phoenix are not monopolied by the Royal. "Dragon & Phoenix" usually implies a happy marriage.
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The formal name of the dragon chip is Godson. It is not x86 compliant but MIPS III compliant. The specification is very rough, 0.18um CMOS, 8k data cache and 8k instruction cache, 32 bit integral WORD and 64 bit float WORD. According to the news report, it has some unique character such as buffer overflow protection. The stated performance is ambiguious. One artical said at 12.5Mhz, the integral performance is roughly about half of a 486/50, and the float performance is equal to a 486/50. In the news website, they said it is about a PII. But in the formal report issued by the Chinese Academy of Science and Technology, they claimed at 200Mhz, its performance is about a 180Mhz MIPS R5000 (maybe dual cpu)SGI O2. The highest frequency is 266Mhz. After one year preparation, it will be put into production. I suppose it can't be seen in the retail market and the biggest buyer is surely the Chinese government.
Dragon is the totem of Chinese. In the far east, the image of dragon is totally different from that in the western. It has the antler of deer, the claw of crocodile, a snake-like body, a pair of bull's eye. Some anthropogists indicate the image of dragon reflects that Chinese was formed through integration of different tribes in the early history. For thousand of years, dragon was used to refer to Chineses race by themselves. But in their own country, dragon is used to refer to Emperors, or those very eminent figures. A Chinese proverb "All parents wish their son to be a dragon" just mean this.
Another important point is dragon is always male. His wife is Phoenix. So you know in ancient China the robe of Emperor is always decorated with dragons, while the dressing of Queens is embroidered with phoenix. Dragon and Phoenix are not monopolied by the Royal. "Dragon & Phoenix" usually implies a happy marriage.