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China's Own Chip Gains Momentum
Toward Grid Computing
China's own 64-bit CPU is gaining ground, according to BLX's chief
executive,
David Shen, who says the Dragon CPU, known as Godson-2, has 15 design wins.
The goal is to have a hundred design wins.
The design is roughly based on the MIPS processor, but loose enough to
avoid
royalty payments. Much like China's home-grown 3G air interface TD- SCDMA
avoids royalty payments to Qualcomm. Or so the Chinese hope - it's hard to see
what Western vendors can do when faced with a refusal.
Godson-3 will be a 500MHz part destined for grid computing and other
servers.
China's own Red Flag Linux is one of 60 companies supporting the project.
The People's Republic announced its first DSP last week.
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