According to the Voice of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the recent good news from China's domestic chips, Loongson Zhongke Technology Co., Ltd. completed the development of Loongson 3C5000 server CPU, according to acceptance, Loongson 3C5000 CPU internal integration of 16 high-performance Loongson LA464 processor core, its comprehensive performance is close to the level of mainstream server CPU products on the market, can meet the performance needs of cloud computing, data centers.
Loongson 3C5000, domestic chips to go further
Loongson Zhongke was founded in 2010, is jointly led by the Beijing government and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the purpose is to develop the Chinese Academy of Sciences Computing Institute of Loongson processor market operation, Loongson processor has been 20 years, its main CPU products in the energy, transportation, finance, education and other industries have been widely used.
The Loongson 3C5000, which was born this time, has realized the characteristics of full autonomy, advanced technology and compatible ecology, including nearly 2,000 instructions.
Previously, loongson Zhongke released 3A5000 CPU, as a desktop-level CPU, the performance is close to the mainstream x86 products in the market, and the Loongson processor in addition to the CPU core is a self-developed accident, there are GPU cores, memory controllers and PHY, high-speed IO interface controllers and PHY and other hundreds of ip are independently developed, is the light of domestic chips.
The dilemma and status quo faced by domestic chips
We all know that THE CPU is the field with the highest technical barriers and ecological barriers in the chip. In the global computer field, the CPU commercial market is basically occupied by Intel and AMD, and we have almost no dominance in this field. Coupled with the fact that the domestic CPU market share is too small and the popularity is not enough, the promotion of domestic CPU is very difficult.
From the price point of view, the average user will feel that there is still a gap between the domestic CPU than Intel and ADM, then their price should also be cheaper than these products, but in fact, due to the small audience of domestic chip CPU, most users do not pay, sales are low, research and development costs are placed there, and the cost of each CPU is not low, not counting the channel fee and additional expenses such as storage and transportation.
For Intel and AMD, millions of sales are often more than one million, which leads to the price of today's domestic CPUs even higher than these foreign CPU products. The cost of domestic CPUs is difficult to reduce, when the cost can not be reduced, the performance is not as good as similar foreign products, ordinary consumers will not support.
Fortunately, today's domestic CPU began to break this ecosystem, Loongson also began to compatibility mode, can run some Windows programs, the future with Loongson can run more and more programs, the market will also have a place in Loongson, however, through the market to drive the iteration and development of domestic CPU technology, this will be a long process, not overnight can be solved.