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Chinese-made Loongson 3A6000 CPU makes a debut in $387 mini PC
By Roshan Ashraf Shaikh published
Loongson 3A6000 CPUs are likely to be used in notebooks, PCs and motherboards.
Chinese chipmaker gains traction replacing American processors - Longsoon ships 10,000 chips into schools
By Anton Shilov published
China's schools adopt Loongson processors as the country transits away from foreign CPUs.
Chinese chipmaker tapes out 16-core DragonChain-powered CPU, 64-core coming
By Anton Shilov published
Loongson tapes out the 16-core/32-thread LS 3C6000 CPU, preps 32-core and 64-core processors.
China's top AI accelerator and CPU designers are bleeding tens of millions despite government subsidies
By Anton Shilov published
Chinese AI accelerator and CPU developers lose tens of millions of dollars in 2023.
New Chinese GPGPU arrives to challenge Nvidia's AI dominance but falls woefully short
By Anton Shilov published
Loongson goes after scientific and AI computing with the LG200 'GPGPU' that promises up to 1 TFLOPS performance per node.
New Chinese Loongsoon chip matches Intel's 14600K in IPC tests
By Mark Tyson published
Loongson’s 3A6000 CPU is ready for prime time, and it has announced PC partners including a new Asus motherboard. The Chinese chip’s performance is similar to Intel’s Core i3-10100 CPU.
Russia pivots to Chinese CPUs that aren't subject to US sanctions — Russia's homegrown Linux-based Alt OS now supports Chinese LoongArch chips
By Anton Shilov published
Russian Alt Linux ported to Loongson's LoongArch64 architecture to properly support LS5000 and LS6000 processors.
Chinese Loongson CPU Takes on AMD's Zen 3 in Benchmarks
By Aaron Klotz published
An independent review of the Loongson 3A6000 has cropped up, confirming that the chip features Comet Lake-like performance with an IPC rate akin to AMD's Zen 3 chips.
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