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China’s Loongson launches homegrown 16-core 3C3000 server CPU built on LoongArch
By Etiido Uko Published
Loongson has announced the 3C3000, a 16-core LoongArch server CPU with DDR4 ECC, 32 PCIe lanes, 40W typical power, and performance claimed to match the earlier 3C5000.

11-month old Russian outfit claims it has developed 16-core and 32-core chips, flaunts Cyrillic-badged chips
By Anton Shilov Last updated
Russia-based Tramplin Electronics obtains samples of Loongson's LS3C6000 processors with Cyrillic inscriptions, claims these are its own CPUs.

China-made Loongson 12-core chip is approximately three times slower than six-core Ryzen 5 9600X
By Aaron Klotz Published
One of Loongson's 12-core CPUs has been benchmarked by Phoronix. The Linux outlet discovered the chip is three times slower on average than AMD's latest six-core CPU the Ryzen 5 9600X.

China's entry-level GPU with AMD RX 550-level of performance is ready for tapeout
By Zhiye Liu Published
Chinese manufacturer Loongson Technology has completed development on the company's 9A1000 graphics card, and it's ready for tapeout.

New homegrown China server chips unveiled with impressive specs
By Aaron Klotz Published
Loongson has finally released its 64-core 3C6000 data center CPU, featuring CPU performance equivalent to 2023 Intel and AMD data center processors such as the Xeon 8380.

Chinese chip giants say they don't care about U.S. tariffs — many don't sell to the U.S. anyway due to existing sanctions
By Anton Shilov Published
They do not care.

Chinese chipmaker claims new Loongson 3B6600 CPU could hit 13th-Gen Intel performance
By Jowi Morales Published
Loongson claims that its 3B6600 CPU will have the same performance as 13th-gen Intel chips.

Chinese desktop PC chipmaker Loongson now has chips running the Tiangong Space Station
By Hassam Nasir Published
Loongson's chips are now available in space - powering computations on the Tiangong Space Station.
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