China finally stands up to Intel and AMD with its Loongson processor

The processors we know for desktop devices are generally always the same, those manufactured Inteland those he makes AMD, but it is possible that another competitor has emerged for these two companies. And he appeared in China a processor capable of matching the CIB what architectures offer AMD Zen 4 e Intel Raptor Lakebeing a very important step forward for the Eastern country, the Loongson 3A6000.

China has been trying for a long time to create a processor that matches what companies can offer us Intel Yes AMD, although until now they had only managed to match the most basic architectures of these two companies. The creation of Loongson

3A6000 This allows the Asian giant to begin its journey to develop processors that end up matching in power and compatibility those we currently have from the two American companies that manufacture CPU.

The Loongson 3A6000 processor, the new Chinese cre ation

As we have clearly indicated, this processor is really a superior version to those that have existed until now of this model, since obviously a CPU is not created overnight, there is a long way to get to this point. But what must be emphasized is that it is a processor capable of matching architectures that offer both Intel as AMD In CIB (instructions per cycle), although it is not as powerful as those that can be found in the two American companies, since apart from these data it is worse in the rest of the characteristics.

This new development could eventually lead to China

at the forefront of CPUs, since as is well known, a large number of foundries are beginning to be created to manufacture microchips in this country. And if we combine the creation of semiconductors with the development of new processors independent of those developed in States Joinedwe can then see that there could come a time when the Eastern country will have its own general trade related to hardware, which would imply greater competitiveness compared to the American country, as well as an extremely large independence in terms of technology.

What he offers

This processor is based on the architecture Loong Arch of 12nm and contains a total of 4 hearts with a frequency of 2.5GHzalso contains 8 wires and thermal design power that supports up to 50W. At first glance, we see that the processor is not extremely powerful, since in the end it is a model that has nothing to do with those we currently have. Intel Yes AMDsince these two companies overcame the 12nm barrier a long time ago, and this is ultimately one of the key factors that allows us to offer greater power in a CPU.

As for the other specifications, we see that they are also insufficient, because they offer 256 KB of hidden L2 Yes 16 MB of hidden L3In addition, it only allows you to install memories RAM DDR4-3200, we can therefore assure that it is a little behind those made in the United States. But all this can improve with the new version they are developing, the 3A7000what should be 7nmallowing us to shorten the distance a little in terms of distance with the rest of the processors.