CPU/Mobo Chinese-made CPU chip equivalent to Pentium III

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deejay

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China has developed its home-made central processing unit (CPU) chip -- Godson II -- equivalent to Pentium III, announced the Institute of Computing Technology of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in Beijing Monday.
Godson II is China's first 64-bit high-performance processor which supports 64-bit Linux operating system and X-window system.
It has more advantages and functions than Godson I in terms of operating system supporting, Internet surfing and DVD playing, said Wang Chengwei, academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering.
According to tests, the performance of Godson II is 10 times as much as the performance of Godson I. Its maximum frequency is 500 MHz. Its performance is equivalent to Pentium III.
"The authentication committee concluded that Godson II has reached the international level in 2000 and pioneers China's home-made CPU development," said Wang at the press conference in the Great Hall of the People.
At the press conference, the institute also signed a contract with Jiangsu Menglan Group establishing a industrial base to boost the process of developing, mass producing and marketing of Godson CPU chips.
Godson I, developed on September 28, 2002 by the institute, was the first CPU chip of which China has proprietary intellectual property rights.
Source: Peopledaily.com
see also "Progress in developing a novel CPU chip and its production line" at the The Chinese Academy of Sciences Website.
 
Is this the end of intel as a co. that we have known. meaning they would have to rework their business model soon to be competitive. i think they would opt for the easy route of copyrights / intellectual rights management.

This coupled with the recent visit of the chinese premier to Banglore indicates something "BIG" is cooking behind the scenes. (my thoughts really ...)

Given the chinese expertise in mass production i hope to soon see Amd64 class of cpu's at a fraction of the its cost.imagine a cpu of that computing power for around Rs.1200 ~ 1800 (30 ~ 40 usd).

oh well, only time will tell about its success. but anything that benefits the common folks like us or helps in spreading the IT revolution to the masses, by making it cost effective, is good news indeed.
 
Given the chinese expertise in mass production i hope to soon see Amd64 class of cpu's at a fraction of the its cost.imagine a cpu of that computing power for around Rs.1200 ~ 1800 (30 ~ 40 usd).
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But its yet 500 mhz only slow even for office applications. Also Deejay Intel has shown a growth in Profits wehereas AMD has not even able to break even in its CPU business. Trust me an inferior product with a better marketing team > a better product with a small marketing budget.
 
Trust me an inferior product with a better marketing team > a better product with a small marketing budget.
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Not 100% true...Amd aint letting any stone unturned when it comes to marketing for the A64...look around the tech review websites and without a miss u'll find an A64 dangling in some flash animation....infact A64 is AMD's best marketed product till date...
ohh..n on the contrary the Intel ads we see on tele r pathetic n wont even convince a boiled potato to buy their procs... ;) Remember tht silly ad intel made about a simple gal becoming a doc after using an 'intel inside' machine!!haha..tht was insane...
I guess the better part of Intel's sales is because of brand value....and the respect ppl have for the brand...thts somethin Amd wud give an arm n leg for..but times r changing and soon ppl will get wiser when it comes to proc-shopping....
 
we guyz here just know that games run better on AMD & so its washing out intel but guyz thats just a segment of computing world. how many High end servers, networking equipment & main frames exist other than intel brand?
AMD may be better in just the Processor -i dotn deny -- still company wise AMD can never even reach intels Hight - leave apart beating it

intel is more of a complete Solutions suite. With motherboards,netwokring Equipment embedded modules(AMD also does this) & a lot of other high end solutions are still solely with intel.

Call IBM, DELL for a raid 5 array supported server solution & they will be putting u on an intel solution. now people here will be naming motherboards that support that on AMD but guyz im not denying AMD;s Performance here but still the companies & corporates are bound to use intel solutions, they do not work on individual Recommendations

So this Debate is useless that who is gonna Persist. This kinda quote "Is this the end of intel as a co" seems kiddish & unsung, intel, IBM , HP -- these companies do not earn from the mainstream solutions like Processor & mobo's , but from the EXCLUSIVE solutions where they hold the monoply.
 
CaaYoTee said:
Not 100% true...Amd aint letting any stone unturned when it comes to marketing for the A64...look around the tech review websites and without a miss u'll find an A64 dangling in some flash animation....infact A64 is AMD's best marketed product till date...
ohh..n on the contrary the Intel ads we see on tele r pathetic n wont even convince a boiled potato to buy their procs... ;) Remember tht silly ad intel made about a simple gal becoming a doc after using an 'intel inside' machine!!haha..tht was insane...
I guess the better part of Intel's sales is because of brand value....and the respect ppl have for the brand...thts somethin Amd wud give an arm n leg for..but times r changing and soon ppl will get wiser when it comes to proc-shopping....
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Thats the whole point AMD is marketing at a segment which aldready knows its better, come one dont tell me a person who is visting Anandtech a lot doesnt know that AMD pawns Intel at gaming as well as pricing.

On the other hand Intel with the doc lady are targetting the middle class segment for whom tech savvy is unheard off. They time their ads also very well during all those Saas Bahu serials, and its working wonders for them, my mom always ask me why aint I buy the latest Pentium 4 instead of what I bought...

Also Meherags again the OEM's recommend Intel is cause they are better business partners, not only due to performance, am not to aware in the server field but Opteron does outperform Intel there too. Again it boils down to Intel's marketing team > AMD's marketing dept period.

Also for the uninformed its not that Intel has to look out for but its AMD, Intels Q2 profits have risen, AMD has posted a Net Loss for Q2 again shows a better product is not everything.
 
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