Motherboards and systems with China's Loongson CPUs now shipping to US customers — options start from $373 for a DTX board with processor and cooler (www.tomshardware.com)
from schizoidman@lemmy.ml to technology@lemmy.ml on 01 Jul 2024 03:06
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SupraMario@lemmy.world on 01 Jul 2024 12:03 next collapse

Nope.

SinJab0n@mujico.org on 01 Jul 2024 13:46 next collapse

If they can compete with AMD instead of the dying intel, sure, why not?

Are they x86 to begin whith or r they another ARM based cpu?

PanArab@lemmy.ml on 02 Jul 2024 12:41 collapse

It is a custom architecture somewhat related to MIPS

Father_Redbeard@lemmy.ml on 01 Jul 2024 14:18 next collapse

Now with free spyware/backdoor!

krolden@lemmy.ml on 01 Jul 2024 15:43 next collapse

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Management_Engine

davel@lemmy.ml on 01 Jul 2024 16:54 next collapse

Western corporate media’s wild rumors of GINA spyware > known NSA spyware.

fatalError@lemmy.sdf.org on 02 Jul 2024 11:17 collapse

Hey, it"s not bad if it’s the US doing it… freedom for everyone

EternalBlue says hi

Father_Redbeard@lemmy.ml on 02 Jul 2024 13:26 collapse

It’s absolutely bad when the US does it. I made no claim otherwise. Cheap tech being used as an entry point for data mining the customers, regardless of country the products are sold in is pretty well documented at this point.

fatalError@lemmy.sdf.org on 02 Jul 2024 16:35 collapse

No different than the Amazon Echo devices, Google Assisstant hardware and other such devices being sold at a loss just to squeeze all that juicy data.

And people willingly put these spyware always on mic devices in their homes.

We need more awareness on privacy…

Father_Redbeard@lemmy.ml on 02 Jul 2024 17:25 collapse

100% agree. I’ve only just started my privacy/self hosted journey almost exactly 1 year ago. Still learning, but I’m loving the experience so far.

PanArab@lemmy.ml on 02 Jul 2024 12:40 next collapse

Yellow peril

Father_Redbeard@lemmy.ml on 02 Jul 2024 13:24 collapse

That’s quite a leap, isn’t it? When China has demonstrably expressed intent in data mining the world.

www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/…/75796403.cms

theverge.com/…/huawei-vodafone-italy-security-bac…

zdnet.com/…/chinese-hacking-group-backdoors-produ…

Plenty more examples if you look even briefly.

semperverus@lemmy.world on 02 Jul 2024 18:27 next collapse

He said, on his qualcomm-based phone

Father_Redbeard@lemmy.ml on 02 Jul 2024 19:52 collapse

Jokes on you. My phone is two soup cans and a length of string.

NoLifeGaming@lemmy.world on 02 Jul 2024 20:35 collapse

As if the american based companies don’t do the same lol

Father_Redbeard@lemmy.ml on 02 Jul 2024 21:02 collapse

Yes, and…? Did I claim otherwise anywhere? Privacy isn’t a zero sum game. You cant fully protect yourself short of ditching tech and the Internet entirely. And even then, there’s already a digital footprint left behind you’ll never get rid of. But you can make informed choices like not trusting Google or Microsoft to host your personal data, not buying the smart home devices, keeping data local only/host your own cloud, use Linux instead of Windows, etc.

NoLifeGaming@lemmy.world on 02 Jul 2024 22:41 collapse

Fair enough

sudo42@lemmy.world on 02 Jul 2024 19:30 next collapse

we hope will will see some reviews by western media, with clear comparisons against AMD and Intel solutions.

So Tom’s Hardware is hoping that someone with motherboard expertise will step up and test these things proper so (presumably) Tom’s Hardware can report the results.

/s

ms_lane@lemmy.world on 04 Jul 2024 07:34 collapse

Is there even a reason to continue development of Loongson now that China’s deep into RISCV?