Chinese chipmaker Loongson claims its 16-core 3C6000 CPU matches Intel's Ice Lake 16-core Xeon Silver 4314 (www.tomshardware.com)
from yogthos@lemmy.ml to technology@lemmy.ml on 28 Jul 2024 04:15
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AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml on 28 Jul 2024 04:49 next collapse

I hope their claims are true, because I’m sick of the duopoly in desktop CPUs.

Mihies@programming.dev on 28 Jul 2024 04:58 collapse

On the bright side, ARM is getting there, plus there is RISC-V that is rising as well, but it still has some road ahead.

AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml on 28 Jul 2024 05:01 next collapse

True. The M1 chip ruined all other laptops for me

M500@lemmy.ml on 28 Jul 2024 23:37 collapse

It’s pretty crazy how my wife’s m1 air does. It’s the most powerful computer in our house and that’s saying something. As I have a somewhat recent computers.

I’m picking up an air once the base air has 16gb ram and 512 storage. Hopefully the next model will finally make this change.

Before anyone comments that 8gb is enough. I’m regularly using 10-11gb of ram while working in windows.

AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml on 29 Jul 2024 07:32 collapse

Yeah the moment I can get a Linux ARM laptop I don’t think I’ll ever need to upgrade again. The magic that Apple worked was incredible and I can’t wait to see how people build on it.

The M1 chips are the first true laptops that I can actually use on my lap for a full day of work

Mihies@programming.dev on 29 Jul 2024 11:02 collapse

Seems like Qualcomm is getting there. Latest generation is not bad, though battery usage seems still a not-so-brilliant (according to early reviews).

utopiah@lemmy.ml on 28 Jul 2024 08:25 next collapse

Tinkered with a www.banana-pi.org/en/banana-pi-sbcs/175.html recently and… it’s really cool to have that at home, like, it works! In itself that’s quite a feat. Yet… to become actually usable due to “just” raw power but also to be economically comparable to mass produced other architectures from other manufacturers is indeed quite some road ahead.

M500@lemmy.ml on 28 Jul 2024 23:37 collapse

I’m excited for a risc-v future.

ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml on 28 Jul 2024 07:21 next collapse

Breaking news: Loongson chips banned in the USA

utopiah@lemmy.ml on 28 Jul 2024 08:23 next collapse

Because it’s a race I wish such articles would bring forward comparison points :

  • benchmark allowing to pinpoint past equivalents
  • when was the first equivalent actually put on sale (and where)
  • what’s the volume produced, even if only an order of magnitude
  • inflation adjusted (as it might be several year gap) price comparison

otherwise it mostly feels like tech-propaganda pieces.

istanbullu@lemmy.ml on 28 Jul 2024 08:29 next collapse

more competition is good!

BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one on 29 Jul 2024 11:53 collapse

Agreed, but their entire fab process was stolen via corporate espionage and is not a novel design in any way.

monobot@lemmy.ml on 29 Jul 2024 13:29 next collapse

I haven’t seen anything about that in the article, I would like to see some text about it. Especially from whom?

Especially since they use MIPS architecture while Intel and AMD x86 are CISC. So… probably not the whole process?

On the other hand, even if true, China doesn’t have same view on what “original” means as we in the west have. Vase made in the same way as in 16th century is “original 16th century vase”. Different culture.

istanbullu@lemmy.ml on 29 Jul 2024 15:47 collapse

According to Americans every success the Chinese have is stolen. Because in their racist world view, Americans can’t comprehend non-Americans succeeding in anything.

realitista@lemm.ee on 29 Jul 2024 08:10 collapse

Are these chips actually made in China or still made in Taiwan like most high performance chips?

yogthos@lemmy.ml on 29 Jul 2024 12:22 collapse

No, they’re made by SMIC on the mainland.