[hllug] Re: China invents non x86 Loongson2 cpu
- From: "L.S. Miller" <lsmiller221@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: hllug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:02:18 -0600
Pardon my suspicious nature, but couldn't security could be built-in to
restrict user access to 'approved' sources? Maybe it's just me, but China's
history of control of its citizens is undeniable.
Lisa
On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 10:39 PM, Lee Parmeter <geek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I thought this was pretty interesting. China has been developing their own
> CPU chip since 2002 for the primary purpose of getting untied to US
> companies like Intel and AMD and MicroSoft. Their Loongson2 CPU is not a
> clone of an x86 based chip but a MIPS compatible chip and will run an Open
> Source based O/S.
>
> "Enter the first non-i386, Debian GNU/Linux mini laptop - and the first
> mini laptop that doesn't target children or the general audience, but users
> (students, hobbyists, professionals) specifically looking for a Linux
> system. Not only is the Lemote Yeeloong incompatible with i386, it is part
> of a larger Chinese effort to produce an independent range of processors,
> for which no license fees have to be paid to major American, Japanese or
> other foreign cpu designers such as Intel. In other words, this is more than
> just a consumer device - it's part of something bigger."
>
> "The Lemote Yeeloong mini laptop is just one of a range of Lemote computers
> equipped with the energy-efficient Loongson2 cpu. A MIPS-compatible cpu
> (MIPS following RISC principles, if I understood it correctly, like ARM,
> PowerPC, SPARC do, among others) clocked at 797 MHz; which can be clocked
> down by the operating system to 199, 298, 398, 498, and 597 MHz."
>
> Reference article of quotes above:
> http://www.osnews.com/story/21530
>
> -Lee
>
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