China's BLX unveils 64-bit processor
EE Times: China's BLX unveils 64-bit processor | |
Mike Clendenin (04/20/2005 10:42 PM EDT) URL: http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=161500026 | |
BEIJING BLX IC Design Corp., one of China's best known developers of homegrown processor technology, has released a 64-bit version of its CPU that reportedly matches the performance of the Pentium 3. The company signed a handful of agreements this week with local Chinese firms to include the Godson-2 core in products ranging from routers to an SoC for an audio visual specification, known as AVS, which is emerging in China. In 2002, BLX launched the Godson-1, a 32-bit, 266-MHz standard cell implementation of a proprietary architecture based on the MIPS instruction set and manufactured in a 0.18-micron process. It has never been able to get decent traction in the market, however, despite claiming to have rallied local industry support around its architecture that extended to 60 companies, including Haier, a major manufacturer of appliances and consumer electronics in China The latest Godson runs at 300 to 500 MHz, despite using the same 0.18-micron process. Because of the lower performance of its predecessor, the chip has mostly been used in less demanding embedded applications. The Godson-2, according to its designers, is up to the task of being designed into general purpose computing platform. "It is a reasonable performance level that can satisfy most desktop applications," said Zeng Ming, chief executive of BLX. "It can run office applications on Linux, which wasn't really smooth on Godson-1. It can also run Web applications, like browsers, and it will play DVDs smoothly." The processor supports Linux for MIPS, VxWorks for MIPS, NetBSD for MIPS and Windows CE. The company is already at work on a 64-bit version that will migrate to a 0.13-micron process and support multithreading. It should be released in 2006, according to the company's roadmap.
| |
- - | |
Related News
- CPU Tech announces World's first configurable family of true 64-bit processor cores for Deeply Coupled Computing
- Tensilica's Xtensa LX Processor Beats All Other 32- and 64-bit Processor Cores On EEMBC Consumer "Out of the Box" Benchmark
- AMD licenses Mips' 64-bit processor technology for future products
- 64-bit processor cores knock at embedded's door
- Toshiba, MIPS to develop fastest 64-bit embedded processor based on 'Amethyst' core
Breaking News
- Omni Design Technologies Joins Intel Foundry Accelerator IP Alliance
- Efabless Announces the Release of the OpenLane 2 Development Platform, Transforming Custom Silicon Design Flows
- TSMC Reports First Quarter EPS of NT$8.70
- Brisbane Silicon publishes DPTx 1.4 IP Core
- GUC provides 3DIC ASIC total service package to AI/HPC/Networking customers
Most Popular
- U.S. Subsidy for TSMC Has AI Chips, Tech Leadership in Sight
- Cadence Unveils Palladium Z3 and Protium X3 Systems to Usher in a New Era of Accelerated Verification, Software Development and Digital Twins
- Zhuhai Chuangfeixin: OTP IP Based on 90nm CMOS Image Sensor Process Technology Successfully Mass Production
- Silvaco Announces Expanded Partnership with Micron Technology
- OPENEDGES Unveils ENLIGHT Pro: A High-Performance NPU IP Quadrupling its Previous Generation's Performance
E-mail This Article | Printer-Friendly Page |