Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 9th Sep 2008 08:52 UTC Hardware,
Embedded Systems When China launched its first microprocessor,
the Godson 1 in 2002, it wasn't much of a competitor to what
Intel and AMD had to offer. The 64bit Godson 2, released in
2005, still didn't worry the Western chip makers, but the chip
did start to pop up here and there outside of China. Expect to
see a lot more of them in the coming years, as the Godson 3
promises to be a chip that can compete head on with the big
ones: quad-core, eight core version in the pipeline, and 200
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since:  That's exactly what it's all about. I've been working
with the main vendor of Loongson based computer systems ever
since I heard about the release of the first systems one and a
half years ago.  Suffice it to say that many companies and
individuals (including me) both inside and outside of China have
been working very hard to get a