There is more and more news about the technological developments taking place in China related to computer systems, and even though they have technological limitations that prevent them from developing high-performance chips like those in the West, they are not giving up. And according to their creators, the next Chinese Loongson processors will be able to match the performance of the latest generation CPUs. Intel.
The computer industry is a place where we can find a great number of new developments almost every day, but in general terms it is difficult to see how a company creates from scratch a new component, such as a processor, that can match the performance of those offered by companies that have been in the market for years. In this case, Loongson It is a company that in just a few years has managed to develop technologies that match some of those that Intel had many years ago, but they are increasingly closer to offering performance similar to that of their latest generations.
Loongson’s goal is to achieve Intel’s performance as soon as possible
Every day we see how various companies try to outdo each other in terms of power and performance, but this is common in those that can really represent real competition in the market, such as Intel, AMD or Qualcomm. But we are increasingly seeing the possibility that other companies can compete in the sector due to the technological developments they are carrying out, and in this case one of these companies would be the creator of the Chinese Loongson processors, which increasingly offer more details and show how certain developments can be achieved.
In this case, Weiwu Hu, president of the group dedicated to the development of these processors, has assured that the next generation of processors to be launched will be able to reach the performance of Intel’s mid-high range CPUs of generations 12 and 13. According to him, the new 3B6600 and 3B7000 processors will incorporate a series of improvements that will make the difference, allowing them to reach, with a 14 nm process, the capacity to offer a configuration with 8 cores, 4 large cores + 4 small cores and a maximum frequency of 3.0 GHz in the case of the first, and 3.5 GHz in the case of the second.
As we can imagine, this is ultimately a statement about the power of the processor cores themselves, since the president himself has announced that the 3B6600 would have both a single-core and multi-core score similar to that of an i5 or i7 from the 12th and 13th generations of Intel.
But this is not the only novelty that we can find in his statements, as he has also indicated that they want to find a way for their processors to be compatible with practically all possible software platforms, seeking to offer the ability to create devices with a single type of core but each with very different functions.
Over the last few years we have seen how this company has made great strides, and according to their roadmap they aim to offer components similar to the current generations by 2025, seeking to optimize and match the performance of Intel and AMD, but as we can imagine, we would still need to be able to test them to see if a real similarity can be made or if the power they offer is just part of a marketing strategy.