China developing x86-compatible processor to rival Intel
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While most of the products coming out of China are powered by Intel, AMD, and VIA chips, the Chinese government is investing heavily in a new chip called the Godson-3 in an effort to be "technologically independent." The Godson-3 is a third generation, quad-core design -- the project was started in 2001 -- and the goal is to use it to bring PCs to most Chinese citizens by 2010. Importantly, the 65nm Godson-3 will be x86 compatible through simulation, which means it'll be be able to run Windows about 80 percent of a comparable Intel chip -- although other Godson chips are already on the Chinese market in Linux-powered desktops
and laptops under the name Loongson, or "dragon chip," they've been hampered by imcompatibility with x86 software, so this should open the market significantly. We'll definitely be keeping an eye on this one -- hopefully it'll bring about more than just another flood of cheap netbooks.
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