Thursday, January 30th 2020
Zhaoxin KaiXian x86 Processor Now Commercially Available to the DIY Channel
Zhaoxin is a brand that makes multi-core 64-bit x86 processors primarily for use in Chinese state IT infrastructure. It's part of the Chinese Government's ambitious plan to make its IT hardware completely indigenous. Zhaoxin's x86-64 CPU cores are co-developed by licensee VIA, specifically its CenTaur subsidiary that's making NCORE AI-enabled x86 processors. The company's KaiXian KX-6780A processor is now commercially available in China to the DIY market in the form of motherboards with embedded processors.
The KaiXian KX-6780A features an 8-core/8-thread x86-64 CPU clocked up to 2.70 GHz, 8 MB of last-level cache, a dual-channel DDR4-3200 integrated memory controller, a PCI-Express gen 3.0 root-complex, and an iGPU possibly designed by VIA's S3 Graphics division, which supports basic display and DirectX 11.1 readiness. The CPU features modern ISA, with instruction sets that include AVX, AES-NI, SHA-NI, and VT-x comparable virtualization extensions. The chip has been fabricated on TSMC 16 nm FinFET process.
Source:
AnandTech
The KaiXian KX-6780A features an 8-core/8-thread x86-64 CPU clocked up to 2.70 GHz, 8 MB of last-level cache, a dual-channel DDR4-3200 integrated memory controller, a PCI-Express gen 3.0 root-complex, and an iGPU possibly designed by VIA's S3 Graphics division, which supports basic display and DirectX 11.1 readiness. The CPU features modern ISA, with instruction sets that include AVX, AES-NI, SHA-NI, and VT-x comparable virtualization extensions. The chip has been fabricated on TSMC 16 nm FinFET process.
57 Comments on Zhaoxin KaiXian x86 Processor Now Commercially Available to the DIY Channel
No nation is completely self-reliant, and IMO that is the right way to be. It necessitates fair trade instead of competition.
We have zero high tech manufacturing left in Europe. STMicro and AMD's old Dresden fab are now very out of date.I never said it makes us worse. You're putting words into my mouth. I said it makes us dependent on others and I would say that that's always worse.
At least China is putting huge effort into being self-reliant. Instead of some mocking these CPU's, some forget that if Trump goes full berserk or something, they won't be without a usable CPU/OS/whatnot.
Trump can't go full berserk on the IT market (though I don't doubt he'd love to), because the vast majority of IT products are still manufactured in China. This is exactly my point: as long as we depend on one another for certain products, no country can afford to go nuts on others. Self-reliance eventually leads to overproduction and inter-country competition. Mix it with the emotionally driven politicians we all currently have, and you have war. Dependent countries can't afford to lose allies, only self-reliant ones can.