Godson 2F system chip officially finalized China's core to the world

On October 26, Jiangsu Zhongke Longmeng Company began accepting bookings for Loongson Computer and Loongson laptops. The new products will be available in the first quarter of 2008, with the lowest price of the Fujifilm minicomputer using the Godson 2FCPU of 1,800 yuan. Previously, the Institute of Computing Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences also cooperated with STMicroelectronics to push the "Godson 2E processor" to Europe and even the global market.

"Loongson-1" (English: Loongson-1) is China's first self-developed high-performance general-purpose CPU chip, which was successfully developed by the Institute of Computing Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2002, thus ending China's "core" history.

The central processing unit (CPU) is the core component of the computer system, responsible for the execution of the entire system instructions, mathematical and logical operations, data storage and transmission. In terms of CPU technology, we have a big gap with foreign manufacturers. The lack of CPU chips with independent intellectual property rights has been a big "core" disease that plagued China's computer industry.

People can't help but ask, the dragon core that was not optimistic at first, and what is going to the world?

Breaking the "core" is imperative

In fact, China's IC industry is not too late to start. In 1965, China successfully identified the first integrated circuit, but it has been slow to develop for the next 30 years. Especially in the CPU aspect is almost blank, which means that the manufacture of China's electronic products (including computers, home appliances, mobile phones, etc.) is still under foreign control, we can only engage in machine assembly. A country that has no "core" for a long time can only passively choose the lower position of the global industrial chain. So, do Chinese people want to do CPU?

China's information industry's GDP in 2003 was 1.8 trillion yuan, with a profit of 75 billion yuan and a profit margin of 4%. By 2005, the GDP had reached 2.8 trillion, the profit was 130 billion, and the profit margin was reduced to 3.4%. In 2006, the information industry GDP reached 4.75 trillion and the profit margin was only 3.4%. "With such a large industry, our profit margin is so high. The average profit margin of the top ten companies in mainland China is only 2%-3%. We can't just stay at the end of the industry chain. We must master the core technology. Such demand.” Dr. Hu Weiwu, the head of the Loongson project team, said, “China must develop a controllable technology industry. This is inevitable. And from a national strategy, the information industry and CPU cannot control foreigners anyway. inner."

Eliminate all difficulties and form independent property rights

After answering the question "Whether the Chinese want to do CPU", the next step is "Is there ability to do it." It is undeniable that many people have been shocked by Intel's strong research team and strong R&D investment, and they are skeptical about manufacturing CPUs with independent property rights. Moreover, the manufacture of China's own chips not only means that time and energy are doubled, but more that the choice itself carries enormous risks. Manufacturing chips is high-input and high-risk, but it doesn't necessarily have high returns. If you make a mistake, you will lose all your efforts.

It is precisely under this pressure that cannot withstand too many failures that the development of "Godson 1" has been more than a year. The Loongson project team did not know how many sleepless nights spent in the engine room, and even fought in the last minute. Six days and six nights. When Hu Weiwu’s mother saw him, he said: “You have made white hair in the dragon core.” On September 28, 2002, the first high-performance general-purpose CPU chip developed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, “Godson 1” was launched. It can be said that under the leadership of Hu Weiwu, all the developers worked together to create the Chinese dragon core. Some netizens said: "The Godson is a dozens of unscrupulous researchers who have made out of limited funds. The most uncomfortable thing is that some American believers and competitors who take the core technology to the fore." February 18, 2005 The Longxin 2 processor was officially launched; on September 13, 2006, "Godson 2E" passed the acceptance of the Ministry of Science and Technology. With the continuous development of Godson, China's chip design companies have mushroomed and developed rapidly.

Differentiation and development into the world

Compared with the explosive growth of the Godson chip performance, the industrialization process of Godson is almost quietly quiet. Therefore, many people who care about Loongson can't help but ask: How much user group can Loongson have? What is the goal of Loongson Industrialization? Will Godson go beyond "Pentium"?

The CPU chip produced by Intel has occupied a monopoly position in the PC market, making "Pentium" a synonym for CPU chips in many people's minds. In fact, there are many types of CPUs, and the place where CPUs are used is not limited to PCs. From the perspective of the future market, with the advent of the post-PC era, the status of traditional PCs in people's work and life will be gradually reduced, and replaced by various easy-to-use or portable information processing terminals. This determines the way Longxin enters the PC market and is a completely different path from Intel and AMD.

Therefore, Godson can not only stare at the market share that has been divided up yet, but should open up new territories according to the needs of future application development. The relevant person in charge of Godson reiterated one point: "Godson is looking for differentiated development, and the industry market will be focused on." The development strategy of Godson PC chip includes: CPU power consumption is below 2 watts, computer chip (including CPU, North Bridge, South Bridge, graphics chip) total price is less than 30 US dollars, performance is enough, etc.; Godson's industry market Including tax control, monitoring, and even 3C and other fields.

At present, Loongson's products have attracted the attention of consumers and even manufacturers. I believe that Loongson products will be better and better. With the wide range of customers and channel resources of STMicroelectronics, this "China Core" will also be quickly integrated into the global industrial chain. Among them.