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For those who don't know, Zhaoxin is a continuation of the Via x86 line. Neat to see a third vendor still kicking.
Fourth vendor actually! Centaur just announced a new core for the server market and even AVX-512 support. See this https://fuse.wikichip.org/news/3099/centaur-unveils-its-new-...
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Hard pass then.
Pretty sure these aren't meant for us. Probably building them so they don't have to use American parts. What's funny is that everyone claims that no one wants decoupling. While at the same time, everyone is also taking measures which are at once, very rational, and lead inevitably to a decoupled world.
For those who don't know, Zhaoxin is a continuation of the Via x86 line. Neat to see a third vendor still kicking.
For those who don't know, Zhaoxin _never_ released any x86 product. Over the last 10? years their only output have been laughable roadmaps listing non existing processors.
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Fourth vendor actually! Centaur just announced a new core for the server market and even AVX-512 support. See this https://fuse.wikichip.org/news/3099/centaur-unveils-its-new-...
Awesome! And some tensor cores for inference, neat! Honestly, wouldn't be surprised to see more vendors spring up out of nowhere soon. The base patents are about to expire on x86_64. Everyone keeps saying that Apple is going to release an ARM laptop, but IMO a homegrown x86_64 chip is way more likely.
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Pretty sure these aren't meant for us. Probably building them so they don't have to use American parts. What's funny is that everyone claims that no one wants decoupling. While at the same time, everyone is also taking measures which are at once, very rational, and lead inevitably to a decoupled world.
It has more to do with state grants, which in China are quite big
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Pretty sure these aren't meant for us. Probably building them so they don't have to use American parts. What's funny is that everyone claims that no one wants decoupling. While at the same time, everyone is also taking measures which are at once, very rational, and lead inevitably to a decoupled world.
It has more to do with state grants, which in China are quite big
I'm just saying that the amalgamation of rational actions on the part of everyone involved has the potential to lead us to the decoupled world that everyone claims they don't want.
Of course China should fund their chip industry. It's common sense. Long term, they should probably be using their own chips. Also common sense. But imagine the same common sense being applied across the economies of all great nations in every critical sector. Think about where such measures lead in terms of global trade.
Maybe it's good? Not saying it's a definite bad thing. I'm a dad, when my kids were younger, if they couldn't get along I made them take their things and go back to their rooms. I have to admit, that made for a much more peaceful house. I'm just saying that it's probably better for the development of the children for them to peacefully play together.
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Awesome! And some tensor cores for inference, neat! Honestly, wouldn't be surprised to see more vendors spring up out of nowhere soon. The base patents are about to expire on x86_64. Everyone keeps saying that Apple is going to release an ARM laptop, but IMO a homegrown x86_64 chip is way more likely.
Does Apple have any experience making x86_64 processors? Do they even have the license to do so?
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It has more to do with state grants, which in China are quite big
Which they are forced to give. If US companies stop selling components to China, it’s back to the stone age for them.
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Does Apple have any experience making x86_64 processors? Do they even have the license to do so?
If the parents are expired, they don't need a license. The base patents are expiring very very soon (ie. months).
But Apple Scaling their current High Performance ARM design using HPC Node and higher Clock speed is likely much easier than doing a high performance x86 design.
Even Amazon decided to use ARM for their Server platform, to me I think ARM has won the game.
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If the parents are expired, they don't need a license. The base patents are expiring very very soon (ie. months).
Interesting proposition, something I haven't read anyone put forward before. But Apple Scaling their current High Performance ARM design using HPC Node and higher Clock speed is likely much easier than doing a high performance x86 design. Even Amazon decided to use ARM for their Server platform, to me I think ARM has won the game.
And Amazon AFAIK just cleaned up an existing ARM uarch sort of like Intrinsity's expertise. I don't think they have the experience needed to make their own high perf uarch, whether it be ARM or x86.