Godson Director Li Guojie disclosure of Sino-US CPU Secret War Insider

Godson Director Li Guojie disclosure of Sino-US CPU Secret War Insider
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"We should not be at liberty to speculate on the existence of AMD transfer X86 technology behind the commercial conspiracy, but also not to doubt the ' China core ' development prospects." "November 2, in the face of a number of days of constant press inquiries, China's godson project director of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the director of the Li Guojie of the Academy of Science and can not sit still."

Teaching technology cannot be used in production

"China Business newspaper": In addition to the U.S. national will limit, there are other reasons why AMD can not help Godson to obtain X86 compatible technology.

Li Guojie: Transfer technology is the first and Dragon core to talk about, Guo Kejun (current AMD global vice president and the Greater China Region President) is the original calculation of the associate researcher, is also my friend. But two years have failed to reach an agreement, because the calculation is unwilling to accept a technology can only be used for teaching, but want to obtain X86 technology production authorization. And according to the X86 licensing agreement signed by Intel and each chip manufacturer, if we accept the technology transferred by AMD, X86 godson must be manufactured on AMD's production line. The first problem is that the Chinese government is unwilling to allow its CPUs to be produced in AMD factories, which undermines our intention to develop Godson's "China core". Second, AMD has not yet planned to build production lines in China, which caused the X86 godson can not be produced in the country.

China Business newspaper: In other words, the transfer agreement is not likely to help China cross the X86 of technical protection. Then does it mean that China's godson does not have the opportunity to produce X86 compatible CPUs in the future?

Li Guojie: Technology transfer for teaching, of course, does not help us across X86 industry barriers. And the main problem of our crossing barriers is not technology, but patent and related legal protections. Now with Godson's strength, do a X86 platform, can run Linux chip is not difficult, the key is how to bypass all Intel's patents.

AMD has persuaded us that many of Intel's patents are applied in the United States, in China there are many unprotected, godson completely have the opportunity to bypass. Granville also told us: ' For Intel's technology patent lawsuit, we win, you are the same. ' But we can't do it right now, and if we get sued by Intel, we have to use China's resources and markets to deal with it. '

Now, one of the things that computing is doing is doing research on Intel's patents, and how to bypass them. We're also thinking about what we can do with Intel. Unless we are strong enough to apply for a lot of good patents, Intel needs it and can trade with it.

Far behind the second generation of godson technology

"China Business newspaper": Now many outside voices believe that the transfer can greatly accelerate the development of China's own generic CPU, on the other hand, the suspicion is only the technology for AMD to exchange the market another trick. How do you think the technology transfer from AMD is helping China?

Li Guojie: It is certainly good for our chip design, nor can it be regarded as a "technology change market" strategy. AMD is a globally respected company that has fought relentlessly in the field of chip antitrust for years. It has surpassed Intel in some ways, including server chips. Many experiences, including courage, are worthy of our respect and study.

AMD provides Geode's original code, which we can analyze to help dissect X86 technology. But one technology transfer is unlikely to make a leap in our country's technological level. Not much like some of our media talk about greatly accelerating the CPU process. The development of "China core", in addition to the arduous road to continue to climb outside, there is no other way to go. Do not want to drop pie in the sky, suddenly a leap.

I also need to point out that there is no contradiction between independent innovation and external development. The introduction of digestion and innovation is also a part of our independent intellectual property technology development. So I think don't encounter others transfer some technology, I think it is lured fooled. The technology that others give you, the key see how you use.

"China Business newspaper": Now outsiders think, AMD transfer of Geode chip technology than godson second generation is better than 10 times times, also some people think far behind the godson's current level. How do you evaluate the advanced nature of this transfer technology?

Li Guojie: From the time when AMD and the calculation of the data from the negotiations to see that the transfer of Geode chip, is a low-power embedded chip. The starting frequency is 233MHz, the maximum frequency is more than 400 MHz, and is single-threaded, and our godson generation, and godson second generation is four threads. Overall performance on the Geode is slightly higher than the godson generation, but godson two generations far more than geode more than 10 times times.