Godson obtained MIPS patent authorization will support Android

"NetEase technology News" June 16, the Chinese self-developed CPU godson recently obtained MIPS authorization. MIPS Technologies Monday, the Institute of Computing Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (MIPS32) has obtained the authorization of the MIPS64 architecture, which will be used to develop the godson CPU.

The pain of the godson, card at the patent gateway

"The godson's supporters hope one day the product will penetrate the foreign market, but there are few devices in China that use the chip, and the MIPS core makes it incompatible with Intel, AMD's X86 structure pc," wrote the famous It magazine, PC World. "Godson Use MIPS architecture, is not only helpless, but also forced."

In China's self-reliance research and development of the CPU process, the use of "mips-like" vocabulary to describe godson (modified version of MIPS), the move to incur MIPS technologies dissatisfaction, thus has not been authorized. Over the past few years, the calculation of the continuous and MIPS technologies negotiations, hoping to obtain technical authorization, but has not been. Helpless, the calculation had to return to the second, with the Italian-French semiconductor cooperation, because it has MIPS authorization. Godson as the core of the CPU is also concerned about the French semiconductor Web page has been introduced, its name is more commercial "Loongson." Godson Dystocia, card in the patent one off.

Godson will support Android at the end of the year to push new Low-cost CPUs

Hu Weiwu, head of development Group of the Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, said that although the godson has introduced new products in recent years, it has not been allowed to affix ' mips-compatible ' labels. Now the problem has finally been solved. He also said the institute is doing a compatibility test on some chips. Acquiring MIPS authorization is a big step, and it means that godson can support Google's Android platform. "Regardless of whether or not a device with a godson processor and Android is launched, computing will be working with some business partners to try to implant the chips into their products," Hu Weiwu said. ”

"In our view, licensing will shorten the time that godson enters the market," said Mark Pittman, vice president of the Asia Pacific region, MIPS Technologies. "Because the calculation no longer need to use the Italian-French semiconductor to design the chip."

According to the calculation of the introduction, godson will enter the high-end and low-end product line, designed entirely based on the first high-end chip--4 Core 3 generations, it is also the first multi-core godson. Later this year, the calculation will also launch the low-end godson, that is, the 1GHz godson 2g.

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MIPS Technologies is a manufacturer of high-performance, high-grade, and embedded 32-bit and 64-bit processors, with a significant role in RISC processors. 1984, MIPS Computer Company was founded. In 1992, SGI acquired the MIPS computer company.