Godson also do smart hardware will face the three barriers

Godson's last appearance in the public eye is a rumor. At that time, it was said that Godson will acquire AMD to expand the strength of domestic CPU team and explore the international market.

Recently, another more pragmatic news that the open source Godson motherboard debugging success, is preparing mass production. Godson Club will establish its own intelligent hardware platform, specifically to promote the "open source godson motherboard" Intelligent hardware project.

The news was confirmed by the godson official. The club will be based on the Godson Wireless home gateway, 3D printer, digital photo frame and other products, to the developer, create a customer display godson platform in the field of embedded intelligent hardware strength.

According to "Pretend to be geek" understand, this open source motherboard using the domestic godson 1C single-chip microcomputer. The chip based on MIPS 32-bit architecture, the frequency of 300MHz, using 130nm manufacturing process production. Motherboard integrated with the network port, USB http://product.it.sohu.com/list/subcate_682_1.html, serial, SPI, PWM, can, SD card and other interfaces, including the serial port can be as many as 12 road, It provides developers with sufficient computing power and the ability to connect multiple devices.

As a domestic chip manufacturer, godson in this opportunity to enter the field of intelligent hardware is clearly seen in this market a broad space for development. But according to "pretend to be geek" understand, despite the background of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and have the support of the State, godson before in the industrialization did not do well. Godson CPU concept of the hottest, godson notebook and desktop in China has only done a very small scale of application tests. By its Jiangsu Branch Dream Orchid Joint venture company made part of the Dragon Dream Long series of notebooks, in the release of a few years after still no one, finally ended up only through 199 yuan group buy way to clear the fate of inventory.

A person who was deeply involved in the project, "pretending to be a geek," said that godson company in the transformation of scientific and technological achievements has been hesitant. After the authorization agreement with MIPS, GODSON company has been developing new CPUs, and achieved better results. But in addition to in some sensitive industry must use Godson CPU, godson CPU in the past few years in the civil market has done almost any effective market attempts.

For godson in the smart hardware market this attempt, the person to "pretend to be geek" listed some godson may encounter the threshold:

1, from the platform aspect, the current thing networking, intelligent hardware field has become the world of arm. ARM has acquired all the key patents for MIPS through acquisitions. The application of Intel's X86 platform in some professional markets has only just opened. The MIPS platform is currently available only in some routers and wearable areas. Although the godson is also a MIPS structure, but to break the current pattern will face great difficulties.

2, from the point of view of financial strength, Intel, Qualcomm and other giants in the promotion of its core products, often the partners to subsidize. Godson Company through the godson club to do this open source platform obviously does not have such strength.

3, from the industrial chain support, in the civil market, godson almost did not establish their own industrial chain. In the civil market to use Godson's program, the enterprise will face very big risk.

The person also said that in the domestic more and more attention to security, the relevant departments do not exclude the possibility of supporting domestic godson CPU into the intelligent hardware market. Other domestic companies are not lack of feelings. Do not rule out there will be VC or Enterprise godson this open source program as an ordinary investment projects to support, and borrow Godson's domestic brand marketing things happen.