Loongson 3B

Loongson 3B (also known as Godson 3B) is a server processor manufactured by the Chinese company Loongson Technology.

2014

Create a national server based on Loongson 3B

October 24, 2014 it became known about the creation of the first national server in China. This project is part of the government's work to improve information security amid a political conflict with the United States.

The server, developed on the basis of components and technologies exclusively made in China, was manufactured by the local company Dawning Information Industry, also known as Sugon. In total, four systems were designed running the Loongson 3B^[1]

The chip produced using the 28nm technological process includes eight computing cores and 1.1 billion transistors. The manufacturer does not disclose technical details regarding national servers, arguing this by the presence of a large number of intellectual property of the country in products and the orientation of machines to government organizations. The timing of the commercial launch of the project is still unknown.

A server from local production technologies has been developed in China

According to Sugon Vice President Sha Chaokun, servers are an important political and economic element of the country with which its information security is ensured. Powerful computers that use only local developments will protect the military, financial and energy sectors from control by foreign countries, says data protection expert Li Guojie.

IDC analyst Rajnish Arora warns that server sales are not an easy business, requiring multibillion-dollar investments not only in hardware, but also advanced software needed by corporate customers.

The Chinese government began to actively support local manufacturers of IT equipment and services after the aggravation of the country's relations with the United States. The authorities of both states have repeatedly accused each other of cyber espionage.

As a result, the activities of American companies in the Celestial Empire have become very complicated. The ban includes products from such large IT players as Microsoft, IBM, Cisco, Symantec and some others. In turn, telecommunications equipment ZTE and Huawei turned out to be "outlawed" in the American market.

In 2014, China announced its intention to create a large semiconductor company and a national operating system that would reduce the dependence of the local market on foreign software companies.

According to the plans of the country's authorities, the software platform created by local developers will become the basis for desktop PCs sold on the local market by 2016. The national OS is expected to be able to supplant competitors in the mobile device market by 2017-2019.

Change to 28 nm normal

By 2014, the developers switched to the 28 nm norm. The processor, compatible with the MIPS64 architecture, includes eight computing cores, 4 MB of L2 cache, 8 MB of L3 cache.

2012: 32nm technology

The first version of the chip, introduced in 2012, was made using technology with a cell size of 32 nanometers.

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