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Zhaoxin is ready to enter the domestic (Chinese) consumer market with its homegrown x86 CPUs, the KaiXian KX-6000 series. The CPUs will be used by Chinese ODM, IP3 Technology, in more than 50 products which include desktop PCs, notebook PCs, all-in-ones, Mini PCs & even industrial machines.
The Zhaoxin x86 CPU powered product portfolio was announced by IP3 Technology (Yingzhong Technologies) at an event hosted by the ODM. As mentioned above, there are a range of PC devices that will make use of Zhaoxin's KX-6000 series processors which are the only chips besides AMD & Intel to make use of an x86 architecture. While several products were showcased, IP3 Technology didn't unveil their respective specifications and prices yet.
[...] As for performance numbers, Zhaoxin x86 CPUs, while offering a 50% boost in performance per watt, don't necessarily have to come close to current Intel and AMD CPUs. Beijing primarily wants replacement of hardware made by international vendors with its homegrown Zhaoxin CPUs in various government organizations.
Previously: Zhaoxin KaiXian KX-6000: A Chinese x86 SoC
Zhaoxin x86 CPUs Available to PC Makers in China
China's Homegrown Zhaoxin KaiXian CPU Used in a Mini-PC
(Score: 3, Insightful) by ilsa on Wednesday May 13 2020, @02:04PM (1 child)
You can't make major shifts all in one go. They have to be done in baby steps. Look at every OS that has tried to compete with Windows. Apple was the only one that has succeeded, and even then they almost went under if not for a bailout from Microsoft. (Microsoft needed to do this or they would have been a 100% monopoly in desktop computers instead of the 90% they were)
Who would buy a processor that runs exactly nothing, with no ecosystem around it? Transmeta learned that one the hard way.
(Score: 2) by Oakenshield on Wednesday May 13 2020, @08:08PM
I'm pretty sure ARM has a huge ecosystem of software it runs. From IOS devices to Android to the desktop on my Raspberry Pi.