EMTEC releases the Gdium netbook computer

Posted Jan 9, 2009 17:09 UTC (Fri) by ajross (guest, #4563)
In reply to: EMTEC releases the Gdium netbook computer by jengelh
Parent article: EMTEC releases the Gdium netbook computer

Interestingly, this is actually the Loongson/Godson/Dragon chip -- the first home-grown chinese CPU to reach a mass market. It's a compatible implementation of the MIPS ISA, but not technically a "MIPS" chip, as the design was unlicensed.

Early versions were way behind what Intel was producing in terms of process technology and performance. But Wikipedia tells me that this thing is now a 900 MHz chip on a 65nm process, which is only about a year and a half behind. There's no information on power consumption vs. Atom (no doubt higher, as Atom is a 45nm part), but it seems reasonably competitive to me. I wonder if it would scale down to compete with ARM11 or XScale in the embedded space...