Loongson is a public–private partnership between ICT and Beijing-based chip designer BLX IC Design Corporation.
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15 Facts About Loongson
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South China Morning Post reported that since 2020, Loongson has partnered with UnionTech and Sunway to develop and promote the Debian Linux-based Deepin operating system to reduce Chinese computers dependency on Microsoft Windows.
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In 2021 Loongson filed for an initial public offering on the Shanghai Stock Exchange STAR Market.
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Loongson began by using the MIPS64 instruction set architecture.
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Loongson moved to their own processor instruction set architecture in 2021 with the release of the Loongson 3 5000 series.
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Commentary from Tom's Hardware re-states the issue that the Linux kernel code for LoongArch is the "same code it used for its MIPS-based chips"; they further note that Loongson "fails to demonstrate advantages of its architecture even on paper to software developers".
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Loongson has three main families of processor cores, some of which are available as IP cores:.
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Loongson has built 3 processor families from their architectural cores.
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Loongson X is a radiation hardened version of the GS232 core used in the Godson-1.
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The 8-core Loongson 3B was noted to use the upgraded GS464V core, with extended vector capabilities.
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Loongson processors are mainly designed around using the Linux operating system.
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Loongson machines are used in the package-building and CI infrastructure of Debian and Golang, respectively.
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In 2012 it was reported that Loongson processors had found itself into very few computing systems.
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In 2012 it was reported that Loongson processors were to be found in the Sunway BlueLight MPP and Dawning 6000 supercomputers.
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