Loongson
Loongson (simplified Chinese: 龙芯; traditional Chinese: 龍芯; pinyin: Lóngxīn; lit. 'Dragon Core') is the name of a family of general-purpose, MIPS architecture-compatible microprocessors, as well as the name of the Chinese fabless company (Loongson Technology) that develops them. The processors are alternately called Godson processors, which is described as its academic name.
| Company type | Public, Mixed ownership enterprise |
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| SSE: 688047 | |
| Industry | Semiconductor technology industry |
| Founded | April 2010 |
| Founder | Hu Weiwu |
| Headquarters | People's Republic of China Loongson Industrial Park, Building 2, Zhongguancun Environmental protection park, Haidian District, Beijing, China |
Area served | Global |
Key people | Hu Weiwu (Chairman) |
| Services | Chip design, motherboard design, operating system and kernel maintenance, important software and library maintenance |
Number of employees | More than 400 (estimate) |
| Website | www |
| General information | |
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| Marketed by | Loongson Technology, Jiangsu Lemote Tech Co., Ltd, Dawning Information Industry, and others |
| Designed by | Institute of Computing Technology (ICT), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Loongson Technology, Jiangsu Lemote Tech Co., Ltd |
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| Performance | |
| Max. CPU clock rate | 800 MHz to 2.0 GHz |
| HyperTransport speeds | 800 MHz to 3.0 GHz |
| Architecture and classification | |
| Application | Desktop, Server, Supercomputer, Industrial Device, Embedded Device, Aerospace |
| Technology node | 180 nm to 28 nm |
| Microarchitecture | see text |
| Instruction set | MIPS64 (with LoongISA extensions) LoongArch |
| Physical specifications | |
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