#AlpineLinux 3.21: Lean, mean, and #LoongArch-ready
Alpine #Linux follows closely upon the release of a new #LTS kernel version: 6.12
Alpine 3.21 has a raft of other updates along with the kernel: updated development tools including .NET 9, and new desktops including KDE Plasma 6.2, LXQt 2.1, and GNOME 47
The version before this one, Alpine 3.20, added #RISCV back in May. Now, it gains another: the quite #MIPS-like Chinese #Loongson
https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/17/alpine_linux_321/

Loongson-CPU im Test: Der Mini-PC mit dem China-Prozessor im Benchmark (Update) https://www.computerbase.de/artikel/prozessoren/morefine-mini-pc-loongson-cpu.90008/#update-2024-11-29T11:25 #linux #loongson #morefine #mips

Loongson-CPU im Test: Der Mini-PC mit dem China-Prozessor im Benchmark https://www.computerbase.de/artikel/pc-systeme/morefine-mini-pc-loongson-cpu.90008/ #linux #loongson #morefine #mips

Running #SPECCPU2017 on #China's #CPU, and More
They focus on single threaded performance with SPEC #CPU2017 rate tests running a single copy. There's a small exception for #SMT
#Loongson still can’t compete with older desktop offerings like Core i5-6600K, even if Loongson has improved performance between 3A5000 and 3A6000. Loongson needs to keep up pace of IPC improvements while dramatically increasing clock speeds if they hope to seriously compete with Intel and AMD.
https://chipsandcheese.com/p/running-spec-cpu2017-on-chinese-cpus

#China's chipmaker's new 7nm CPUs reportedly outperform Intel's Raptor Lake — #Loongson adopts "tock-tock-tick" strategy to close gap with Intel
They have purportedly decided to switch gears, utilizing a new strategy deemed tock-tock2-tick. This method adds a second architectural design optimization "pass" before the design is ported to a smaller node. Effectively, this gives Loongson's designers more time to improve their #CPU designs before moving to new process node.
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/chinese-chipmakers-new-7nm-cpus-reportedly-outperform-intels-raptor-lake-loongson-adopts-tock-tock-tick-strategy-to-close-the-gap-with-intel

Feel like posting my oddball #Loongson machine where I sometimes question my own sanity for even getting that but not gonna lie its fun and the only way to get your hands on a modern and maybe last ever PC with an #ISA using #MIPS with some #RISCV sprinkled in. CPU is an 3A6000.

#Loongson To Launch Its Cutting-Edge "#3C6000" #Server #CPU By Next Quarter, Up To 128 Core Chiplet Design
It features a 16C/32Th count and significant IPC improvements from the firm's previous 3C5000 and provide DDR4-3200 support. Loongson also has dual silicon and quad silicon chips in plans, both featuring a respective core count of 32 cores and 64 cores. There will also be a future 8-chiplet design that would pack up to 128 cores.
https://wccftech.com/loongson-launch-cutting-edge-3c6000-server-cpu-next-quarter-up-to-128-cores/ #x86 #China

Primero que nada, les quiero compartir una noticia. China dono algunas computadoras a estudiantes. Pero, con un nuevo procesador hecho en china y un sistema operativo basado en...Linux!

#china
#loongson
#linux

https://elchapuzasinformatico.com/2024/04/escuelas-chinas-reciben-10-000-ordenadores-con-cpu-loongson/

I'm late getting the memo on this but I just read that MIPS (the company) have moved to RISC-V. Does that leave #Loongson as the last MIPS standing? #RISC

#AltOS developed by #Moscow, #Russia-based #BasaltSPO has been recompiled to support #China's #Loongson #CPU based on #LoongArch architecture.
Alt is now first Russian #operatingsystem capable of running on Loongson's processors based on #64bit LoongArch, such as #LS5000 and #LS6000 series, which some in Russia consider alternatives to #x86 CPUs. The distro is based on the unstable, experimental branch of the #Sisyphus project, a stable release is set for Q1 2024.
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/russia-alt-os-linux-china-loongson-loongarch

#Chinese #Loongson #GPU Promises #RX550-Level Performance, Likely Arriving in 2025
Hu Weiwu, Loongson's founder, asserted the #9A1000 delivers comparable performance to the Radeon RX 550, an entry-level AMD GPU from six years ago. The Radeon RX 550 provides around 1.2 TFLOPS of FP32 performance. Weiwu emphasized that the 9A1000 will also support scientific computing and AI acceleration. The statement somewhat hints at an implementation similar to #Nvidia's #Tensor cores.
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/chinese-loongson-gpu-promises-rx-550-level-performance-likely-arriving-in-2025

Während die #EU vermutlich noch jahrzehntelang sich in missglückte Cloud-Versuche verheddert (#GAIAX) und zögerlich mit vernünftigen und raschen Schritten in Richtung eigener #Hardware-Entwicklung dahindümpelt, machen die Chinesen schon längst Nägel mit Köpfen, wenn auch noch nicht auf Niveau der USA:

Chinesisches #CPU-Eigengewächs #Loongson 3A6000 holt auf
https://www.heise.de/news/Chinesisches-CPU-Eigengewaechs-Loongson-3A6000-holt-auf-9352611.html

Wir sind auf Jahrzehnte sowas von abgehängt.

In addition to #Debian #Linux promoting #RISCV to an official #CPU architecture for the newly in development #Debian13 cycle, another CPU architecture/port change is adding #LoongArch "#Loong64" as a new Debian Port. Debian LoongArch bootstrap is around 200 packages while work is still ongoing to make it self-hosting. The LoongArch CPU architecture developed by Chinese vendor #Loongson is based on #MIPS64 https://www.phoronix.com/news/Debian-Ports-LoongArch