Loongson

Loongson
General information
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
Common manufacturer(s)	STMicroelectronics, SMIC;
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 12 nm
Microarchitecture	see text
Instruction set	MIPS64 (with LoongISA extensions); LoongArch
Physical specifications
Cores	1–8;

Loongson Technology Corporation Limited
Native name	龙芯中科技术有限公司
Company type	Public, Mixed ownership enterprise
Traded as	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.loongson.cn

Loongson (simplified Chinese: 龙芯; traditional Chinese: 龍芯; pinyin: Lóngxīn; lit. 'Dragon Core')^[1] is the name of a family of general-purpose, MIPS architecture-compatible, later in-house LoongArch architecture microprocessors, as well as the name of the Chinese fabless company (Loongson Technology) that develops them. The processors are alternately called Godson processors,^[2] which is described as its academic name.^[3]

^ "龙芯处理器英文品牌定名Loongson(组图)_业界_科技时代_新浪网". tech.sina.com.cn.
^ Cite error: The named reference 2005-hu was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Hu, Weiwu (August 2008). "Micro-architecture of Godson-3 multi-core processor". 2008 IEEE Hot Chips 20 Symposium (HCS). pp. 1–31. doi:10.1109/HOTCHIPS.2008.7476554. ISBN 978-1-4673-8871-9. S2CID 38427069. Retrieved 2 August 2021.

[1] "龙芯处理器英文品牌定名Loongson(组图)_业界_科技时代_新浪网". tech.sina.com.cn.

[2005-hu-2] Cite error: The named reference 2005-hu was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[2008-hu-3] Hu, Weiwu (August 2008). "Micro-architecture of Godson-3 multi-core processor". 2008 IEEE Hot Chips 20 Symposium (HCS). pp. 1–31. doi:10.1109/HOTCHIPS.2008.7476554. ISBN 978-1-4673-8871-9. S2CID 38427069. Retrieved 2 August 2021.

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