The sixth generation of Godson Quest: The production using 28nm process

Godson processors, according to the chief architect, Chinese Academy of Sciences Dell Inspiron 9400 Battery Institute of Computing Technology (ICT), said Professor Hu Weiwu, 2011 Godson will introduce several products based on 65nm process, while the next generation of Godson processors will be produced using 28nm process. Weiwu also revealed they will launch a series of new products Godson, whose models include a server with the internal set a vector processor unit Godson products.

3B Godson Processor:

Since the 2001 launch of the first generation architecture after Godson, Godson has now developed to a sixth generation product. Weiwu HotChips in the recently held exhibition on the latest products on the Godson series: Godson 3B an illustration. This 8-core processor design, operating frequency up to 1GHz, using ST's 65nm production process technology, power consumption of 40W. This processor was completed this May-chip design flow will start mass production this September, the processor core, an area of 300 mm square, floating-point computing power to 128GFLOPS.

Godson 3B 64bit core is designed for 464V use of the core, the core compatible with MIPS instruction set, the core of-order execution pipeline to be completed per clock cycle, 4 instructions executable, can support 200 also can simulate the operation of Intel x86 instructions. For 464V in the letter "V", will represent this by adding a vector processor Godson-house unit.

464V core core used in previous generation 64bit floating point unit, based on the SIMD add a 256bit vector processor unit, the unit contains eight 64bit address calculator, and the chip designers also designed interface unit to the predefined data can be transmitted to the chip for processing.

Professor Hu did not disclose the performance of this product more information. But he said the run on 1GHz frequency of this processor core, the frame rate of 100FPS can decode 1080p H.264 video resolution format. He also said the performance of FPGA prototype is based on the actual operating conditions and the RTL simulation software, simulation results suggest that dell Vostro 1500 battery out.

3B the current Godson chip is still in the wafer test stage, after the package has not produced the actual product.

Professor Hu also briefed 3B Godson processors can be used several systems that can be used to form large-scale parallel computing system. Earlier this year, Shenzhen Dawning company had used the company based on Intel and Nvidia chips successfully set up a Gigabit supercomputer system, which was allegedly the next-generation supercomputer will be designed with 16-core Godson-3C product build.

Professor Hu also suggested that use of Godson processor supercomputer is expected to break through the barriers Gigabit time operations, so that China designed by the supercomputer will be the first among the world's top 500 supercomputers in the front ranks. Not only that, this server chip products also is expected to be successful high-end embedded systems.

Godson 2H/3C Processor:

In addition, Professor Hu said the development group plans to launch before the end of next year Godson 2H processor, which is an integrated GPU, the memory controller and a set of single-chip peripheral functions. Also in 2012, the development team will also introduce a 16-core design of the Godson-3C processor.

The sixth generation of Godson external queries and analysis:

The news of the release Godson Convention on the HotChips indeed set off an uproar, Professor Hu delivered the speech introduction, many participants have questions on the Godson. However, including Insight64 analyst Nathan Brookwood, including, many industry on the continent's ability to complete this ambitious product launch plans skeptical, especially in the continent to ensure the 28nm process chip production Zhi, the holders of skepticism are particularly high.

The 8-core processor to market Godson 3B, AMD have already started selling a 12-core server processor. And Intel recently introduced in the Hot Chips exhibition of its manufacturing process based on 32nm Westmere-EX processor, this processor uses 10-core design, support hyper-threading technology, and support the many safety and virtualization technologies, products will soon invest market.

28nm foundry process the next generation of Godson mystery party:

The designers from mainland China plan to skip the 45nm processor manufacturing process, Hp Pavilion dv9000 Series Battery the direct use of 28nm process technology, manufacturing its next-generation processor. Professor Hu slightly optimistic prediction that a prototype of their 28nm products will be made next year in April, but the actual product you will need to wait until 2012 before they will be introduced. However, the mainland is not clear where the processor design company can seek to 28nm process technology, factory OEM service support. According to Professor Hu said that their current major OEM side to STMicroelectronics, and TSMC is "Second Generation Business."

According to earlier plans, TSMC is expected to produce the letter next year to establish and foundry companies such as Altera's 28nm process chips, but now we do not know will not be new to this Godson chip foundry Taiwan production.

STMicroelectronics and mainland China over the years have maintained good relations of cooperation. Early 1990s, STMicroelectronics with Shenzhen Electronics Group to discuss the construction in southern China, an advanced chip plant in the cooperation program, but the scheme has been in the "only heard about but no one is down" state.

Government and Godson:

According to Professor Hu said the mainland government has over the past 5 years to 16 high-tech projects invested 10 billion U.S. dollars. Professor Hu is currently the NPC, is also the professor of Institute of Computing Technology Chinese Academy of Sciences. It is reported that these high-tech projects ranging from space technology and to solve water pollution problems. However, he said the important first part of these investments were put into the processor and operating system independent R & D projects such as the above.

Godson processors, the project can be traced back into history 10 years ago, when the Chinese government is formulating the 10th Five-Year Plan. R & D program of the processor, said to have reached a state of the latest round of five-year plan objectives and requirements, the objective is to develop a series of desktop / server processor lines.

In the next decade, that is, the Chinese government's first 12 and 13 Five-Year Plan period, HP Pavilion DV4000 Battery China's relevant objective will be to establish in-country set of chip manufacture and sale of industrial chain.