Game Development Giant

But it was really hard for Jester to talk about this.

The localization of CPUs is indeed a very serious issue. The future is an era of digitalization and informationization. Without excellent domestic CPUs, the so-called national defense security is just a lie.

However, this kind of thing is obviously going to cost an unknown amount of money, and no one except the country is willing to get involved.

But I have already directly rejected the matter of persuading Samsung to cooperate. If I refuse directly in this matter, it will make the other party feel unhappy. Moreover, no matter how you say this matter, it is a patriotic act, but patriotic acts can be said a thousand times. Ten thousand US dollars, Jester thought about it and maybe donated it. After all, the country's development of easy-to-use CPUs can be regarded as a huge achievement.

However, if I want to officially invest in the bottomless pit of Loongson development...

The main reason is that this thing cannot be used by civilians in the future. It is not an x86 architecture, does not support word, does not support flash, does not support adobe. To put it simply, it cannot use the window system, cannot do document work, cannot watch videos... this kind of thing Once the thing is made, there will be no sales at all, and no company will purchase such a CPU.

In other words, for civilian use, this thing has almost no future.

Although Jester didn't have a very in-depth understanding of the information about Loongson in his previous life, he remembered that he had read a piece of news, that is, after Loongson's products came out, they begged their grandparents to find someone to order their products. , as a result, other manufacturers simply ignored it.

I remember that Jester saw many people discussing the situation of Loongson at that time. Many people said that if Loongson wanted to get started, it could only carry out preliminary promotion through the central government forcing government departments to change their appearance.

There is actually a very important issue here, that is, the office software used by government departments. The office systems are all based on x86 architecture and Windows system. You need to switch to a CPU with a new architecture. It is necessary to completely replace all office software and office systems. This is not a simple matter of purchasing CPUs. This is a huge project involving hundreds of billions, or even trillions.

Moreover, for some government office systems, the most important problem is that they used to use the office software that they are accustomed to. If you suddenly change, it doesn’t matter whether you are familiar with it or not. If the entire office system is paralyzed, who can bear such a huge responsibility?

In fact, the core problem faced by Loongson when it was developed is that there is still only one core problem - Loongson's processors are several generations behind Intel processors, their performance is not competitive at all, and the batch size is too small, and the price cannot be lowered. Worse still Unfortunately, the PC foundation of the entire society is based on Windows, and Loongson's products are not compatible.

Needless to say, Loongson’s is not as good as Intel’s. So what if they can make a better CPU than Intel?

Do they still expect that they will have an ally like Microsoft standing firmly behind them?

It seems that they are challenging Intel. In fact, they have been challenging for 20 or 30 years. The barriers that have been formed are deep-rooted and insurmountable.

I do it even though I know it cannot be done, even though tens of thousands of people have done it. It does look very passionate and passionate, but Jester is not a warrior, nor is he a hero. If this matter can see the dawn of success in the future, Jester may think about it, but from what he knows about the future, Godson has almost no future.

A product that cannot be used by civilians will have no future.

Moreover, there is another very important reason that Jester doesn't like, that is, the people at Loongson are extremely immodest.

There was a joke about Loongson at that time.

Probably something like this.

Loongson people like to brag when being interviewed. They often say: Our CPU can do very powerful things!

Then some people will be curious and ask: Do you support x86?

cannot.

So do you support virtualization?

The people from Loongson turned pale and continued to answer: Under development.

The person who asked was not willing to give up, so he continued to ask, you have to give me a reason to buy it: There is always ddr3, right?

At this time, the faces of the people at Loongson were already ugly, but when faced with the inquiry, they could only continue to answer: No.

So is there a modular motherboard architecture?

No. At this time, the confidence of Godson's people was no longer strong, and their voices became very low.

However, after the person who asked the question asked these questions, he asked angrily: You can't do anything, so why should I buy your CPU?

At this time, the people at Loongson seemed to have regained their previous pride, and they continued to answer: Our CPU can do very powerful things!

Of course, Jester didn't mean to laugh at Loongson. The people at Loongson did a good job. When Jester traveled through time, their latest product could probably achieve the same efficiency as Intel's u at the same frequency. Within ten percent, this is already amazing, but here’s the problem. i7 can reach a frequency of 4.5, while Loongson can only reach a frequency of 1.5.

At that time, someone did an evaluation and the results were very thought-provoking.

Since its main frequency is only 1ghz, after downclocking the corresponding Intel and AMD processors to 1ghz, the result is as follows: The performance of Loongson's new quad-core processor is comparable to the 2010 Intel Core550/2014 AMD FX -8320 is roughly equivalent to 60%-70% of the core4660 produced by Intel in 2014.

The so-called equivalent here, or 60%, refers to the computing power at a frequency of 1ghz.

After thinking for a long time, Jester came up with an excuse to refuse.

It's very simple, that is, directly tell the people at the Ministry of Information Industry that he is not optimistic about the potential of Loongson in the future. He is a businessman, not a philanthropist. He can donate a certain amount of money to Loongson's development plan, which can be regarded as contributing to the national defense of the motherland. Contribution, but it is impossible for him to invest one billion, two billion, or even tens of billions of money for something that has no future at all.

snort!

After Jester finished his polite rejection, the official from the Ministry of Information Industry had not said anything yet. A young female assistant beside him looked at Jester angrily and snorted with disdain. There was a sound. (To be continued...)