AMD halts x86 IP transfers to Chinese Joint Venture - No Zen 2 for China

[WYP]

AMD's joint venture IP share will be limited to Zen.



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[grec]

Probably also has something to do with the fact the Via & mostly Shanghai government(80%) owned Zhaoxin KaiXian x86 processors are starting to really come into their own now, this years models are 50% faster, with big steps being made each gen.

 

[LePhuronn]

Probably also has something to do with the fact the Via & mostly Shanghai government(80%) owned Zhaoxin KaiXian x86 processors are starting to really come into their own now, this years models are 50% faster, with big steps being made each gen.

And Donny 45 swinging his around too.

 

[grec]

Not sure what you mean there but the Chinese govt. seem to be willing to sacrifice short term perf. to have full control over design & capital of their silicon.

Could say the same about the EU too, with a team here just completing the designs for a custom CPU arch for European exascale supercomputers to avoid reliance on US tech & design/security choices.

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/...processor_project_promises_the_goods_in_2021/