In addition to the AMD-authorized Haiguang Group in the development of X86 processors, there is another camp in China to develop X86 processors, that is, Shanghai Zhaoxin, they are working with VIA VIA.
Recently, the deputy general manager of Shanghai Zhaoxin said in an interview that the overall performance of the Megachip processor has been able to benchmark the international mainstream standards. The latest processor has been able to benchmark Intel's sixth-generation Core i3 processor, running mainstream games without stress, while the next-generation Mega X86 processor performance is on par with the Intel Core i5 processor.
The Science and Technology Daily reported that Dr. Luo Yong, deputy general manager of Shanghai Zhaoxin Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd., said in an interview that the overall performance of the SMIC processor has been able to benchmark the international mainstream standards, with the ZX-C series CPU and KX-5000 as For example, it is possible to benchmark Intel's sixth-generation i3 processor, the host frequency can reach 2GHz, for daily office applications, 4K decoding, and even running Call of Duty, Tomb Raider and other mainstream 3D games have no pressure.
The statement that the domestic processor is against the Intel Core i3 processor is not the first time. In 2017, the Science and Technology Daily also reported the progress of the domestic nuclear high-base project for more than ten years. Among them, the single-core performance of domestic CPUs such as Feiteng, Godson, Shenwei and Zhaoxin increased from 3% to 36.4%, 33.3%, 25.8% and 51.5% of the Intel i3CPU in the early 12th Five-Year Plan.
The performance of this is close to the core performance of the Core i3 is still the X86 processor of the company, but at that time, the latest official processor of the company is the ZX-C+ series, 4 cores and 4 threads, 28nm process, frequency up to 2.0GHz, TDP power consumption 18W However, in the current statement, the theory of the mega core has become the performance of the ZX-C series and the KX-5000 series comparable to the Intel six generation Core i3, which is the 14nm process Skylake architecture Core i3.
The previous statement of the ZX-C series is half the performance of the i3 processor five or six years ago. The performance has become the performance of the six-generation i3.... This is unlikely, but the KX-5000 series has this possibility, because KX -5000 is the latest X86 architecture released by Megacore. According to the official information, the KX-5000 series uses a new kernel, up to 8 cores, IPC performance increased by 25%, single-chip performance increased by 140%, and memory tape expansion increased by 120%. .
And their test results are from the endorsement of "Microcomputer" magazine, 'From these test results, the performance of the megacore KX-5000 series 8-core processor has basically reached the level of the sixth generation Core processor Core i3-6100. The Core i3-6100 processor scored 7588 thousand steps per second in the FrizChess chess power test, CINEBENCH R11.5 CPU rendered score 4.35pts, and the 7-zip composite score was around 11236. From still using the North and South Bridge architecture, FSB The ZX-C processor of the bus catches up with the performance of the sixth-generation Core i3 processor. This is indeed a very big improvement for the mega-core x86 processor. ' —— Microcomputer
In this test, Fritz chess test 7911 points, this is mainly multi-core implementation, 6 generation i3 or dual-core four-thread, and Cinbench R11.5 test CPU score 4.01pts, this is multi-threaded score (single thread more than 1.0pts), 4.0 The pts score is really similar to the Core i3-6000 series processor.
Of course, the pursuit of Megacore is not limited to this. It is not enough for 8 cores to win 2 cores and 4 thread processors. Luo Yong revealed that the next-generation KX-6000 series processor has been successfully streamed. It is based on the more advanced 16nm. Process, clock speed up to 3.0GHz, compatible with x86 instruction set and extended instruction set such as SSE4.2, AVX2. Open KX-6000 series processor single chip integrated 4/8 CPU core, memory controller, PCIe controller, SATA Controller and USB controller, etc., with 4MB/8MB cache, support DDR4-3200 speed memory, PCIe 3.0 compatible and support SATA Gen3 and USB 3.1 standards, performance is aligned with Intel i5 processor, achieving international advanced level acceleration Catch up.
