The recent ultra-micro will be the most advanced X86 Zen Architecture Processor Technology authorized to the mainland manufacturers of the sea light caused the industry outcry, but also manufacturers believe that licensing to mainland manufacturers will hinder AMD and Intel (Intel) on the X86 processor market revenue, Further to the 2 companies in the mainland, the world's largest chip market impact. According to the driving house, the recent introduction of Dhyana processors by mainland manufacturers has adopted the X86 technology authorized by AMD to the company, and in addition to the sea Light, Shanghai mega-core and via 2 manufacturers also have X86 technical authorization. The reason why the AMD authorized X86 gives the industry attention is that the X86 processor is not only high-performance, but also a more general-purpose processor, which has advantages over MIPS, Alpha and power architectures. In fact, this is not the first time the X86 to the mainland institutions, AMD's former CEO Hector Ruiz in 2005 X86 Geode Technology has been authorized to the Beijing University Microprocessor Center, but the incident did not arouse the same attention as the authorization case, The main reasons include the fact that X86 Geode technology was not advanced at that time, and the microprocessor Center in Peking University was an academic institution, which produced little benefit in the commercial market. And the AMD authorized is the latest Zen architecture processor technology, authorized objects of the sea light is the mainland domestic efficient operators. Industry analysis pointed out that AMD authorized X86 technology to mainland manufacturers are not afraid of the cause of harm may include the X86 of the licensing costs (293 million U.S. dollars) as a X86 processor of the pipeline. AMD this time, in addition to authorization, also with the sea light set up 2 joint venture company CHMT and Chengdu Ocean Light Integrated circuit design company (CHICD), of which amd in the CHMT accounted for more than 51%, and the AMD-led CHMT company will be responsible for the Zen processor customization work, It also means that AMD can still control the X86 technology direction of the mainland through the shareholding structure. It is also noteworthy that Intel, a developer of the X86 processor, is not opposed to authorizing the X86 technology to the mainland, mainly because the 64-bit X86 processor is actually invented by AMD, and Intel's x86-64 processor is also using AMD's instruction set, both of which have been cross licensed in the past, Intel does not have the authority to prevent AMD's external authorization; Plus AMD is still taking ownership of the mainland X86 processor business development, still retain the core technology, in essence does not cause much harm. In fact, Intel has previously licensed the X86 processor to the violet light, a SC98531 processor that was launched in 2017 to use the X86 architecture of the Intel 14 nano process. For AMD, authorizing X86 processors is equivalent to an extra ally for mainland companies, as the mainland is already the world's largest market for chips, AMD and Intel's mainland market accounts for up to 20~25%, and the mainland market is growing fast, The key to AMD's scramble for servers from Intel is the mainland market. From the point of view of the mainland, currently authorized by the AMD X86 processor in the mainland market is the application of government procurement, efficient computing and military industry and other fields, however, although the mainland can develop and produce other arm and MIPS processor, the general degree and performance of the X86 processor can not be flat, The future has X86 technology is undoubtedly a major technical assistance. However, mainland manufacturers still face a certain technical test, because AMD's Zen processor is using GlobalFoundries 14 nm process, the current mainland manufacturers still do not have the technology, the fastest to wait until early 2019, SMIC will start to carry out 14 nm process,
