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This is some really expensive hardware for a processor that's a couple generations behind in performance.
Also, I'm surprised these can be shipped to the US. I thought this tech was sanctioned or something related to it, or perhaps, it might soon be.
EDIT: Ah, looks like it's legal to purchase even as an entry on the US Entity List, but I am not a lawyer.
A couple generations don’t mean much anymore.
Performance gains have been slow.
I’d rather understand where exactly is its performance in comparison to AMD and Intel.
Then I can make a call if it is worth it.
After all there’s plenty of Raspberry Pi level performance and people are happy with it as long as price is right.
Less than $400 for mobo, cpu and fan is not expensive even if it's a couple of gens behind
I mean, it's a 4 core MIPS CPU, tops out at 2.5GHz and apparently compares to an i3 10100F, which is pretty much "reheated Skylake". This with native code.
It can translate x86 and ARM code in theory, but I can imagine the performance degradation. You can buy this if you want, I know I won't
Might be helpful to have this hardware if you want to develop malware targeting systems in China.
No thanks
Why not? Those CPUs got perfect scores on Red Star OS.
Party approved!
Gonna party like it's 1999...
More importantly, Winnie approved!
Does it run Linux?
Apparently the instruction set is off-brand MIPS64?!
I don’t think that is what they mean by “which is a bit like MIPS or RISC-V.“
It is. Originally they were a MIPS-like, then they licensed it and became MIPS-compatible, then they extended it into their own instruction set.
Why would anyone want this? Maybe they are forcing Chinese nationals to buy them and inflate their popularity as a product for Papa CCP.
They probably sell them dirt cheap domestically, no need for coercion
Could be for devs? China's long term goal is to wean itself off western software and hardware.
Speaking strictly in the US, which is what this article is about.
For devs.
I'm having a hard time finding a bullet point list of all it's features.
Some articles are telling me it's a match for Haswell others are telling me it has AVX2. None of them seem that reliable. Do you happen to know?
I believe these still not beat the bang for the buck of X79 and X99 PCs.
This is not a good deal. First of all I highly doubt this mobo and CPU will be Windows 11 compatible so you're out of luck there. For $373 you can find an AMD Ryzen 5 7600X and mobo combo deal that will vastly outperform this Chinese CPU. Also AMD's AM5 platform is DDR5 while this Chinese CPU and mobo combo is DDR4. $373 is a ridiculously non competitive price.
Who the fuck uses Windows 11?!
Me 😢
I have a critical work app that will not run in wine or with proton.
I’ve even contacted the devs and they suggested trying to run the android version on Linux, but it doesn’t work either.
I have several for work that will likely never work in Linux.
So those have a nice little VM they sit on, which has been stripped bare of the nonsense. Remote desktop access enabled, and I can do what I need whenever.
That’s pretty interesting, but it’s a meeting software. So I’m regularly sharing my screen and sharing files. So I need to be in the os. I’ll just key checking it every time a roster counts out for proton or the app I use.
So stream your desktop to the VM?
To share the bigger picture, I’m using this app 99% of my working hours. So it doesn’t make sense to do it this way.
I’d be better off just working out of the vm but due to performance loss and dealing with passing through usb I just use windows.
Although, outside of work I use Linux.
What is the app? You may need to install libhoudini (libndk if you have AMD processor) if it the app is arm only. https://github.com/casualsnek/waydroid_script
I do, I've been trying to get off it and onto Bazzite but I tried to do a test run by installing it on my laptop before my pc and the boot loader won't pick up the usb 😔
I don't feel comfortable doing it on my pc without first seeing it work, so it seems I'm stuck on windows
The majority of businesses and a lot of consumers. 46% of steam users. Few years it'll be the majority.
46, goddamn
No Intel Management Engine though.
Do we know if it has some kind of equivalent though?
Is that a bad thing though?
Give us some links for combo of motherboard, CPU and fan. I assume it needs a fan.
Here:
https://www.amazon.com/AMD-RyzenTM-6-Core-Mortar-Motherboard/dp/B0C1P856RB/
https://www.amazon.com/PCCOOLER-Paladin-Nickel-Plated-Anti-oxidant-Protective/dp/B0CN66YDXT/
CPU + Mobo combo plus a CPU cooler which adds up to about $381.40 which is $8 more than Chinese CPU + mobo combo. I think that's close enough to be within the margin of price fluctuations. That AM5 mobo comes with four memory slots, PCIe 4.0, USB 3.2 and Wifi 6E. Those features may be worth extra $8 for some.
This is not a good deal. First of all I highly doubt this mobo and CPU will be Windows 11 compatible so you're out of luck there.
That's a feature lol
For $373 you can find an AMD Ryzen 5 7600X and mobo combo deal that will vastly outperform this Chinese CPU
Really? I'm actually asking because I don't think you can get the amd combo you mentioned at that price. Also, we'd need to confirm the specs and performance. So far it would be just speculation
Really? I’m actually asking because I don’t think you can get the amd combo you mentioned at that price.
Without even trying... https://pcpartpicker.com/list/msJQ6D
This is not even the lowest you can go, as I wouldn't get an A620 mobo. Also not a recommendation, just first three components I found.
BTW, afaik this is a MIPS CPU, with proprietary ISA. Who would want this other than the Chinese government exactly?
You shouldn't compare retail prices with deals. Go compare it to AMD MSRP.
No fuckin thanks
So you want to continue using the American spyware. I'd give the Chinese spyware a try, to even the ground.
Nah.
I'll take the red fascist mobo for use in the Second American Civil War, np
Nah.
I'd even go as far as to say your data is way less likely to hurt you when abused abroad than domestically.
And we know American hardware does, indeed, have backdoors.
A few years from now we may be seeing US tariffs on these just like EVs today.
China is developing fast and it took US trade war seriously.
