I doubt it can run Windows and AT isn't really known for Linux benchmarks.I hope we'll see some proper comparison benchmarks. Maybe Anandtech will get a sample? Fingers crossed.
I doubt it can run Windows and AT isn't really known for Linux benchmarks.
EDIT: Hmm...seems it can. Then Toms Hardware may have the review before not too long.
Zhaoxin KaiXian x86 CPU Tested: The Rise of China's Chips
Taking on the x86 duopolywww.tomshardware.com
I didn't know Microsoft had made a special Windows build for China.Why on earth would it not be? It's an x86 chip on a PC-compatible platform infrastructure.
What in the world are you talking aboutThe OS still has the use a scheduler that synchronizes with hardware. Just because it is x86 doesn't mean the OS knows what instructions to feed it.
I didn't know Microsoft had made a special Windows build for China.
The OS still has the use a scheduler that synchronizes with hardware. Just because it is x86 doesn't mean the OS knows what instructions to feed it.
I didn't know Microsoft had made a special Windows build for China.
My understanding is that China does get a special build of windows which they also have access to the source code for national security purpose
Pretty sure that isn't the case.Define x86. Its not a simple set of operations supported. The OS has to know what is supported.
Tomshardware would have used a normal Windows build if that had been the case. Windows needs to recognize the CPU to be able to boot from it. I don't think it can go past the hardware enumeration process unless the CPU is recognized. All the emulators emulate specific CPUs and chipsets for baseline hardware support in Windows guests. Otherwise, Windows will bluescreen during hardware enumeration. It is possible that China has forbidden Microsoft from detecting the Zhaoxin CPUs in anything other than the Chinese Government Edition of Windows.Why would it need one? It's a PC.
Tomshardware would have used a normal Windows build if that had been the case. Windows needs to recognize the CPU to be able to boot from it. I don't think it can go past the hardware enumeration process unless the CPU is recognized. All the emulators emulate specific CPUs and chipsets for baseline hardware support in Windows guests. Otherwise, Windows will bluescreen during hardware enumeration. It is possible that China has forbidden Microsoft from detecting the Zhaoxin CPUs in anything other than the Chinese Government Edition of Windows.
Ah sorry. I misread.Zhaoxin KaiXian x86 CPU Tested: The Rise of China's Chips
Taking on the x86 duopolywww.tomshardware.com
This Tomshardware article? The one where it says they don't have access to Windows 10 China Government Edition and IPL'd a vanilla Windows 10 Pro?
Wouldn't it be easy to confirm or deny that allegation by just prying off the lid and looking at the die?Notebookcheck and Wccftech have been trying to claim that KX-7000 is secretly a rebadged Alder Lake-N. It's not the worst take I've heard this year, but it's probably in the top five.
Wouldn't it be easy to confirm or deny that allegation by just prying off the lid and looking at the die?
Obviously the people making such claims care nothing for what should be . . . obvious.It's already easy to deny it by the fact that Zhaoxin has their own uarch group and a long-standing partnership with VIA, and the KX-7000 specs look absolutely nothing like ADL-N.
No info yet...Are there any good sources for what process KX-7000 and/or KH-50000 are built with? A lot of sources are saying it was slated for TSMC N7 but AFAIK Zhaoxin's parent entity got put on the Entity List late last year, so are we looking at SMIC N+1 or N+2?
It is speculated that KX-7000 uses TSMC 6nm.Are there any good sources for what process KX-7000 and/or KH-50000 are built with? A lot of sources are saying it was slated for TSMC N7 but AFAIK Zhaoxin's parent entity got put on the Entity List late last year, so are we looking at SMIC N+1 or N+2?