Godson-3 Adds Vector Extensions; Chinese Hope New Processors Will Beat World's Top Supercomputers

摘要

Aiming to build the world's fastest supercomputer using domestic technology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences is boosting the performance of its home-grown Godson microprocessors with powerful vector-processing units, new SIMD instructions, additional CPU cores, and a leap to 28nm technology. Within a few years, the Chinese hope, an all-native machine will rule the Top 500 list of the world's biggest iron.