Chinese company Loongson has revealed its plans for the foreseeable future, including the much-anticipated 3D7000 processors. Notably, each chiplet of these processors will contain 32 cores.
Photo WCCF Tech. The current lineup, 3C6000, already utilizes 16-core chiplets, allowing the company to create 64-core CPUs. It seems that the new lineup will include 128-core CPUs. Such doubling in chiplet cores will be facilitated by a new manufacturing process. Currently, the company is likely employing a 12-nanometer process, and the new processors will use a sub-10 nm process. Possibly, it could be a 7 nm process from SMIC. These processors will target the server segment.
Photo WCCF Tech. Additionally, the company mentioned that its 9A1000 graphics card, also aimed at data centers, will be ready next year. This illustrates Loongson’s attempt to diversify its offerings in IT infrastructure, especially as Microsoft and Google increase their demand for such components.
