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Huating Hotel, Grand Banquet Hall.

This is the largest of the 28 meeting rooms, measuring 50 meters long and 42 meters wide. The spacious interior accommodates 190 seats, with wide aisles all around!

Above them were large square lights, under their feet were expensive carpets, and on the walls hung promotional posters. On the stage, the projection screen had been lowered, displaying the words: Loongson-1 Press Conference!

The seats were full of people, and even the aisles were crowded with reporters carrying cameras.

The general-purpose processor is the heart of a microcomputer! Only a handful of manufacturers worldwide can produce this type of processor!

The x86 architecture is exclusive to only a few manufacturers!

The x86 architecture was invented by Intel. Later, IBM felt that it would create a monopoly if only Intel could produce it, so it strongly demanded that Intel also license the x86 architecture to other companies.

Intel must have been furious at the time, but there was nothing they could do. After all, IBM was a major customer, and they also faced monopoly issues. So, they reluctantly licensed the x86 architecture to companies like AMD, Cyrix, IDT, and NEC.

These companies rushed to produce 386 and 486 processors, so Intel, to avoid having the same name as them, specifically named its 586 Pentium.

This field has been almost entirely monopolized by x86, but now, a completely new product has finally emerged!

However, what is the architecture of this Loongson chip? What is its instruction set? Will it infringe on Intel's patents?

Everyone was very curious; this was definitely a major event in the electronics field!

Everyone was excitedly discussing it until a "hello" sound came from the conference room, at which point they turned their attention to the direction of the stage.

A young and handsome man walked onto the stage.

President Qin!

Qin Chuan smiled and looked down: "Everyone, welcome to support our group! Today is destined to be recorded in the history of Dongfang Microelectronics! Our first processor, developed by the people of Dongfang, is officially launched!"

"In the 1980s, in order to develop the economy, we abandoned the research and development of large-scale integrated circuits, which required huge investments. Since then, chips have been a black box to us. We don't know what's inside, we only know how to use each pin. Although we continue to use chips, we know nothing about them..."

The first three rows in the central area were occupied by leaders and key personnel. Upon hearing Qin Chuan's words, everyone had mixed feelings, while Old Huang's eyes were filled with tears.

"However, that's only temporary. When we have the capability, we will develop chips again! Our Laiyang Group's former totem was splashing molten iron, now it's a tiny chip! If Dongfang Technology wants to take off, it can't do without our own Chinese chips!"

"We grovel on the ground, just to wipe away the humiliation on our motherland. Since we lag behind in chip technology, we must strive in this direction to become the world's strongest! We will always believe that the Chinese nation is also a creative nation! We Chinese are no less capable than Westerners!"

Qin Chuan paused, waiting for the reaction from the audience. There should be applause here!

Sure enough, three seconds later, everyone burst into applause, the sound deafening and deeply moving!

"Countless researchers have worked incredibly hard to develop this chip. Here, I would like to thank the Institute of Computing Technology, the scientists led by Professor Ni and Professor Huang, SMIC that produced it, and everyone who contributed to the birth of Loongson!"

"Next, please welcome Mr. Ni to the stage to introduce Loongson to everyone!"

Qin Chuan had to come on stage to show that Laiyang Group attached great importance to the chip industry, but Qin Chuan also knew that he couldn't steal the show; this stage should be left to Elder Ni!

Mr. Ni walked up with a smile: "I know you've all been waiting anxiously, so I won't talk about anything else, just the technology. First of all, our processor uses the brand-new Dragon architecture and Dragon instruction set!"

At the same time, in the capital, Intel's Eastern office.

"Mr. Durant, rest assured, L will definitely withstand the pressure. We are the largest computer mainframe manufacturer in the East. As long as we don't purchase Loongson, even if Loongson is released, it will always be a marginalized product. Its sales will be very small, and it will eventually be marginalized..."

Liu Zhonglie spoke at length, expressing his loyalty to Intel.

Durant frowned: "Right now, all we want to know is what architecture and instruction set this Loongson chip uses."

“That goes without saying, it’s definitely x86,” Liu Zhonglie said. “Currently, all processors in the world use this instruction set. What other tricks could those guys come up with? They didn’t get authorization from Intel, you can sue them!”

Speaking of this, Liu Zhonglie became even more excited: "They Easterners have never valued patent rights. Let's take this opportunity to teach Eastern companies a lesson in intellectual property protection!"

Just then, Liu Zhonglie's phone rang. He took it out, intending to hang up immediately, but seeing that it was a message from Yang Qingfeng, which should be about the situation at the scene, he turned on the speakerphone.

The next second, Liu Zhonglie's expression completely changed.

"A completely new Dragon architecture and Dragon instruction set..."

What?

Durant suddenly stood up, a completely new look?

"Impossible, absolutely impossible, it must just be a name change to the x86 instruction set!"

They were still talking inside.

"We believe that while complex instruction sets make it easier for programmers to write programs, they also increase the complexity of the programs. A simplified instruction set is a more suitable solution. Our Dragon instruction set currently has 337 basic instructions..."

The basic design is completely different; it's definitely not a copy of the x86 architecture!

Durant was completely stunned. Loongson had started from scratch!

Who says Easterners lack chip development technology? They've even pioneered a completely new path for the most challenging central processing unit!

The launch event for Loongson-1 at the Huating Hotel in Shanghai.

"Does this simplified instruction set mean that programmers need to relearn it?"

"Of course not. Unless it's a few software programs that directly access the underlying hardware, most application software doesn't need it. We have already developed a matching operating system and compiler. As long as you know C, you can easily write programs on Loongson computers!"

Although we haven't gotten around to things like the northbridge and southbridge chips yet, the software is already up and running!

Once the complete machine is shipped, the operating system and software will be included...

And that's how the Loongson ecosystem was established! Anyway, for most people, it's their first time buying a computer, and they're using Loongson right away, so they naturally get used to it!

"Of course, if necessary, our computers can also run programs on other architectures directly. We've designed a dedicated code conversion compiler at the underlying level..."

In the capital, Durant nearly vomited blood on the spot. What? It can still run our x86 programs? That's outrageous! These Easterners are going too far!