http://nextbigfuture.disqus.com/enTue, 02 Sep 2008 11:02:21 -0000http://nextbigfuture.com/2008/09/china-has-230-teraflop-supercomputer.html#comment-2004851<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godson" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godson">http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...</a></p><p>The chips were originally MIPS compatible</p><p>The instruction set is MIPS compatible, but the creators have backed away from promoting the chip as such due to threats of a lawsuit</p><p>The chip uses a modified version of the MIPS instruction set that replaces proprietary instructions with ones developed by ICT</p><p>In March 2007 STMicroelectronics bought a licence from MIPS Technologies Inc. and announced a partnership wherein STMicro will manufacture and distribute Godson-family processors.</p>nextbigfutureTue, 02 Sep 2008 11:02:21 -0000http://nextbigfuture.com/2008/09/china-has-230-teraflop-supercomputer.html#comment-2002712<p>I wonder if we ever see the Godson outside the chinese market sounds like a cool CPU or if MIPS would not just sue them to death as soon as they try exporting it.</p>DrBaltharTue, 02 Sep 2008 06:54:02 -0000