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Motherboards and systems with China's Loongson CPUs now shipping to US customers — options start from $373 for a DTX board with processor and cooler (www.tomshardware.com)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

They're not show-stoppers compared to Western tech, but they could still be good workstations.

not every pc needs to be a monster; most people really don't need a desktop much more powerful than a high-end phone. the gains loongson has made in power efficiency is a good track to be on.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Exactly, especially when running Linux that doesn't have all the bloat of windows or macos. I also imagine that top priority is replacing western hardware and software in use by the government. You don't need bleeding edge hardware to do email, spreadsheets, and document editing.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It's not like you have any choice other than GNU/Linux if you get a LoongArch based computer lol. I don't think Apple will ever give a shit and Microsoft currently only has an ARM port of Windows which mostly works on some aarch64 boards. It's obviously a move to make themselves more independent of western closed source garbage.

You don’t need bleeding edge hardware to do email, spreadsheets, and document editing.

emacs ftw.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

lol emacs might be a bit too intense for your average office worker :)

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

What, you are saying I don't need a watercooled 7800x3d to check my email!? Next you will be insinuating I don't need a 4090 for Minecraft.