Tag: China

GeForce RTX 5090 gets Chinese D version, no performance reduction

Graphics, News | | Jan Olšan

A year ago, due to US sanctions aimed at limiting China’s access to powerful AI acceleration, Nvidia began selling the cut-down RTX 4090D instead of the GeForce RTX 4090 in that market because the high-end gaming GPU was already crossing the performance limits imposed. As expected, the new Blackwell generation will face the same problem and Nvidia is preparing a special RTX 5090D Chinese SKU, but reportedly with full performance. Read more “GeForce RTX 5090 gets Chinese D version, no performance reduction” »

Zhaoxin KX-7000: China’s new x86 CPU surprises with 3.7 GHz clock

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

While the US has blacklisted various Chinese CPU manufacturers, Zhaoxin keeps rolling with its x86 processors (albeit rooted in non-Chinese Centaur Technology and VIA). And now they have a new generation of x86 processors, dubbed the KX-7000, which could be its most interesting effort yet (perhaps like the recent Loongson 3A6000). It is a chiplet processor that also seems to have finally ended the tradition of insufficient clock speeds. Read more “Zhaoxin KX-7000: China’s new x86 CPU surprises with 3.7 GHz clock” »

Beware: counterfeit Samsung SSD 980 Pro are selling in China

News, SSDs | | Jan Olšan

When you shop on auction servers or Chinese internet “marketplaces”, you are at risk of counterfeit hardware. There have been and still keep being sold counterfeit graphics cards (that usually contain old and worthless GPUs), but also processors. And now, apparently, we are getting counterfeit NVMe SSDs. They also appeared in China and are while they are quite sophisticated, you won’t get the desired features and performance. Read more “Beware: counterfeit Samsung SSD 980 Pro are selling in China” »

Radeon RX 6300 spotted in China. Modern GT 1030 replacement?

Graphics, News | | Jan Olšan

Basic low-cost dedicated GPUs became a dying breed over the last decade. Faster integrated GPUs leave less and less room for them and it doesn’t pay off to develop new chips of this sort anymore. Nvidia has been selling the GeForce GT 1030 with a 16nm Pascal architecture chip for almost six years now, and it’s only now, it seems. that a more modern replacement could appear: the Radeon RX 6300 with a 6nm GPU based on a current architecture. Read more “Radeon RX 6300 spotted in China. Modern GT 1030 replacement?” »

China has its own GPU: the Glenfly Arise GT-10C0 from Zhaoxin

Graphics, News | | Jan Olšan

There have been multiple reports about Chinese company Glenfly, which is one of the Chinese projects seeking to produce a local GPUs that would not come from abroad. It has now officially revealed the Glenfly Arise GT-10C0, its first discrete graphics card, including full specifications. Seems like it’s probably coming soon and will be an important complement to alternative Chinese CPUs like Loongson that can’t power PCs without a GPU. Read more “China has its own GPU: the Glenfly Arise GT-10C0 from Zhaoxin” »