[Indic-computing-users] Chinese chip, offering language support...

[Frederick N. (FN) <fr...@by...>]

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Message: 1
   Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 09:03:26 -0000
   From: "rohankriplani" <roh...@ya...>
Subject: Chinese V-Dragon chip for Linux OS now on sale

CHINESE FIRM, Culturecom Holdings Ltd says it has begun selling its
V-Dragon chip, claiming 100,000 orders thus far. The chip is designed
to run a local implemetation of Linux - known as Midori - and goes
large on Chinese language support according to the company website.The
company also says it had help from IBM in building its chip and is now
teaming up with Transmeta to develop the Midori Linux.

The Chinese are keen to develop their own chip and operating systems
to avoid reliance on US technology, which could have security
implications for the People's Republic. 

The V-Dragon has a 32-bit RISC core and claims 64-bit read and write
data buses for Processor Local Bus (PLB). The Memory Management Unit
runs 16KB instruction and 16KB data caches, while the chip's High
Speed Memory Controller is capable of supporting up to 4 SDRAM banks
and a maximum total of 1GB SDRAM, the company says.

IMO, India should learn this lesson fast and start working on the same
lines

-RK

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