The latest from China, Lingjiu Micro GP201, is a step towards homegrown alternatives

It easily beats AMD E8860

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Published onMay 9, 2024

published onMay 9, 2024

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At a time when China is aiming to reduce reliance on Western powers for PC hardware, the emergence of theLingjiu Micro GP201GPU is a good sign. It’s one of the many domestic alternatives being fostered by the government.

While the GPU isn’t high-performance by any of the current standards, it’s still a significant feat, given that the company behindthe product,Wuhan Lingjiu Microelectronics, developed it within three years of inception, reportsTom’s Hardware.

Another reason thatLingjiu Micro GP201is getting all the attention is that it’s far ahead of its competitors in the national landscape.

The manufacturer is comparingGP201withAMD E8860to highlight how the former outperforms AMD products, but let’s not forget that the latter was released almost a decade ago in 2014. And it wasn’t even the best-performing GPU of the time!

Wuhan Lingjiu Microelectronicshas released five models of theGP201graphics processing unit covering every segment, namely full-height, half-height, and MXM, according toIT Home.

Lingjiu Micro GP201’s specifications

While these configurations may not be optimal for resource-intensive tasks, it’s a sign that China is making steady progress in developing homegrown alternatives.

Recently,China banned Intel and AMD chips from government PCsdue to security concerns, and it hopes to be completely non-reliant on Western companies and use only domestic alternatives by 2027.

However, given the fact that the homegrown chips still can’t compete with most of the new-age products,China procured high-end NVIDIA AI chipsto train LLMs despite the US banning the sale of such chips to the country.

Do you think theLingjiu Micro GP201could compete with the NVIDIA and AMD chips after future upgrades? Share with our readers in the comments section.

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