Rebirth: From Computer System to World Richest

Chapter 47

Operating systems and chips have always been inseparable from each other.

Any chip architecture system has a relative operating system to provide software ecological support for it.

In addition to the winter alliance firmly dominating the personal computer market, the mobile phone market is also dominated by the aaa alliance (antable system + fruit system + aim chip).

In addition to the above two combinations, there is also a combination system of risc architecture chip + unix system in the field of servers and high-end hosts, and the winter alliance is gradually eroding this field.

The ownership of the unix system belongs to Bell Laboratories in the United States. Before it was divided by the antitrust law, Bell Laboratories belonged to the American giant company att.

Early Unix was a cheap or free license, and later reverted to a fee-based license. Linux was also inspired by the influence of Unix, and then it was born.

As the oldest system, Unix and Unix-like systems developed based on its derivatives account for most of the market in workstations, servers, minicomputers, mainframes, and supercomputers.

Among them, the mad computer system and ios system developed by the fruit company are also Unix-like systems.

The remaining part of the market share is occupied by the open source linux system, and part of the market share is occupied by the win-server system developed by the microhardware company.

Linux is a completely open source operating system, but strictly speaking it should be an open source system kernel. Its developer is a Finnlane, and any individual or organization can modify it, including commercial applications.

At present, most of the self-developed systems developed by individuals, companies, and institutions in the world are mostly developed on the Linux kernel.

The Antable system under Google’s is also based on the Linux kernel.

Among the most famous computer operating systems in the world, the unix system of Bell Labs, the win system of the microhardware company, and the mad system of the fruit company belong to the United States. The linux open source system is the only choice for most independent developers.

Coincidentally, in addition to the above-mentioned four operating systems, there are also four mainstream chip architectures with the widest application in the world.

The first is the x86 architecture, which belongs to a complex instruction set. It was developed by Intel Corporation in the United States. Currently, it is basically no longer authorized to the outside world, and it occupies an absolute dominant position in the field of personal computers.

Then there is the aim architecture, which is a streamlined instruction set. It was developed by Yingguo’s aim company. With the help of the two major mobile phone systems of Antio and Fruit, it has been fully popularized and occupies a dominant position in the field of mobile chips.(Read more @ wuxiax.com)

The authorization method of the framework is fee-based, and there are three different levels of authorization modes.

The A-series mobile phone chips developed by Fruit Company, the Fire Dragon chip under Gaotong, the Wanwan Lianfa Branch chip, the Hunter Block chip developed by Sansang, and the Hayes Semiconductor under Warwick all use the aim architecture!

Aim was originally a national enterprise, and was later acquired by Neon Country’s Softyin. Not long ago, it was bought by U.S. Invista from Softyin. It is now part of the United States.

At present, aim has already followed the US ban, prohibiting Warwick from continuing to purchase the latest version of its chip architecture!

The third is the mips chip architecture, which belongs to the streamlined instruction set and also belongs to the United States. The company’s operating conditions are getting worse and worse, and the mips architecture has also declined.

At present, Longguo’s Longxin uses the mips chip architecture. If Longxin hadn’t insisted on it, the commercial development of mips would have ceased.

The fourth is the risc-v architecture, which is also a streamlined instruction set. Its developer is the University of California at Berkeley, which is also affiliated with the United States.

The risc-v architecture itself, like the Linux system kernel, is completely open source, and any individual or organization can modify it on its basis, including commercial applications.

In view of the US ban, several major operating systems and chip architectures are reluctant to open authorization to Dragon Country, or to stop authorization at any time, leading to a stuck neck situation at any time.

One of Longguo’s previous solutions was to develop a domestic system based on the linux kernel and a domestic chip with mips and risc-v chip architecture to replace the “lack of core and less soul” dilemma.

Not only Dragon Country, but also many other countries, enterprises, institutions, individuals, etc., all adopt the solution of linux system + risc-v chip architecture.

At present, several domestic system manufacturers in China, including the “spare tire” Hongmeng system developed by Warwick, all use the Linux kernel.

In terms of chip architecture, many domestic companies have begun to move toward the risc-v architecture, and Shanghai City has also issued relevant support policies to support the development of risc-v chips.

In the fields of mobile chips, Internet of Things, automotive chips, etc., risc-v has become the best choice to replace the aim architecture.

The Honey Badger Semiconductor invested by Alibaba focuses on the risc-v field and recently released a chip to the market.

Many automotive chip manufacturers have also begun to develop and design chips with risc-v architecture.

However, in the field of computer chips, several domestic chip manufacturers have their own choices.

There is a manufacturer based on the x86 architecture, but the way it obtains the x86 architecture authorization is more complicated, which is “borrowed” and will face the predicament of Intel withdrawing the authorization at any time.

Moreover, the company’s internal situation is more complicated, not to mention it.

Shenwei uses the alpha architecture of the American dec company, and the products currently developed are applied to the domestic supercomputer Taihuzhiguang.

Fei Teng’s development process is rather chaotic. The mips architecture was adopted in the early stage, then the alpha architecture was developed, and finally moved to the aim architecture. Its products are also mainly supplied to domestic supercomputers.

For the PC market, Longxin chose the now declining mips chip architecture. Several finished chips have been introduced before, but they have not been promoted.

One is because of insufficient performance, the other is because of low output and expensive, and the third is because there is no software ecosystem support.

Although mips has fallen, Longxin’s attempt to acquire mips has not been approved by the United States. After ten years of persistence, Longxin is also preparing to abandon mips and embark on a road of self-developed chip architecture from scratch.

In particular, the entire Dragon Country semiconductor industry is targeting the rsic-v architecture. If the United States still ignores any opinions and forcibly order or control rsic-v and prohibit Dragon Country’s use, then Dragon Country’s chip industry will suffer again. A huge setback!

Looking at the well-known domestic chip manufacturers in China, if you want to truly break through the sanctions of the United States, the best way is to start from scratch! .