Chinese manufacturers offer us the option of an inexpensive low-power pc with the Loongson 3A4000 CPU. There are several models available.
In China, the Fulong 2.0 Mini-PC can already be found for sale. It is a pre-assembled computer model designed to have low consumption and a very small size. This one stands out for making use of the Loongson Technology Dragoncore 3A4000 processor.
Low-power computer powered by Loongson CPU
According to the data of its components, they have 4 cores at a dynamic speed of 1.40 / 1.80 GHz. It works under the GS464V architecture with a 28nm Fully Depleted Silicon On Insulator manufacturing process by STMicroelectronics for the FCBGA-1211 socket.
From what has been seen, in terms of performance it is the same in IPC as the 28 nanometer AMD Excavator microarchitecture used in AMD FX processors. It includes integrated graphics and the Dragoncore 7A1000 chipset is supported. As we see, a model more designed for low consumption and being affordable rather than high power for games. It would be an ideal model for offices or to have a second computer dedicated entirely to office work at home for the teleworking.
Most basic model
- 8 GB of DDR4 RAM in SO-DIMM format
- CPU: Longson 3A4000
- Without storage drive or with a 256GB or 512GB NVMe SSD
- Realtek ALC662 sound card
- 2 USB ports 3.0
- 1 USB Type-C port
- 4 USB 2.0 ports
- 2 HDMI video outputs
- 2 Ethernet ports (WGI211AT)
- audio connectors
- M.2 slot for WiFi module,
- 19v / 4.74A external power supply.
- Operating System: Dragon Dream F28, based on Linux Fedora 28 with Dragon Core LBroswer
- Pre-installed tools: SMPlyaer, Gimp, video editor, screen recording, Python interpreter, JupterNoteBook programming software, CodeBlocks compilation software, Eclipse programming software, and embedded server software.
The starting price of the Fulong 2.0 is 400 euros for the model without storage unit. It goes up to 434 euros if we order it with a 256 GB SSD, and 441 euros for the 512 GB model.
Source: Ithome
