Phytium D2000, an ARM architecture desktop processor
Introduced the Chinese Phytium D2000 processor, which is based on ARM architecture and SMIC's 14nm lithography
ARM's chip design has taken center stage in recent months. The acquisition of this company by NVIDIA or the Apple Silicon based on ARM architecture have given much to talk about. But now the Chinese company Tianjin Phytium Technology has announced the Phytium D2000 chip based on the ARM architecture.
For those who do not know what ARM is and what it does, indicate that they design processors. The company does not manufacture processors, it only licenses designs and architectures. Their designs are the basis for SoCs from Qualcomm, Samsung, HiSilicon, and other smartphone chip makers. It has recently been sold to NVIDIA, although approval is still pending.
[amazon box=»» title=»» star_rating=»none» template=»table»]ARM architecture Phytium D2000 processor announced
Returning to the Chinese processor, it has 8 custom ARMv8 architecture cores called FFC663. This processor has been manufactured by SMIC under the 14nm node.
Phytium D2000 has four clusters of 2 cores each. Each of the clusters has access to a total of 2MB of L2 cache. All eight cores must share 4MB of L3 cache. This processor works at a base frequency of 2.3GHz and in Boost mode it reaches 2.6GHz with a TDP of 25W. As we see it has a very tight consumption, so it will require simple cooling systems.
On the other hand, this Chinese processor integrates a DDR4 @ 3200MHz controller or LPDDR4 @ 4366MHz memory. It integrates two PCIe 3.0 x16 lanes and two PCIe 3.0 x1 lanes, and supports two Gigabit Ethernet ports.
This chip supports the cryptographic algorithms SM2, SM3, SM4 and SM9, as well as the security platform PSPA 1.0.
The Phytium D2000 chip lacks integrated graphics, so it requires an external graphics.
The Chinese company indicates that the Phytium D2000 is much more powerful than an x86 processor. As indicated, it is 76.8% more powerful than the FeiTeng-2000/4 processor. This processor is 4-core and is based on 16nm lithography. Yes, it is much more powerful, but with a better node and with twice the number of cores.
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Source: HKEPC
