Researchers at the Shanghai Jiaotong University have claimed a major breakthrough in home grown semiconductors, saying they have produced a digital signal processor.
The Hisys Number one is a 16-bit processor using a 18(micron) process. It includes a 32-bit kernel and flies along at a frequency of 200MHz.
The Chinese Academy of Sciences claimed recently that it had developed "Godson II" (Godzilla II), reducing the need to rely on foreign manufacturers.
(People’s Daily March 11, 2003)
