Redazione RHC : 19 October 2025 08:55
Wang Songyu , Deputy General Manager of Loongson Technology ‘s Business Division, reaffirmed on October 18 the company’s strategy of developing fully independent CPUs , in line with China’s national strategic priorities. According to Wang, Loongson will continue to pursue this direction without being influenced by foreign sanctions , emphasizing that technological autonomy is a necessity for the country today.
Among the ten major scientific and technological achievements mentioned in the report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China , several initiatives have adopted or integrated Loongson processors, disproving the old preconception that “more independence means less efficiency.”
In Hubei Province ‘s ICT market, Loongson’s overall chip shipments exceeded 20,000 units , securing the manufacturer’s leading position locally. The company’s server processors and comprehensive hardware solutions have also been adopted in numerous strategic industries.
In the capital, Loongson products already account for 63% of the terminal supplies planned in Beijing’s centralized procurement plan for 2025 , consolidating the company’s role in the domestic market.
Loongson recently introduced the 3C6000 processor , which is designed and manufactured entirely in China . Chief designer Hu Weiwu stated that the performance of this chip is in line with the best international products of 2023 and 2024 , highlighting that the 3C6000 is a native CPU , developed without any licensing or dependence on foreign suppliers .
Every component, from the instruction set to the core IPs , was created in-house.
The 3C6000 uses the LA664 architecture, shared with the Loongson 3A6000 desktop processor, and employs a six-stage pipeline that significantly improves efficiency over the previous generation.
Each chip integrates 16 cores and 32 threads , with the possibility of multi-chip configurations of up to 64 cores and 128 threads , thanks to Dragonchain interconnect technology . This solution significantly reduces inter-chip latency and increases system scalability.
The processor supports quad-channel DDR4-3200 memory and 64 PCIe 4.0 lanes , delivering a significant increase in bandwidth. It also integrates high-performance national cryptographic algorithms , with SM3 speeds exceeding 20 Gbps .
According to internal tests conducted by Loongson, the 3C6000/S model (16 cores and 32 threads) achieves performance comparable to the Intel Xeon 4314 (10 nm, 2.4-3.4 GHz, 24 MB cache, 135 W).
The 3C6000/D version, with 32 cores and 64 threads on a dual silicon die, instead comes close to the performance of the Xeon 6338 (32 cores, 64 threads, 2.0-3.2 GHz, 48 MB cache, 205 W).
With this new generation of CPUs, Loongson aims to further strengthen China’s technological sovereignty by proposing competitive solutions capable of reducing dependence on Western architectures.
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