Zhaoxin, a joint venture between Via Technologies and the Chinese government, has been selling processors for various client systems for years, but recently the company rolled out its latest CPUs that some of the local PC makers position as solutions for DIY enthusiasts. At least initially, Zhaoxin’s KaiXian KX-6780A will be available only in China.

Zhaoxin’s KaiXian KX-6780A is an eight-core x86-64 processor with 8 MB of L2 cache, a dual-channel DDR4-3200 memory controller, modern I/O interfaces (PCIe, SATA, USB, etc.), and integrated DirectX 11.1-capable graphics (possibly S3 based but unknown). The CPU cores are in-house designed LuJiaZui cores, built around a superscalar, multi-issue, out-of-order microarchitecture that supports modern instruction sets extensions like SSE 4.2 as well as AVX along with virtualization and encryption technologies. The processor is made using TSMC’s 16 nm process technology.

Zhaoxin formally introduced its KaiXian KX-6000-series CPUs back in 2018, but it looks like higher-end models like the KX-U6780A and the KX-U6880A are entering the consumer market this quarter.

As it turns out, Xinyingjie, one of Chinese PC makers, uses the C1888 motherboard based on the KX-U6780A that is designed for enthusiast-grade PCs and therefore supporting expandability using a PCIe 3.0 x16 slot, two SO-DIMM slots, M.2 slots, and various internal and external interfaces. One thing to keep in mind about the Zhaoxin’s KaiXian KX-6780A/C1888 platform is of course lack of CPU upgrade path because the processor uses an BGA packaging.

When Zhaoxin originally introduced its Kaixian KX-6000, it said that their performance was comparable to that of Intel’s 7thGeneration Core i5 processor, a quad-core non-Hyper-Threaded CPU. Since then, we have not really got a proper confirmation to the claim and will certainly be interested to test the chip in our labs.

According the to the video source, this mini-PC design is expected to be available from March for consumers. Currently this is a prototype, with enhancements expected between now and the final product.

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Source: 二斤自制 YouTube Channel

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  • Korguz - Friday, January 31, 2020 - link

    this is just hstewart trying to make amd look bad.. like he always does... its nothing new.. maybe he should post proof of this fud against amd.. if he even has.. or can find it....
  • Reflex - Saturday, February 1, 2020 - link

    An article that has nothing to do with AMD he somehow makes about AMD. Nutty fanboy he is.
  • Korguz - Sunday, February 2, 2020 - link

    yep.. you see his posts about the new hires amd just did ??
  • Reflex - Sunday, February 2, 2020 - link

    I try not to read his stuff, it's pointless trolling.
  • Korguz - Monday, February 3, 2020 - link

    maybe... but damn funny as hell has he tries to make his beloved intel look good.. with no proof or anything..
  • mode_13h - Tuesday, February 4, 2020 - link

    He used to work at Intel and no doubt has some Intel stock. So, he's both naturally biased and probably has a financial incentive to pump up the stock price and dump on their competitors.
  • Korguz - Tuesday, February 4, 2020 - link

    he has denied that.. never worked there.. and doesnt own stock.. he wants amd to fail for who knows what reason.. and worships intel because they created x86...
  • Reflex - Tuesday, February 4, 2020 - link

    Based on the technical content of his posts, if he ever worked at Intel it was in a very non-technical role.
  • MBarton - Friday, January 31, 2020 - link

    Maybe you should call your senator.
  • Spunjji - Thursday, January 30, 2020 - link

    Nailed it.

    The rampant hypocrisy from casual pro-US commentators on this particular topic (international espionage) is getting very old.

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