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bit_user The article said: these devices are equipped with quad-channel LPDDR5x memory I'm pretty sure that just means the memory data path is 64 bits. I think LPDDR5X uses 16-bit subchannels, but I'm not finding a great source on that. I know LPDDR6 went all the way down to 12-bit subchannels, though. As a point of reference, Intel's (now ~3-year old) Alder Lake-N also has just a 64-bit memory datapath, although running at lower frequencies. Reply
zsydeepsky bit_user said: I'm pretty sure that just means the memory data path is 64 bits. I think LPDDR5X uses 16-bit subchannels, but I'm not finding a great source on that. I know LPDDR6 went all the way down to 12-bit subchannels, though. As a point of reference, Intel's (now ~3-year old) Alder Lake-N also has just a 64-bit memory datapath, although running at lower frequencies. did some research, this Kirin 9000X is pretty much a mobile SoC, so you are probably right. Also, this "PC"…since it's in Huawei's QingYun series, it's mostly for government contract only. It only needs to be sufficient for office work…some spreadsheets and document editing, and some browser work…so, no need to expect anything spectacular from it. Reply
hwertz I'm all for an ARM desktop. I doubt it'll be available here in the states though and of course I'd throw on Ubuntu ARM rather than whatever OS. Reply
bit_user hwertz said: I'm all for an ARM desktop. I doubt it'll be available here in the states though and of course I'd throw on Ubuntu ARM rather than whatever OS. Here's a mini-ITX board with modern ARM cores and NPU, but it's currently quite a bit more expensive than it used to be. https://radxa.com/products/orion/o6/ According to posts in their forum, Ubuntu seems to be working on it, at least to some degree. https://forum.radxa.com/c/orion/o6 Reply
DS426 zsydeepsky said: did some research, this Kirin 9000X is pretty much a mobile SoC, so you are probably right. Also, this "PC"…since it's in Huawei's QingYun series, it's mostly for government contract only. It only needs to be sufficient for office work…some spreadsheets and document editing, and some browser work…so, no need to expect anything spectacular from it. Yeah, looking at the ARM cores, it's basically a mobile SoC. Not sure if that's more GPU cores than typical smartphones without looking it up. Moreover, Galaxy Kylin appears to be made for government, though probably also fine and common for business office use. Likely their #3 PC OS after Windows and MacOS. Good on them for working to break Microsoft's OS stranglehold. Reply
nookoool hwertz said: I'm all for an ARM desktop. I doubt it'll be available here in the states though and of course I'd throw on Ubuntu ARM rather than whatever OS. You will never see it in the states as the US has forced ecommerce stores like ebay to remove all huawei product listings for us customers. Reply
Reace You'd have to be a special kind of stupid to trust your stuff to a Huawei pc. And why is every other article i see from Tom's on google news seemingly Chinese propaganda? Reply
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