被進口限制的俄羅斯公司轉向使用中國的x86替代方案 - 工程師

摘錄、翻譯自此外電報導：
https://www.theregister.com/2022/05/19/export_bans_prompt_russia_to/

With Russia cut off from foreign processor makers Intel and AMD,
the country has been scrambling to switch to more local CPUs and components.

在俄羅斯被切斷與外國處理器製造商如Intel與AMD的供應後，
它正積極地設法將CPU與電子零件替換成自己本地的供應來源。


Russia's latest step in securing supply chains for new computers comes in the
form of a newly released desktop motherboard designed to support x86-
compatible CPUs made by Chinese chip designer Zhaoxin,
which is a joint venture between Taiwan's Via Technologies and the Shanghai
municipal government.

而俄羅斯最新的一步，是設法保障自己未來新的個人電腦主機板，能夠有x86相容的
處理器供應來源：中國晶片製造商，兆芯。
它是一間來自台灣的威盛科技與上海市政府的合資公司。

The new motherboard, called MBX-Z60A, is made by electronics manufacturer Dannie,
which has headquarters in Russia and China, according to a machine translation
of an article published last week by Russian-language news aggregator Habr.

根據機械翻譯一篇來自自俄羅斯語新聞聚合網站Habr的文章，我們得知現在有一張主機板，
產品代號為 MBX-Z60A，由電子零件製造商Dannie製造，它在中國與俄羅斯皆有設立總部。

The motherboard was designed to help Russia replace the x86 processors
it can no longer get from Intel and AMD due to export bans imposed by the US
and other countries.

該主機板設計的目的，是為了幫助俄羅斯替代掉因為美國與其他國家實施出口禁制後，
而無法再取得Intel與AMD的x86處理器。

Habr said that Danny LLC, the Russian division of Dannie producing the motherboard,
has the capability to make tens of thousands of boards every month,
and that could expand over time.

Habr說：Dannie集團在俄羅斯的分部，Danny有限公司，有能力在一個月內製造上萬張主機板，
並且隨著產能擴張、將能製造更多。

The MBX-Z60A has a micro-ATX form factor, meaning it can fit in smaller desktops,
and the CPU going inside is Zhaoxin's KaiXian KX-6640MA. There is some conflicting
information on the processor's specs. Habr said that it has eight cores, but test
results submitted for the Geekbench and PassMark benchmarks indicate that
the KX-6640MA has four cores.

MBX-Z60A是micro-ATX規格的主機板，意即它能被放在小型的個人電腦之中，上面搭載的CPU
為兆芯的 「開先 KX-6640MA」。目前外界對於這顆CPU有些彼此矛盾的資訊，根據Habr所述：
它有著八核心，但是在上傳到GeekBench與PassMark上的效能測試報告顯示它有著四核心。

This is corroborated in a report by CNX Software, where benchmarks showed a base
frequency of 2.1 GHz, a turbo frequency of 2.6 GHz, an L2 cache of 4MB, and a
thermal design power of 25 watts. The processor also comes with 16 lanes of
PCIe 3.0 connectivity and USB 3.0 support.

後者可從CNX Software的報告得到佐證。在其效能測試結果中顯示，其基頻 2.1 GHz、
在啟動高負載運行時可達2.6 Ghz。有著4MB的L2快取，TDP為25瓦。另外有著x16的PCIe 3.0
與USB 3.0的支援。

In other words, the KX-6640MA isn't just behind the times in terms of features,
it's also not fast — at all — even when compared to recent smartphone chips,
as Habr notes.

根據Habr的評論：KX-6640MA在功能性上顯得相對落後，且即便與智慧型手機晶片相比，
都顯得在效能上有差距。

According to test results submitted for the PassMark benchmark, the KX-6640MA
had an average CPU mark score of 1,566, which puts it at a fraction of
the 8,543 score notched by Apple's A14 Bionic chip that goes in 2020's
iPhone 12 family of smartphones.

根據上傳到PassMark的效能測試報告，KX-6640MA在CPU分數上的平均表現為 1,566分；
而 Apple 在2020年的 iPhone12 上所使用的Apple A14則有著 8,543 分。

When you compare the KX-6640MA to four-core options from Intel,it's very
unflattering for Zhaoxin, given that the CPU seems to have come out last year.
For instance, Intel's Core i5-2500K from 2011 has an average CPU mark score
that is 2.5x higher than the KX-6640MA, and the score for Intel's Core i3-12100 from
this year is more than 9x higher.

當您將 KX-6640MA 與 Intel 的四核心處理器相比，有鑑於它是去年發布的商品，
實在很難做出溢美之詞。即便是 2011 年 Intel 的 Core i5-2500K，它的效能測試分數都有
KX-6640MA 的 2.5 倍的差距，而今年發布的 Core i3-12100 更是達到9倍之譜。

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