About Loongson In response to the demands for information development, Loongson Technology always stays abreast of international IT trends and focuses on industry development and system construction based on independent innovation. Until now, we have mastered core computing technologies on CPU instruction set architecture (ISA) design (LoongArch®), processor IP core, and operating system. On this basis, we strive to create an independent and open software and hardware ecosystem and information industry system so as to provide self-developed, safe, and reliable processors to meet national strategic needs as well as high-performance, low-cost processors and basic software and hardware solutions to boost the innovative development of the information industry. learn more >In response to the demands for information development, Loongson Technology always stays abreast of international IT trends and focuses on industry development and system construction based on independent innovation. Until now, we have mastered core computing technologies on CPU instruction set architecture (ISA) design (LoongArch®), processor IP core, and operating system. On this basis, we strive to create an independent and open software and hardware ecosystem and information industry system so as to provide self-developed, safe, and reliable processors to meet national strategic needs as well as high-performance, low-cost processors and basic software and hardware solutions to boost the innovative development of the information industry.LoongArch Joins PostgreSQL Official Repository as the Fourth Supported CPU Architecture of PGDG Recently, maintainers of the APT repository from the PostgreSQL Global Development Group (PGDG) announced that apt.postgresql.org has added support for the loong64 architecture, marking the official inclusion of LoongArch into the PostgreSQL official repository. LoongArch becomes the fourth CPU architecture officially supported by the PGDG APT repository, following AMD64, ARM64 and PPC64EL. This represents a milestone breakthrough from zero to one for the independent instruction set architecture entering the ecosystem of world-class open-source databases. The build host for this port is powered by the Loongson 3B6000 processor. Bootstrapping of the software packages was completed in early July, and the repository is now officially available. The LoongArch PostgreSQL packages are integrated into the identical package system as other mainstream architectures, sharing the same repository, package names, signing mechanisms and update cadence, backed by the credibility of the official repository. For users with Loongson devices running Debian, simply configuring the PGDG APT source enables access, deployment and utilization of officially signed PostgreSQL packages and extension ecosystem. This eliminates historical operation and maintenance challenges for independent architectures, such as manual source compilation and delayed updates of third-party ported versions, greatly cutting the overall costs of database deployment, operation, maintenance and upgrades. As a world-renowned open-source relational database, PostgreSQL has ranked first in Stack Overflow’s developer usage survey for three consecutive years. It boasts a mature and stable database kernel, and its standout advantage lies in the rich ecosystem built upon powerful plugin extensions, including PostGIS for geospatial data, TimescaleDB for time-series data and pgvector for vector databases. It remains one of the most favored databases among developers worldwide. learn moreRecently, maintainers of the APT repository from the PostgreSQL Global Development Group (PGDG) announced that apt.postgresql.org has added support for the loong64 architecture, marking the official inclusion of LoongArch into the PostgreSQL official repository. LoongArch becomes the fourth CPU architecture officially supported by the PGDG APT repository, following AMD64, ARM64 and PPC64EL. This represents a milestone breakthrough from zero to one for the independent instruction set architecture entering the ecosystem of world-class open-source databases. The build host for this port is powered by the Loongson 3B6000 processor. Bootstrapping of the software packages was completed in early July, and the repository is now officially available. The LoongArch PostgreSQL packages are integrated into the identical package system as other mainstream architectures, sharing the same repository, package names, signing mechanisms and update cadence, backed by the credibility of the official repository. For users with Loongson devices running Debian, simply configuring the PGDG APT source enables access, deployment and utilization of officially signed PostgreSQL packages and extension ecosystem. This eliminates historical operation and maintenance challenges for independent architectures, such as manual source compilation and delayed updates of third-party ported versions, greatly cutting the overall costs of database deployment, operation, maintenance and upgrades. As a world-renowned open-source relational database, PostgreSQL has ranked first in Stack Overflow’s developer usage survey for three consecutive years. It boasts a mature and stable database kernel, and its standout advantage lies in the rich ecosystem built upon powerful plugin extensions, including PostGIS for geospatial data, TimescaleDB for time-series data and pgvector for vector databases. It remains one of the most favored databases among developers worldwide.Recently, the Loongson 2K3000 (3B6000M) has completed preliminary functional and performance testing, with all indicators meeting expectations. The Loongson 2K3000 and Loongson 3B6000M are different packaging versions based on the same silicon wafer, targeting industrial control applications field and mobile terminal field, respectively. The chip integrates 8 LA364E processor cores, and based on the actual measurement, the single-core fixed-point score of SPEC CPU 2006 Base reaches 30 points when the main frequency is 2.5GHz. The chip integrates the second-generation self-developed GPGPU core LG200. Compared with the first-generation GPU core LG100 integrated in the Loongson 2K2000, the graphics performance has been doubled. In addition to graphics acceleration, the LG200 also supports general-purpose computing acceleration and AI acceleration. The peak single-precision floating-point performance is 256 GFLOPS, and the peak 8-bit fixed-point performance is 8 TOPS. Currently, the OpenCL computing power framework and relevant AI acceleration software have completed preliminary testing, and the relevant supporting software is being improved. Dozens of industrial control and informatization integrated machine enterprises have started to introduce this chip for product design. Additionally, the chip integrates an independent hardware codec module, which supports various mainstream video formats. It supports the output of three display interfaces, namely eDP/DP/HDMI. The processing performance for 4K high-definition videos can reach 60 frames. It also integrates a secure and trusted module, which can provide secure and trusted support as well as cryptographic services. In addition to the SM2/3/4 hardware algorithm modules, it also implements a reconfigurable cryptographic module that can be used for software programming. The chip integrates a rich variety of I/O expansion interfaces, including PCIe 3.0, USB 3.0/USB 2.0, SATA 3.0, GMAC, eMMC, SDIO, SPI, LPC, RapidIO, and CAN-FD, etc., to meet the application requirements of different fields. With the successful tape-out of Loongson 2K3000/3B6000M, Loongson's general-purpose CPUs have formed a complete series of products covering three product lines, namely desktops, servers, and terminals, which are capable of providing high-performance and cost-effective CPU chip products for different fields.