Lemote

Jiangsu Lemote Tech Co., Ltd
Type Private
Industry Integrated circuit design, computer hardware, computer software
Founded June 2006 (2006-06)
Headquarters Changshu, Jiangsu, China[1]
Products MIPS-based microprocessors (Loongson), motherboards, personal computers
Website www.lemote.com

Jiangsu Lemote Tech Co., Ltd or Lemote (Chinese: 龙梦; pinyin: lóng mèng; literally "Dragon Dream") is a computer company established as a joint venture between the Jiangsu Menglan Group and the Chinese Institute of Computing Technology,[2] involved in computer hardware and software products, services, and projects.

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History

In June 2006, the Jiangsu Menglan Group began a joint venture with the Institute of Computing Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The venture was named Jiangsu Lemote Tech Co., Ltd. The predecessor organization was the Center of Technology Research and Development of Jiangsu Loongson CPU Industrialization Base.

A computer was announced by Zhang Fuxin, an ICT engineer, who said the purpose of this project was to "provide everyone with a personal computer".[3] The device is intended for low income groups and rural area students.

Hardware

Lemote, with partners, provides integrated circuit design services, helps develop the Loongson series of MIPS-based RISC microprocessors, and builds small form factor computers including network computers and netbooks.

Loongson processors

Loongson (Chinese: 龙芯; pinyin: lóngxīn, academic name: Godson, also called Dragon chip) is a range of MIPS instruction set RISC processors used in all Lemote products. Some Loongsons include on-chip circuits to help resist buffer overflow attacks.

Netbook computers

The Yeeloong netbook computer is intended to be built on free software from the BIOS upwards, and for this reason is used and recommended by Richard Stallman as of January 23, 2010[4] and September 2008.[5]

Lemote also collaborated in the development of the Gdium netbook which uses its Loongson MIPS processor.

Desktop computers

Lynloong, all-in-one desktop computer, combined computer and monitor, without keyboard.

Myloong, desktop diskless network computer (NC), without monitor or keyboard.

Fuloong, see below.

Products in development

Hiloong, SOHO and family storage center.

Fuloong 2 series of small desktop computers

The Fuloong 2 series is a desktop computer that costs ¥1,015 Chinese yuan, €100 euros, $131 United States dollars. It ships with two Linux distributions, Debian and Rays Linux, but any other distribution that has a mipsel port can be installed, e.g. Gentoo Linux.

Fuloong 2E

Fuloong 2E
Manufacturer Menglan Group
Media 40-60 GB IDE hard disk
Operating system GNU/Linux (Xinhua, Sunwah/RAYS, or Debian)
CPU Loongson III 64-bit CPU
Memory 256 MB DDR SDRAM
Input Keyboard
Connectivity 10/100M Ethernet
Dimensions 181 mm (7.1 in) H
145 mm (5.7 in) W
37 mm (1.5 in) D

The reference hardware specifications as of 28 October 2006 are:

Fuloong 2F

The Fuloong 2F computer[6] was released on 30 June 2008, priced at ¥1,800, about €163, $257.

The specifications are:

Fuloong Mini-PC

The specifications are:

Model FL6004 FL6014 FL6005 FL6015
Processor Loongson 2F, 800 900 MHz, integrated DDRII memory controller
Chipset Northbridge: integrated in CPU
Southbridge: AMD CS5536
Graphics Silicon Integrated Systems 315PRO,[8] 32 MB video memory
Memory DDRII 512 MB, support up to 1 GB
Hard drive SATA 160 GB SSD 8 GB SATA 160 GB SSD 8 GB
Audio AC'97 Realtek ALC 655
Network Realtek RTL 8110SC 1000 Mbps
Operating system Redflag Linux, Debian
Interface type 4 USB2.0
VGA DVI S-video VGA
IR interface -
Dimension L *H * T = 181*145*37mm
Weight 0.78KG

Software

Lemote has participated in development and MIPS-porting of Debian GNU/Linux, eCos, MicroC/OS-II, VxWorks, Microsoft Windows CE, Java, OpenOffice.org and Yongzhong Office by Wuxi Yongzhong Tech Co. It also develops a Loongson processor simulator based on GXemul.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Contact Us". Lemote. Jiangsu Lemote Tech Co., Ltd. http://www.lemote.com/en/about/contact/. Retrieved 2008-11-11. 
  2. ^ "About". Lemote. Jiangsu Lemote Tech Co., Ltd. http://www.lemote.com/en/about/. Retrieved 2008-11-11. 
  3. ^ "Chinese Institute of Computing Technology". http://www.ict.ac.cn/en/. 
  4. ^ "An Interview with Richard Stallman". The Setup: What do people use to get stuff done?. 23 January 2010. http://richard.stallman.usesthis.com/. 
  5. ^ Iodice, Guido (17 September 2008). "Richard Stallman talks about GNU’s 25th anniversary, Google Chrome, sharing non-free software, preinstalled GNU/Linux on PC, NDA, OLPC XO". Guiodic Blog. http://guiodic.wordpress.com/2008/09/17/richard-stallman-interview/. 
  6. ^ a b c "Fuloong Mini-PC". Lemote. Jiangsu Lemote Tech Co., Ltd. http://www.lemote.com/en/products/mini-computer/2010/0310/111.html. Retrieved 28 October 2011. 
  7. ^ "OpenBSD-Loongson". OpenBSD. 21 May 2011. http://www.openbsd.org/loongson.html. Retrieved 28 October 2011. 
  8. ^ Gündüz, Ali (1 November 2008). "Unboxing the Lemote Fuloong Mini". GLOG: Free People, Free Software. http://aligunduz.org/blog/unboxing_lemote_fuloong_mini.html. 

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