Chinese developers with the active support of the state has long been working on a national processor architecture Loongson , which would be consistent with national security requirements in terms of independence from foreign products on the basis of the element in the field of microelectronics.
As explained by resource VR World, citing its own sources, resulting in late January, rumors about the possibility of buying AMD's Chinese BLX IC Design Corp have real ground. Itself BLX IC Design Corp is one of the founders of Loongson Technology - devs ever Godson processor with MIPS-compatible architecture Loongson. Chinese corporation interested in investing in AMD company . Both companies have cooperated since 2003 and has a joint research center in Beijing.
It is expected that during the years 2015-2016 BLX IC Design Corp will make a strategic investment in AMD from its fund, the total volume of which amounts to $ 19 billion. Of course, the financing of AMD will be spent only a fraction of that money . AMD high-ranking leaders have visited Beijing in January and February to discuss possible investment.
Note that for AMD sale of shares to foreign investors is not something new. At the stage of preparation of the transaction on the separation of Globalfoundries, the company sold shares to investors from the Arab Mubadala, which are now the largest shareholder of the American company.