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Zhaoxin's KX-7000
Zhaoxin is a Chinese x86 CPU designer.
Century Avenue’s register files are smaller than Haswell or Zen’s, but the core can keep a reasonable number of branches and memory operations in flight. While Centaur CNS did branch into somewhat higher performance targets with a 4-wide design, the company never sought to tap into the wider general purpose compute market like AMD and Intel. And while Century Avenue lacks the balance and sophistication that a modern AMD, Arm, or Intel core is likely to display, it’s a good step in Zhaoxin’s effort to break into higher performance targets.
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