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> Interesting how even China, given its wealth, has given up on building its own OS and chip infrastructure. I wouldn't say that. I would say that the Chinese

by com2kid 12y ago

> Interesting how even China, given its wealth, has given up on building its own OS and chip infrastructure. I wouldn't say that. I would say that the Chinese Government has allowed the free market to take over this task. Take a look at http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/chinese-arm-soc-mediatek-allwinner-rockchip,3912.html http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/chinese-arm-soc-mediatek... all high quality ARM SOCs from Chinese suppliers. Likewise, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIUI http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIUI is a fork of Android that reportedly runs faster than Google's stock shell. (I have seen an old version in action on Android 2.2, it was fast, really fast, from what I have read newer versions are just as zippy) Xiaomi has also built up a complete separate (successful!) ecosystem outside Google's, something that Amazon has tried and failed to do. In another few years you are going to have a Chinese controlled mobile OS being used throughout the Asia Pacific region, running on hardware designed by Chinese companies.

drzaiusapelord 12y ago
ARM isn't Chinese IP. Its not theirs, its licensed from ARM Holdings which is a UK company. Android is a American open source project. That's not chinese either and they sure as hell can't just get off Windows for Android, yet, if ever. They need a usable desktop OS. No one is doubting their ability to copy and refine in a limited fashion, but their homegrown attempts have all been massive failures.
- com2kid 12y ago
  > ARM isn't Chinese IP. Its not theirs, its licensed from ARM Holdings which is a UK company. The CPU is only one very small part of a chipset. The overall SoC is far more important. And of course any company that has an Architectural Licence just has to make something that is compatible with ARM. (Although I don't see any of the lower cost SoC manufactures doing this anytime soon!)
briandh 12y ago
That article is off-base; MediaTek, which is probably the most advanced of those listed, is Taiwanese.

by com2kid 12y ago

drzaiusapelord 12y ago

ARM isn't Chinese IP. Its not theirs, its licensed from ARM Holdings which is a UK company. Android is a American open source project. That's not chinese either and they sure as hell can't just get off Windows for Android, yet, if ever. They need a usable desktop OS. No one is doubting their ability to copy and refine in a limited fashion, but their homegrown attempts have all been massive failures.

com2kid 12y ago
> ARM isn't Chinese IP. Its not theirs, its licensed from ARM Holdings which is a UK company. The CPU is only one very small part of a chipset. The overall SoC is far more important. And of course any company that has an Architectural Licence just has to make something that is compatible with ARM. (Although I don't see any of the lower cost SoC manufactures doing this anytime soon!)

briandh 12y ago

That article is off-base; MediaTek, which is probably the most advanced of those listed, is Taiwanese.