Chinese 68060 Rev 6

[Metalguy66]

You don't think "the Chinese" have the technology?

Would it surprise you to know that 5 out of 6 major chip foundaries capable of the highest scale of integration nowadayse are located in China, Korea, or Taiwan? In the last 5-10 years, they have shut-down/moved/sold-out of the US,Japan, and other countries.. Where do you think chips are comming from now, if not China?

My brother is an applications engineer for Legerity (Communications processor division of AMD) and spends MOST of his time in China nowadayze.. Im pretty sure "the Chinese" have the technology to reproduce the 68060, and much more modern processors as well.

Its very possible that some company has comissioned a new production run of 68060. It's a proven architecture, and still makes alot of sense for certain industrial/embedded applications. If this is the case, I wouldnt be surprised at all if the chips were being produced in China..

[Metalguy66]

JJ wrote:
And as most fake and copy chips, consoles etc are made by the factory making the stuff for the proper companies on the sly so to speak, its all very plausible

Yeah I wouldnt be surprised if that is happening. The Customs services in countries whose laws protect patents/intellectual property rights, etc. do a pretty good job of keeping large shipments of counterfeit goods out of their markets. But thats not to say that the stuff isnt being manufactured on a smaller scale and sold elsewhere. The only thing that prevents it from happening on a larger scale is their dependance on manufacturing contracts from legitimate companies whose products serve bigger markets...