Sunday, May 7th 2023

PowerLeader Announces x86 CPU for the Chinese Market, Looks like an Intel CPU

Rather unexpectedly, a mostly unknown Chinese company called PowerLeader—who seems to have mainly been in the server market space until now—has launched an unheard of x86 compatible CPU. There's no product information on the company website, not even a press release on the CPU which was announced only yesterday according to IT Home. Fortunately, there's a picture of the new CPU, which gives us a few more details. The CPU appears to be called the Pstar P3 and has the model name P3-01105. Luckily the clock frequency of the CPU, which is 3.7 GHz, is also printed on the chip.

However, a closer look at the picture would have most people that are interested in tech scratching their heads, as it appears to be an Intel CPU using the LGA-1200 socket. Even the model name and what is supposedly the spec ID of the CPU, follows Intel's style of naming its CPUs. The comments on IT Home and elsewhere, all suggest that this is simply a re-branded Intel Core i3-10105 CPU, although it's entirely possible this is a chip that only looks like an Intel CPU. It's entirely possible that this is some kind of unannounced licensing deal by Intel, but if so, it would be the first such licensing deal Intel has done since the 286 days, to our knowledge. PowerLeader claims that the CPU is specifically designed for desktop computers and the company is expecting to sell 1.5 million units per year.
Sources: IT Home, PowerLeader, via @harukaze5719
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42 Comments on PowerLeader Announces x86 CPU for the Chinese Market, Looks like an Intel CPU

#26
R-T-B
Verpalif it is indeed a i3-10105, it would more than enough to power China's government infrasture and Russia's war effort (and the subsequent supply issue in civilian sector), perhaps this company managed to bypass all those ''blackbox'' technology of Intel? Else it would be confusing why the company claim Chinese government will buy it in large scale.
The ME was mostly bypassed in the 9xxx series which wasn't all that long ago. Wouldn't surprise me if they just managed it again, it never was a huge technical feat (I should know, I was part of it in the 9xxx era).
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#28
Divide Overflow
Of course China is paying all the required licensing and royalty fees for these, right?
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#29
Dr. Dro
SRMJR is definitely an Intel sSpec code, however, I wasn't able to find anything on it. There's no listing on Google at all. The i3-10105 (SRH3P) is definitely the closest thing to it.
mb194dcThis is just a way of getting around sanctions .. ?

These chips probably all going to Russia?
It's not necessary. Russians can and have been able to purchase real Intel and AMD processors normally all this time. They can also buy NVIDIA and AMD GPUs, iPhones, Galaxies... none of that ever stopped being available in Russia. Grey market imports entirely circumvent Western sanctions, since they can just import them via China and former Iron Curtain countries instead. It's an arrangement that works well, despite American and European political pressure, companies aren't really interested in not doing business with Russia. So officially they make Uncle Sam and his European mates happy, and extraofficially they keep their purses just as fat. Many companies haven't even stopped doing business with them regardless, it's a profitable market.

According to Bloomberg, the volume of imports has already reached pre-war levels. Shortages of any components are not expected.

www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-03-06/russia-finds-ways-to-circumvent-eu-tech-sanctions

Also I believe Aliexpress never stopped shipping to Russia, so even if not found in the local markets, tech products could be imported that way, with the government's blessing and even some unofficial help (as they aren't enforcing Western intellectual property rights in there for some time now).
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#30
TheinsanegamerN
ChaitanyaSpeaking of low cost vehicles, there has been a boom in electric bikes from China and given their numbers on road and low rate of fires they seem to be reliable. Also when it comes to high end torches that market is nearly solely in control of Chinese companies who have great products so not everything made in China is cheap/low quality copy cat products.
Yougetwhat you pay for. If you are willing to pay Western tier money China will make you Western tier stuff. And they are good at it.

The issue is companies love going for the lowest bidder and China allows far lower standards.
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#31
kondamin
I’d prefer china made their own isa and ignored the rest of the world.
then 20 years from now when everyone is stuck.

you compare what both are doing and break trough the bottle neck.
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#32
eldon_magi
I, for one, welcome my new chinese overlords.
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#33
80251
When they export them they should attach Winnie the Pooh stickers to the boxes.
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#34
Flanker
ChaitanyaSpeaking of low cost vehicles, there has been a boom in electric bikes from China and given their numbers on road and low rate of fires they seem to be reliable. Also when it comes to high end torches that market is nearly solely in control of Chinese companies who have great products so not everything made in China is cheap/low quality copy cat products.
I agree with the conclusion. But, about electric bikes, there are posters everywhere at where I live in China, telling people not to take electric bikes or their batteries indoors because they may explode.
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#36
Crackong
Looks like a grinded then re-lasered IHS
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#37
Redwoodz
First we get a lawsuit from GlobalFoundries that IBM stole it's tech and sold it to Intel, then Intel sells it to a new Japanese CPU maker. Now we here of this, which seems to be Intel selling tech to China.
I hope this is not what it seems.
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#38
R-T-B
RedwoodzFirst we get a lawsuit from GlobalFoundries that IBM stole it's tech and sold it to Intel, then Intel sells it to a new Japanese CPU maker. Now we here of this, which seems to be Intel selling tech to China.
I hope this is not what it seems.
It's nothing like that, just a rebranded cpu they didn't even make.
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#39
Aquinus
Resident Wat-man
chodaboy19How did they acquire an x86 license?
You say that like the CCP cares about licensing and respecting the IP of other companies. Let's not kid ourselves here.
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#40
maxmadzz
AquinusYou say that like the CCP cares about licensing and respecting the IP of other companies. Let's not kid ourselves here.
Shenzhen Baode Technology Co., Ltd. POWERLEADER SCIENCE&TECHNOLOGY Company Limited*
(a limited liability company registered and established in the People's Republic of China)
(Stock code: 8236) signed a distribution agreement with Intel
This announcement is made in accordance with Article 17.10 of the ChiNext Listing Rules.
The Board of Directors ("the Board") of Shenzhen Baode Technology Co., Ltd. ("the Company", together with its subsidiaries, collectively referred to as "the Group") announced that Baotong Group Co., Ltd. ("Baotong"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, entered into a distribution agreement with Intel Semiconductor Limited ("Intel") on March 23, 2004
(The "Agreement"). According to the agreement, Baotong has been appointed as a non exclusive independent distributor to provide Intel server CPU products and Intel server motherboards to Chinese dealers, effective from April 1, 2004. This agreement is the first agreement between the Group and Intel on the distribution of server CPU products and Intel server motherboards in China. This agreement can be renewed for one year on January 1st of each year. The Group has not made any capital or other order commitments under this agreement.
The Board of Directors believes that this agreement will make the relationship between the Group and Intel closer and strengthen the competitiveness of the Group's server distribution business in China. It is expected that the Group will benefit from this agreement in terms of marketing, technology and brand.
The Group is mainly engaged in designing, manufacturing and selling IA servers and related products in China, as well as providing related after-sales services. Intel server CPU products and Intel server motherboards are new distribution products of the Group.

The Board of Directors announced that Baotong entered into a distribution agreement with Intel on March 23, 2004. According to the agreement, Baotong has been appointed as a non exclusive independent distributor to provide Intel server central processor ("CPU") products and Intel server motherboards to Chinese dealers. The Board of Directors believes that this agreement will make the relationship between the Group and Intel closer and strengthen the competitiveness of the Group's server distribution business in China.
Shenzhen, China, March 24, 2004
one
By the order of the board of directors
Chairman of Shenzhen Baode Technology Co., Ltd
Li Ruijie
The directors ("Directors") of Shenzhen Baode Technology Co., Ltd. are willing to jointly and severally assume full responsibility for this announcement. This announcement is provided in accordance with the listing rules of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Limited on the ChiNext Market, providing information about Shenzhen Baode Technology Co., Ltd. After making all reasonable inquiries, the directors confirm that to the best of their knowledge and belief: (i) the information contained in this announcement is accurate and complete in all material respects, and is not misleading; (ii) This publication does not omit any other facts, causing any of its statements to be misleading; All opinions expressed in this announcement have been carefully considered and based on fair and reasonable standards and assumptions.
This announcement will be kept on the "Latest Company Announcement" webpage of the ChiNext website (www.hkgem. com) for at least seven days from the date of its publication.
*For identification only
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#41
Aquinus
Resident Wat-man
maxmadzzShenzhen Baode Technology Co., Ltd. POWERLEADER SCIENCE&TECHNOLOGY Company Limited*
(a limited liability company registered and established in the People's Republic of China)
(Stock code: 8236) signed a distribution agreement with Intel
This announcement is made in accordance with Article 17.10 of the ChiNext Listing Rules.
The Board of Directors ("the Board") of Shenzhen Baode Technology Co., Ltd. ("the Company", together with its subsidiaries, collectively referred to as "the Group") announced that Baotong Group Co., Ltd. ("Baotong"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, entered into a distribution agreement with Intel Semiconductor Limited ("Intel") on March 23, 2004
(The "Agreement"). According to the agreement, Baotong has been appointed as a non exclusive independent distributor to provide Intel server CPU products and Intel server motherboards to Chinese dealers, effective from April 1, 2004. This agreement is the first agreement between the Group and Intel on the distribution of server CPU products and Intel server motherboards in China. This agreement can be renewed for one year on January 1st of each year. The Group has not made any capital or other order commitments under this agreement.
The Board of Directors believes that this agreement will make the relationship between the Group and Intel closer and strengthen the competitiveness of the Group's server distribution business in China. It is expected that the Group will benefit from this agreement in terms of marketing, technology and brand.
The Group is mainly engaged in designing, manufacturing and selling IA servers and related products in China, as well as providing related after-sales services. Intel server CPU products and Intel server motherboards are new distribution products of the Group.

The Board of Directors announced that Baotong entered into a distribution agreement with Intel on March 23, 2004. According to the agreement, Baotong has been appointed as a non exclusive independent distributor to provide Intel server central processor ("CPU") products and Intel server motherboards to Chinese dealers. The Board of Directors believes that this agreement will make the relationship between the Group and Intel closer and strengthen the competitiveness of the Group's server distribution business in China.
Shenzhen, China, March 24, 2004
one
By the order of the board of directors
Chairman of Shenzhen Baode Technology Co., Ltd
Li Ruijie
The directors ("Directors") of Shenzhen Baode Technology Co., Ltd. are willing to jointly and severally assume full responsibility for this announcement. This announcement is provided in accordance with the listing rules of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Limited on the ChiNext Market, providing information about Shenzhen Baode Technology Co., Ltd. After making all reasonable inquiries, the directors confirm that to the best of their knowledge and belief: (i) the information contained in this announcement is accurate and complete in all material respects, and is not misleading; (ii) This publication does not omit any other facts, causing any of its statements to be misleading; All opinions expressed in this announcement have been carefully considered and based on fair and reasonable standards and assumptions.
This announcement will be kept on the "Latest Company Announcement" webpage of the ChiNext website (www.hkgem. com) for at least seven days from the date of its publication.
*For identification only
What's your point? Reselling CPUs doesn't get you access to the IP for x86. If anything this basically says they're rebranding Intel hardware and maybe producing things like server motherboards at best.
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#42
maxmadzz
AquinusWhat's your point? Reselling CPUs doesn't get you access to the IP for x86. If anything this basically says they're rebranding Intel hardware and maybe producing things like server motherboards at best.
This is just a substitute for Intel's use of sales agents to avoid any troubles caused by trade sanctions and to find reasons to bid for government procurement, and even to compare Chinese domestic brand processors in promotion.
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