A Chinese chip alliance with supercomputer ambitions is gearing up to outpace the world’s fastest CPUs… or maybe not

• AMD’s Zen 1 tech gave Hygon a head start, but catching up is difficult
• Sugon and Hygon’s merger aims at Intel and AMD, but performance proof still remains elusive
• With SMT4 potential, Hygon eyes elite territory in the race for the fastest CPU

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