Lemote

Jiangsu Lemote Tech Co., Ltd or Lemote (Chinese: 航天龙梦; pinyin: hang tian lóng mèng; lit.: 'Aerospace Dragon Dream') is a computer company established as a joint venture between the Jiangsu Menglan Group and the Chinese Institute of Computing Technology,[2] involved in computer hardware and software products, services, and projects.

Jiangsu Lemote Tech Co., Ltd

Type	Private
Industry	Integrated circuit design, computer hardware, computer software
Founded	June 2006 (2006-06)
Headquarters	Changshu, Jiangsu, China[1]
Products	MIPS64 Loongson based motherboards, personal computers
Website	www.lemote.com

History

In June 2006, shortly after Institute of Computing Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences developed Loongson 2E they need a company to build end product, so the Jiangsu Menglan Group began a joint venture with the Institute of Computing Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The venture was named Jiangsu Lemote Tech Co., Ltd.

A computer was announced by Fuxin Zhang, an ICT researcher also a Lemote staff, who said the purpose of this project was to "provide everyone with a personal computer".[3] The device is intended for low income groups and rural area students.

Hardware

Lemote builds small form factor computers including network computers and netbooks with Loongson Processors.

Netbook computers

Lemote Yeeloong 8101B

The Yeeloong netbook computer is intended to be built on free software[4] from the BIOS upwards, and for this reason is used and recommended by the founder of Free Software Foundation, Richard Stallman as of September 2008[5] and 23 January 2010.[6][7]

The specifications are:

Model	8101B	8089B	8089D
Processor	Loongson 2F, 800-900 MHz, integrated DDR2 SDRAM memory controller
Chipset	Northbridge: integrated in CPU
	Southbridge: AMD CS5536
Graphics	SiliconMotion SMI712, 4 MiB of video RAM
Memory	DDR2 SDRAM 1024 MB
Hard drive	Serial ATA 160 GB		Solid-state drive 8 GB
Audio	Speaker, Microphone
Network	RTL8139 + RTL8187B(wifi), 10/100Mbit, 802.11 b/g
Screen size	10.1" TFT LCD	8.9" TFT LCD
Resolution	1024 x 600
Camera	300K pixel
Operating system	Red Flag Linux, Debian, FSF distributions
Interface type	3x USB 2.0		2x USB 2.0
	1x VGA, 1x RJ45, 1x DC-in
	Earphone + Microphone, 1x SD (reader supports SDHC)
Dimension	L × H × T = 255 × 188 × 250 mm
Weight	1.1 kg

Loongson 3A laptop

Loongson insiders[8] revealed a new model based on the Loongson 3A quad-core laptop has been developed and was expected to launch in August 2011. With a similar design to the MacBook Pro[9] from Apple Inc., it will carry a Linux operating system by default.[10]

In September 2011, Lemote announced the Yeeloong-8133 13.3" laptop featuring 900 MHz, quad-core Loongson-3A/2GQ CPU.[11]

Desktop computers

• Lynloong, all-in-one desktop computer, combined computer and monitor, without keyboard.
• Myloong, desktop diskless network computer (NC), without monitor or keyboard.
• Fuloong, see below.

Products in development

Hiloong, SOHO and family storage center.

Fuloong 2 series of small desktop computers

The Fuloong 2 series is a desktop computer that costs CN¥1,015, €100, US$131. It ships with two Linux distributions, Debian GNU/Linux and Rays Linux, but any other distribution that has a mipsel port can be installed, e.g. Gentoo Linux.

Fuloong 2E

Lemote Fuloong 2E

Lemote Fuloong 2E
Manufacturer	Menglan Group
Type	Personal computer
Media	40–60 GB IDE hard disk
Operating system	GNU/Linux (Xinhua, Sunwah/RAYS, or Debian)
CPU	Loongson III 64-bit CPU
Memory	256 MiB DDR SDRAM
Input	Keyboard
Connectivity	10/100 Mb/s Ethernet
Dimensions	181 mm (7.1 in) H 145 mm (5.7 in) W 37 mm (1.5 in) D

The reference hardware specifications as of 28 October 2006 are:

• Dimensions: 18.8 × 14.5 cm
• CPU: Loongson 2E 64-bit, integrated DDR controller, 64 KiB cache level
• Clock speed: 667 MHz
• Southbridge: VIA VT82C686B
• DDR SDRAM: 256 MiB
• Hard disk: IDE 40–60 GB
• Video card: ATI Radeon 7000M (RV100) 16MB PCI
• Network controller: Realtek 8139D, 10/100 Mbit/s
• USB ports: 4
• Power supply: external 12V 4A DC

Fuloong 2F

The Fuloong 2F computer[12] was released on 30 June 2008, priced at ¥1,800, about €163, $257.

The specifications are:

• Dimensions: 19 × 14.5 × 3.7 cm
• CPU: Loongson 2F, integrated DDR2 controller
• Clock speed: 1 GHz
• Southbridge: AMD CS5536
• DDR2 SDRAM: 512MB
• Hard disk: IDE 120 GB
• Video card: XGA V2, 32MB video RAM, with VGA, DVI and S-video ports
• Network controller: Ethernet, Realtek RTL 8110SC, 1000Mbit/s
• USB ports: 2.0, 4
• Infrared receiver
• Power supply: external 12 V power adapter
• Operating system: Xinhua Hualay Rays 2.0, which is a Linux distribution that supports MIPS architecture. Fuloong 2F also works well with other Linux distributions,[12] OpenBSD,[13] and NetBSD.[14]

Fuloong Mini-PC

The specifications are:

Model	FL6004	FL6014	FL6005	FL6015
Processor	Loongson 2F, 800 900 MHz, integrated DDRII memory controller
Chipset	Northbridge: integrated in CPU
	Southbridge: AMD CS5536
Graphics	Silicon Integrated Systems 315PRO,[15] 32 MB video memory
Memory	DDRII 512 MB, support up to 1 GB
Hard drive	SATA 160 or 320 GB	SSD 8 GB	SATA 160 GB	SSD 8 GB
Audio	AC'97 Realtek ALC 655
Network	Realtek RTL 8110SC 1000 Mbit/s
Operating system	Redflag Linux, Debian
Interface type	4 USB2.0
	VGA DVI S-video		VGA
	IR interface		-
Dimension	L × H × T = 181 × 145 × 37 mm
Weight	0.78 kg

Software

Lemote has participated in development and MIPS-porting of Debian GNU/Linux, eCos, MicroC/OS-II, VxWorks, Microsoft Windows CE, Java, OpenOffice.org and Yongzhong Office by Wuxi Yongzhong Tech Co. It also develops a Loongson processor simulator based on GXemul. In part to its ability to run only libre software, without proprietary binary blobs, Richard Stallman famously used the Lemote Yeelong.[16]

See also

• OLPC XO-1, also called the $100 Laptop project
• Classmate PC, a low cost machine developed by Intel
• Sinomanic Tianhua GX-1C, part of a line of affordable machines developed by Sinomanic in China
• Simputer, an earlier project to construct cheap handheld computers in India
• VIA pc-1 Initiative, a project of VIA Technologies to help bridge the digital divide

References

1. "Contact Us". About. CN: Jiangsu Lemote Tech. Archived from the original on 16 March 2010. Retrieved 11 November 2008.
2. "About". CN: Jiangsu Lemote Tech. Archived from the original on 16 May 2010. Retrieved 11 November 2008.
3. Institute of Computing Technology, CN, archived from the original on 2006-04-11, retrieved 2006-03-23
4. Masłowski, Michał Tomasz (3 September 2012). "Lemote YeeLoong 8101B with Loongson 2F CPU review". Retrieved 22 May 2014.
5. Iodice, Guido (17 September 2008). "Richard Stallman talks about GNU's 25th anniversary, Google Chrome, sharing non-free software, preinstalled GNU/Linux on PC, NDA, OLPC XO". Guiodic Blog. Wordpress.
6. "What do people use to get stuff done?". The Setup ("An Interview with Richard Stallman"). Uses this. 23 January 2010. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
7. Stallman, Richard (2012). "How I do my computing". Retrieved 22 May 2014.
8. Godson and the open source community development forum (Shanghai Station) extend the campus of Shanghai University Loongson 3A Mini-ITX motherboards & laptops introduced, configuration, spy photos (Video), CN: Sina, 2011
9. Loongson 3A Laptop Prototype Photos, ME: Sigma, 13 May 2011
10. "Yeeloong Notebook Specification". Lemote Technology. 2010. Archived from the original on 23 July 2010. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
11. "Announced Yeeloong-8133 Laptop". Lemote. Archived from the original on 2011-09-15.
12. "Fuloong Mini-PC". Lemote. Jiangsu Lemote Tech Co. Archived from the original on 11 May 2010. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
13. "OpenBSD-Loongson". OpenBSD. 21 May 2011. Archived from the original on 15 June 2010. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
14. "NetBSD/evbmips".
15. Gündüz, Ali (1 November 2008). "Unboxing the Lemote Fuloong Mini". GLOG: Free People, Free Software. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2010.
16. https://stallman.org/stallman-computing.html

External links

• Official website (in Chinese, defunct as of January 2019)
• Old Lemote site in English at the Wayback Machine (archived December 19, 2015)
• Institute of Computing Technology (in Chinese), ZH.

News articles (by date)

• "China to produce low-cost computers of its own", Xinhua, 3 March 2006, archived from the original on 2 September 2007, retrieved 6 March 2007.
• "The Lemote Box", Virtual China, 7 January 2007.