Jiangsu Lemote Tech Co., Ltd or Lemote () is a

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company established as a joint venture between the Jiangsu Menglan Group and the Chinese Institute of Computing Technology, involved in

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and

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, services, and projects.

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". The device is intended for low income groups and rural area students.

Hardware

Lemote builds

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computers including network computers and

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s with Loongson Processors.

Netbook computers

The ''Yeeloong'' netbook computer is intended to be built on

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from the

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upwards, and for this reason is used and recommended by the founder of

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as of September 2008 and 23 January 2010. The specifications are:

Loongson 3A laptop

Loongson insiders revealed a new model based on the Loongson 3A quad-core

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has been developed and was expected to launch in August 2011. With a similar design to the

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from

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, it will carry a

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operating system by default. In September 2011, Lemote announced the Yeeloong-8133 13.3" laptop featuring 900 MHz, quad-core Loongson-3A/2GQ CPU.

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

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1,015,

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100,

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131. It ships with two

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and

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, but any other distribution that has a

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port can be installed, e.g.

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Fuloong 2E

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 *

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: 667 MHz * Southbridge: VIA VT82C686B *

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: 256

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: IDE 40–60 GB *

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: ATI Radeon 7000M ( RV100) 16MB PCI * Network controller: Realtek 8139D, 10/100 Mbit/s *

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ports: 4 * Power supply: external 12V 4A DC

Fuloong 2F

The Fuloong 2F computer was released on 30 June 2008, priced at CN¥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:

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CS5536 *

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: 512 MB * Hard disk: IDE 120 GB *

: XGA V2, 32 MB video RAM, with VGA, DVI and S-video ports * Network controller:

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, Realtek RTL 8110SC, 1000 Mbit/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

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that supports MIPS architecture. Fuloong 2F also works well with other Linux distributions, OpenBSD, and NetBSD.

Fuloong Mini-PC

The specifications are:

Software

Lemote has participated in development and MIPS-porting of Debian

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, eCos, MicroC/OS-II,

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, Microsoft

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and Yongzhong Office by Wuxi Yongzhong Tech Co. It also develops a Loongson processor

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based on

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. In part to its ability to run only

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, without proprietary binary blobs,

famously used the Lemote Yeeloong.

References

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