The process began in 2016 when Hygon licensed AMD’s first-generation Zen CPU design and x86-64 architecture. This is the most commonly used architecture for processors in computing today.
Hygon used the original license to develop its Dhyana processor series, which gained support from Linux kernel developers and adoption by Chinese tech giants like Tencent.
Meanwhile, Sugon used the Dhyana processor to make a machine that ranked in the Top 500 list of the world’s most powerful supercomputing systems.
This partnership proved successful.