Chinese computer maker Powerleader says its CPU was developed ‘with the support of Intel’
- Powerleader said that its first-generation Powerstar CPU, which was released on May 6, ‘is a customised product’ developed with Intel’s support
- In a statement on Weibo, Powerleader’s chairman said the company would ‘stick to the plan and … become a new force in the Chinese chip industry’
Shenzhen-based computer maker Powerleader, which was suspected by hardware testing websites of rebadging one of Intel’s older microprocessors as its own, said its central processing unit (CPU) was developed “with the support of Intel”.
The Chinese company’s Powerstar P3-01105 CPUs were found to be identical to Intel’s Core i3-10105 Comet Lake CPU, according to a recent report published by online tech news site Tom’s Hardware, citing results of a CPU benchmark test conducted by Geekbench on May 26.
Powerleader said in a statement on Wednesday that its first-generation Powerstar CPU, which was released on May 6, “is a customised product developed with the support of Intel”.
Intel has not made any public comment on the Powerleader chip.
The statement, posted by Powerleader’s chairman Li Ruijie on his personal Weibo account, also said “the release of the Powerstar P3-01105 chip is a commercial move mainly for the use of PC terminal brands in the commercial market, and we have not applied for national or local government grants or subsidies”.