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Is RISC-V fear is theoretical or is it based on some specific example(s) that happened to them, or some other foundation, in the past?

• Tepix 7y ago
  It's pressure in general. Look at what ARM has gone through in the last months.
  • porker 7y ago
    > Look at what ARM has gone through in the last months. What has it gone through? I haven't seen any news stories specifically about this.
    • my123 7y ago
      https://news.yahoo.com/uk-chip-designer-arm-complying-u-rules-huawei-113839005--finance.html https://news.yahoo.com/uk-chip-designer-arm-complying-u-rule... They resumed after the ban was kinda temporarily suspended... but there's a risk.
      • FailEEStudent 7y ago
        Well, not really. RISC-V is open-source so export controls don't apply so it seems to be more of a theoretical risk right now. https://www.ucop.edu/ethics-compliance-audit-services/compliance/export-controls/export-faq.html https://www.ucop.edu/ethics-compliance-audit-services/compli... As for ARM, they initially stopped shipments to Huawei (it was an internal email that got leaked) but since it used less than 25% US-origin technology, US export controls don't apply and ARM could ship it
        • my123 7y ago
          It's more complex than that, Cortex-A76 for example was designed by ARM's team in Austin, TX...