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RISC-V is an American made, American owned design that just happens to be open source hardware friendly. Reuters is acting like this is some sort of a) amazing

RISC-V is an American made, American owned design that just happens to be open source hardware friendly. Reuters is acting like this is some sort of a) amazing new technology that isn't just the newest iteration of a 30 year old architecture family, b) owned and created by China, and c) this isn't just some ploy by the Republicans to harm American interests abroad to protect their own private investments. What a crap article.

Taniwha 3y ago
It's a spec, explicitly not owned by anyone (if it is it's by a Swiss based consortium) - the hardware people build from the spec may not be opensource (though many are)
fuoqi 3y ago
>American made While it indeed has American roots and a huge amount of development is done today by American citizens, various people and companies from China, India, Japan, South Korea, Russia, and many European countries have significant contributions as well. >American owned design Nope. It's "owned" by the RISC-V International Association registered in Switzerland.
- DiabloD3 3y ago
  I've looked into the "why" of that, since I, too, wondered why a design that comes from the University of Berkeley (the home of BSD) lives there: international legal protection and tax reasons. That said, because of that, you could also say it belongs to the entire world, equally, and I would be happy with that description as well; but politicians don't really understand those words, and only think in terms of tribal football.
  - mardifoufs 3y ago
    I thought it was mostly to avoid US politics and possible tech bans export? Especially since the RISC V foundation is a non profit.
    - mikeyouse 3y ago
      You’re correct - there’s obviously no tax benefit since nonprofits have no tax obligation. I don’t think it’s a coincidence they moved there in the midst of all the last administration’s saber rattling with China. The previous entity was HQed in the US and then merged into a Swiss entity so pretty safe to assume why.
sigzero 3y ago
It's not just Republicans, it's Democrats as well. Warner is a Democrat.
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Taniwha 3y ago

It's a spec, explicitly not owned by anyone (if it is it's by a Swiss based consortium) - the hardware people build from the spec may not be opensource (though many are)

fuoqi 3y ago

>American made While it indeed has American roots and a huge amount of development is done today by American citizens, various people and companies from China, India, Japan, South Korea, Russia, and many European countries have significant contributions as well. >American owned design Nope. It's "owned" by the RISC-V International Association registered in Switzerland.

DiabloD3 3y ago
I've looked into the "why" of that, since I, too, wondered why a design that comes from the University of Berkeley (the home of BSD) lives there: international legal protection and tax reasons. That said, because of that, you could also say it belongs to the entire world, equally, and I would be happy with that description as well; but politicians don't really understand those words, and only think in terms of tribal football.
- mardifoufs 3y ago
  I thought it was mostly to avoid US politics and possible tech bans export? Especially since the RISC V foundation is a non profit.
  - mikeyouse 3y ago
    You’re correct - there’s obviously no tax benefit since nonprofits have no tax obligation. I don’t think it’s a coincidence they moved there in the midst of all the last administration’s saber rattling with China. The previous entity was HQed in the US and then merged into a Swiss entity so pretty safe to assume why.

sigzero 3y ago

It's not just Republicans, it's Democrats as well. Warner is a Democrat.

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