@lupyuen It's beautiful to see China doing well. Through the USSR, Russia and US restrictions on the export of knowledge, China has succeeded.

The Article points out Alibaba and SiFive as manufacturers of RISC-V while it would be T-Head that makes a physical product. SiFive is fabless which means they hoard any information and only take from the community. T-Head posts Verilog of their creations for the world to see and use. SiFive doesn't deserve to be on the same list.

RISC-V was indirectly and likely unwittingly helped by DARPA. It's odd that the US is so anti freedom that it forced RISC-V out of the country. So perhaps a better summary is that the US was incompetent and China did something smart. That move was apparently not allowed because the US government allows corporations to own thoughts and ideas.

As an American I find it humorous but I'm still waiting for the punchline of the CCP messing it up like the RISC-X talks. Leave it to governments to take credit for something they had no part in and make it political. At least the surveillance systems in China will be less expensive.

Hopefully the inexpensive SoCs will be functional and have accurate documentation. RISC-V has always had challenges with all three and I suspect that the first few generations are going to be ewaste. That should sum up my commentary on the article. The hints of propaganda were appreciated.