Some unlikely 2021 predictions

Posted Jan 11, 2021 17:55 UTC (Mon) by plugwash (subscriber, #29694)
In reply to: Some unlikely 2021 predictions by pizza
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The question IMO is will the Chinese decide to fund Risc V development in an attempt to get it to the level where it is competitive with arm's higher-end cores. And if so will they be successful.

After the actions of the trump administration I would expect the Chinese to be wary of relying on western tech.

Some unlikely 2021 predictions

Posted Jan 11, 2021 18:51 UTC (Mon) by pizza (subscriber, #46) [Link]

A few years ago, "Arm China" went from a standard wholly-owned subsidiary of Arm to a joint venture which intentionally has 51% Chinese ownership. It was set up this way to help ensure China would not be reliant upon "Western tech", and to that effect it has what amounts to irrevocable licenses for already-developed cores as well as architecture licenses if they wish to develop their own cores. Plus a great deal of operational autonomy.

And recently, the whole thing has been scandal-plagued:

https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/China-tech/Arm-China-ask...
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-arm-china-lawsuit/arm-...
https://www.ft.com/content/f86a7ecf-8a6c-4be1-8c96-567f3d...