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    4 months ago

    There are chinese companies making RISC-V chips and machines: https://milkv.io/pioneer

    I get the impression that LoongArch has more priority because they fully own that ISA which means foreign entities such as the US Empire can have 0 impact on it. If something happens to RISC-V that could put China at a disadvantage they still have LoongArch. If they go all in on RISC-V they could easily get fucked or bullied into submission, that’s my view anyways.

    • There’s no danger in using RISC-V – if the official standard is compromised somehow, China can just make their own “fork”. I think it’s more likely just a business decision by Loongson. Unless it’s replaced, it’ll likely become an open standard eventually

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        4 months ago

        Good point, I didn’t think of that! Either way, I’m quite happy to see more general purpose RISCs emerge. At this point I’m just really sick of dealing with Intel’s CISC crap lol.