Developing world needs an alternative to Chinese tech::In April 2022, the United States launched its “Declaration for the Future of the Internet.” It asserts that human rights and democratic values must remain

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    • BRICS nations are going RISC-V - for varied reasons - as quickly as they can (and the EU may well follow suit).

    • China is a huge producer - if not THE biggest manufacturer - of electronics.

    Those two points alone suggest a RISC-V revolution, in BRICS and 3rd-World economies, who like cheaper goods. RISC-V cores have been used in microcontroller roles for a while now, and we’re now seeing RISC-V chips being used as primary processors.

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      Just like ARM based chips? From low power to main chips?

      Worth mentioning that RISC-V is open source and anyone with the means is allowed to distribute it royalty free.

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        RISC-V designs are still 3 or 4 years off the pace, but closing fast.

        The leap ought to come when the extensions that were ratified at the end of 2021 are realised… 2025/2026.

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        They can be but it’s up to the hardware implementation moreso than the ISA.

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          What could be the real impact if suddenly the BRICS and other emerging countries turned to that architecture?

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            It would mean the diminishing of market share of proprietary US software and hardware.

            Linux and *BSD run on RISC-V. RISC-V devices will be shipped with an open source OS and apps. Android users won’t even notice / care about what chip is inside their tech.

            And it puts app lock-in to the test.

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              Let’s hope that move happens.

              It would be a blast seeing Linux gathering a lot more influence.

              And the notion of running a fully FOSS based system, down to the hardware root is just wonderful.