Meanwhile, RISC-V has Uncle Sam rattled
Last month, YMTC chairman Chen Nanxiang was elected head of the China Semiconductor Industry Association and called for unity among members amid US sanctions, according to the
Chen said China's semiconductor industry was facing"unprecedented upheaval," but at the same time had a great opportunity to develop native technology. This will no doubt lead to renewed calls from senior US figures for even tighter restrictions to contain Beijing's semiconductor ambitions.
An element said to be under consideration is asking the Department of Commerce to extend to RISC-V an existing executive order that requires US companies to get an export license before working with any Chinese organization.about any potential US government moves to restrict access. CEO Calista Redmond said this might lead to a bifurcation of the standard and"a world of incompatible solutions.
She also said the published RISC-V standards contain"no more information than what is already published by proprietary architectures" and the only difference is that no proprietary license is required to build a RISC-V product. In other words, the RISC-V specifications are not a blueprint to make a chip.