Efforts by the Chinese Academy of Sciences form part of Beijing’s push to reduce reliance on foreign semiconductor technology.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/24503345

A team from China’s top government research academy pledged to produce this year a processor based on the open-source chip-design architecture RISC-V, as Beijing advances its semiconductor self-reliance drive amid escalating US restrictions.

The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) will be able to deliver its XiangShan open-source central processing unit in 2025, wrote Bao Yungang, deputy director at the academy’s Institute of Computing Technology, in a Weibo post on Sunday.

  • warmaster@lemmy.world
    7·
    2 days ago

    It’s all bulshit until we see reputable benchmarks. But I hope it happens. I’m balls deep into FOSS to not drool about the idea.

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆
      3·
      2 days ago

      China has an incredibly strong incentive to pursue this, and there’s massive state level funding behind such projects. I think there’s every reason to expect that they will succeed here.