Efforts by the Chinese Academy of Sciences form part of Beijing’s push to reduce reliance on foreign semiconductor technology.
  • blobjim [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    2 days ago

    describes XiangShan’s goal as eventually becoming “the Linux of processors”

    That’s a pretty cool goal. I’m glad to see Chinese organizations (and state run education institutions nonetheless) driving for open source hardware designs. Most big open source projects like Linux are entirely US and Europe dominated but China has been investing a lot in RISC-V such that they could actually create the “Linux of processors”. It seems like open source processors would be beneficial to both private companies that want to add in a bit of their own special sauce, and projects like Linux which would have an even easier time implementing new drivers and features.

    It really depends on if companies actually use the open source designs and mass-produce them or put them in commodity devices people can buy. If they just end up being a starting point and are customized so much that they become their own thing before becoming real hardware, it might be less useful for anything other than externalizing R&D costs.

    • Cochise@lemmy.eco.brEnglish
      17·
      2 days ago

      Most big open source projects like Linux are entirely US and Europe dominated

      Linux not so much

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.mlOPEnglish
      19·
      2 days ago

      I think this is an excellent move as well, and it will ensure that the world outside the west will work with China in the future. If the choice is between open designs and relying on foreign companies, then it’s pretty easy to figure out whom to work with is more beneficial.