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^{( December 9, 2021; The Register )}

In China's quest for self-sufficient hardware supply chains, RISC-V is a leading contender because of its borderless architecture and its decentralized nature. Unlike OpenPower and other open source hardware initiatives, RISC-V isn't focused on a particular vendor. Alibaba and the Chinese Academy of Sciences are two major participants in the RISC-V ecosystem. At this week's [RISC-V Summit](https://riscv.org/event/2021-risc-v-summit/), the Chinese Academy of Sciences announced their new *Nanhu* chip, a 64-bit 14nm design that will [tape out](https://everipedia.org/wiki/lang_en/Tape-out) next year.

China's been scammed for billions by rogues in its chase to become a chip powerhouse, but ironically, a free, open-source CPU architecture is emerging as its best bet to create a powerful homegrown chip. China was a winner at this week's RISC-V Summit, with many organizations introducing CPUs based on RISC-V, an open-source chip architecture sometimes called the Linux of chips. The government-backed Chinese Academy of Sciences, which is on the US Entity List, and StarFive Technology released new RISC-V chip designs for PCs and servers.

Read the rest from The Register: [China's road to homegrown chip glory looks to be going for a RISC-V future](https://www.theregister.com/2021/12/09/china_homegrown_chips/) ---

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