Regarding proposed US restrictions on RISC-V #RISCV @bunniestudios
Andrew ‘bunnie’ Huang, Hacker, Maker, and Author, posts in response from 18 US lawmakers asking how the country plans to prevent China “from achieving dominance in … RISC-V technology and leveraging that dominance at the expense of US national and economic security”.
Bunnie states:
The request is facially misguided; any restrictions would only serve to reduce American participation in an important emerging technology, while bolstering ARM’s position as an incumbent near-monopoly provider of embedded CPUs.
When the first report came out, I hoped it was just a blip that would go away, but with the broader bipartisan group asking for restrictions, I felt I could no longer just stand by and watch: I am an active participant in the RISC-V ecosystem. I’m also subject to US law.
You can read more and bunnie’s letter to US President Biden in the post here.
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