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China’s push for chip independence continues with its first RISC-V server CPU (www.tomshardware.com)
submitted 4 months ago by schizoidman@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/35528933

China is doubling down on the RISC-V architecture.

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[–] cocolowlander@feddit.nl 40 points 4 months ago

They've been spending tens of billions a year in their chip industry.

[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 24 points 4 months ago (1 children)

About that last sentence about software support determining the future of risc-v. It will overtake x86 (eventually) just due to the nature of OSS. At first OS platforms arent as good... Until suddenly they are. Ask Apple. When the iPhone first launched, it was a million times better than Android. And yet now they are totally on par with each other. And Android has the edge in a lot of cases.

[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world -2 points 4 months ago

Lol

[–] TheMightyCat@lemm.ee 6 points 4 months ago

Seems like it's specs are still unknown?

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Any benchmarks? Seems like it bundles NN acceleration that competes with GPUs, but benchmarks/price matters.

best i got

RIVAI claims that the Lingyu processor’s computational performance rivals that of major international server chips from Intel and AMD.

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Fine, they've made a processor, but until I have an idea of how well tested and secure it is, I'm not running anything on it. I don't mean in a "Oh China, scary!" way but just because it's an unknown brand with no track record.

Making something that works most of the time is one thing. Making something bulletproof is another.

...and they're positioning this for servers.