Seems hard given RISC-V foundation is not an american foundation anymore. Only thing the US could do is maybe place a import ban on it self. But the Americans are known to be creative when it comes to lawfare.
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RISC-V is a non-proprietary INSTRUCTION SET architecture its not a hardware implementation, you can no more stop someone using it than try to ban Chinese people from using the English Language. All the US bans have been to try and stop China producing chips they can't stop China designing them. For example Huawei is still keeping HiSilicon I guess because they believe at some point in the not to distant future their designs can be fabricated US ban or no US ban
It should be easy for chinese government to control it.
Just impose fine on foundry who doesnt want to use local EDA.
Fab doesn't care what EDA used. The file output from eda is binary describing the circuitry which sent to the fab.
Main cpu used in Chinese military is loongson
Loongson is the most heavily used for emdedded system in China such as bank atm, industrial control, traffic light , high-speed train etc. It's deeply entrenched in China. Going to risc v is too much changes and unnecessary
Main cpu used in Chinese military is loongson
Loongson is the most heavily used for emdedded system in China such as bank atm, industrial control, traffic light , high-speed train etc. It's deeply entrenched in China. Going to risc v is too much changes and unnecessary
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To be fair, Chinese government realized the importance of the semiconductor industry at least since 2000, when the first set of state regulations and policies promoting both public and private investments in the sector came into effect. Soon after, both semiconductor manufacturing and equipment figured prominently in China's Key State Projects 2005 - 2020. A lot of government investments since then have gone into R&D, venture funding and subsidies. These have started to bear fruits, particularly in the last five years.
But you need an industry-wide collaborative and coordinated efforts to truly make across-the-board advances and to become largely self-reliance in the semiconductor supply chain, given how far behind China has been in the sector compared to the global competitors. The facts that it's a very dynamic industry and China's semiconductor market, including both chip manufacturing and equipment, is wide open, make it very difficult for Chinese companies to close the gap and make a dent in market share.
Enter the US sanctions. First it was ZTE - people thought it was an one-off event and some even blamed ZTE for non-compliance or carelessness. Then came the crackdowns on Huawei, with ever tightening screw, it had become clear that the US was deliberate and determined to cripple if not kill a national champion. Finally, it was everybody else, from SMIC, AMEC, to Phytium and other chip companies for supercomputers and more. It was meant to suffocate China's tech industry. It's now become a matter of national security and prosperity.
China therefore needs a whole-of-government and whole-of-society strategy to deal with the challenge. Business as usual won't do. Some short-term pains and setbacks are inevitable, e.g. Huawei. But with a huge and booming market for everything semiconductor, a very board industrial and scientific base, China should be able to address the problem in 5-10 years. The track records of Chinese dealing with similar challenges in defense, space, electronics and other industries speak to the confidence of China stepping up to the challenge.
The last few years have been a stress test for the rise of China. It exposes some weaknesses of China, semiconductor being one of them. But for the most part, China has withstood the test and shown its strength and resilience in the face of real challenges to its government, people, society and system. In the end, the US sanctions on semiconductor may very well turn out to be a blessing in disguise.
Americans might not be able to ban the manufacturing of RISC-V chips, but they could certainly ban Chinese products that contain RISC-V from being sold anywhere in the West (and Japan).
What you gonna ban people from making a profit? Good luck with that.
They can't really ban it but put pressure/sanction on suppliers and countries. "Do what we say or else ..." Huawei phones never got banned in the US (yet), but they put pressure on ATT/tmobile to not sell it thru their store. Anyways, the "west" is only 1 billion people, there is anoterh 6 billion consumers
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I mean yeah, IEEPA is fairly broad
What about'ism at its finest
On that basis they can ban anything and everything made in China and vice versa you can throw the rulebook out of the window and its just a war of attrition with the last man standing, so place your bets!
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