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RISC-V chip: does not belong to anyone, so it belongs to everyone

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Update time : 2022-11-23 11:46:22
        With the application of open chip architecture outside the Internet of Things, traditional chips may be eliminated.
        Both hardware manufacturers plan to introduce chips based on RISC-V RISC computing architecture standard later in 2022. These chips will be added to the VisionFive development board of StarFive, which will be launched in December 2021 and support Linux. The development board is based on the free and open architecture standard and sells for $180.

        At the end of June this year, Pine64 said that it was designing a single board computer for the market dominated by Raspberry Pie; Xcalibyte and DeepComputing also said that RISC-V based laptops will start shipping at the end of this summer.
        RISC-V, which has a history of 12 years, does not belong to anyone, but also belongs to everyone. Compared with Intel and Arm chips based on proprietary settings and requiring license fees, RICV-V has unique charm. 
        Despite its economic benefits, RISC-V's novelty, function setting and support simplicity still hinder its wider application. In 2021, an open source development project of micro PC adopting RISC-V and supporting Linux failed. VisionFive was also involved in the project.
        In addition, the disclosure of the standard also attracted chip manufacturers whose use of Intel and ARM intellectual property rights is restricted: no government can impose sanctions on open chip design.
        In July 2021, Wu Wei, the project director of the PLCT laboratory of the Software Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said in an article that for research and development purposes, the Software Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences plans to build 2000 RISC-V laptops. Wu Wei wrote in the 2022 plan of PLCT laboratory that the research team will focus on making RISC-V laptops support Linux and the most commonly used open software, including LibreOffice.
 
This is also ironic for RISC-V as an open standard: RISC-V may get more applications due to the trade barriers that divide the global chip market.
 
However, in 2021, market research institute Semico, on behalf of RISC-V international industry organization, reported that the largest market for RISC-V chips is the automobile industry. Semico expects that RISC-V's market share in the global automotive industry will continue to increase.
 
In fact, in the future, chips may form a good hybrid way, that is, hardware manufacturers can mix RISC-V, ARM and Intel components in their own processors. Intel encourages this, because customers will eventually pay Intel for making such chips.
 
The two traditional chip designers have not stagnated. Perhaps in response to the customizability of RISC-V, ARM, which is open but requires licensing fees, has been providing more customizable options for IoT customers. William Lee predicted that "they are trying to defend their market share".

 
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