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Open-standard, open-source tech body defies US sanctions

Alibaba subsidiary T-Head on governing board of new Linux-led RISE association promoting access to high-performance software and chips

by Scott Foster June 7, 2023June 8, 2023

US and China are locked in a race for technological supremacy that will define the course the 21st century. Image: Facebook / PIME Asia News

The launch of a new RISC-V software association makes open-standard integrated circuit design and open-source software even more of a challenge for the US government’s efforts to stop the development of Chinese high-tech and bend Europe to its geopolitical will.

On May 31, Linux Foundation Europe announced the RISC-V Software Ecosystem (RISE), which it described as,