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Developing world needs an alternative to Chinese tech::In April 2022, the United States launched its “Declaration for the Future of the Internet.” It asserts that human rights and democratic values must remain

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (8 children)
  • BRICS nations are going RISC-V - for varied reasons - as quickly as they can (and the EU may well follow suit).

  • China is a huge producer - if not THE biggest manufacturer - of electronics.

Those two points alone suggest a RISC-V revolution, in BRICS and 3rd-World economies, who like cheaper goods. RISC-V cores have been used in microcontroller roles for a while now, and we're now seeing RISC-V chips being used as primary processors.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Aren't those chips more efficient as well?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

They can be but it's up to the hardware implementation moreso than the ISA.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What could be the real impact if suddenly the BRICS and other emerging countries turned to that architecture?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It would mean the diminishing of market share of proprietary US software and hardware.

Linux and *BSD run on RISC-V. RISC-V devices will be shipped with an open source OS and apps. Android users won't even notice / care about what chip is inside their tech.

And it puts app lock-in to the test.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Let's hope that move happens.

It would be a blast seeing Linux gathering a lot more influence.

And the notion of running a fully FOSS based system, down to the hardware root is just wonderful.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago
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