An important part of this announcement is that Andes Technology is a Taiwanese company. I'm aware that there are American companies producing RISC-V microcontrollers, but in terms of microprocessors, RISC-V was shaping up to be something that was only physically manufactured in China, and therefore a risky proposition in terms of geopolitics.
On the other hand, like FOSS OSes, it represents a way that countries can free themselves from current administration as geopolitics keep going into the bad direction.
It was a great decision to take RISC-V foundation outside USA.
It bothers me more than it should that the company behind it's called Andes technology, names project after cities, their chips after native animals, yet wasn't founded in South America nor has a base or team over there.
An important part of this announcement is that Andes Technology is a Taiwanese company. I'm aware that there are American companies producing RISC-V microcontrollers, but in terms of microprocessors, RISC-V was shaping up to be something that was only physically manufactured in China, and therefore a risky proposition in terms of geopolitics.
On the other hand, like FOSS OSes, it represents a way that countries can free themselves from current administration as geopolitics keep going into the bad direction.
It was a great decision to take RISC-V foundation outside USA.
It bothers me more than it should that the company behind it's called Andes technology, names project after cities, their chips after native animals, yet wasn't founded in South America nor has a base or team over there.
Like Amazon or Patagonia
For whom is this a problem?
It's called appelomancy. Comes from "appelication".
-Sent from my expecting someone to fly the Condor from Mysterious Cities of Gold into a datacenter