RISC-V plans to move registration to Switzerland

The US Department of Commerce ’s blockade of Huawei under the pretext of security made the industry very worried. At that time, the international open-source chip technology organization, RISC-V affected by the ban also broke off cooperation with Huawei. However, this industry technology organization does not have much to do with the United States and is only registered in the United States. Therefore, subject to US laws, it is necessary to comply with Huawei’s ban. The Huawei incident also shocked the organization and other companies in the industry. After all, if necessary, the United States can use its security pretext to block companies in other countries.

After the Huawei incident, open-source chip technology organizations and industry leaders are worried about geopolitical disruption, because no one can predict who the U.S. will decide to block next time. The mission of the open-source chip technology organization is to work together to formulate open standards to keep the architecture free and pave the way for the next 50 years of computing design with the academic and research communities. Obviously, the ban issued by the US Department of Commerce on Huawei is inconsistent with the mission of the open-source chip technology organization, and the Huawei incident has made the industry’s technical organization extremely worried. To this end, members and leaders of the organization have proposed to relocate the registration place from the United States to Switzerland. After the relocation, they only need to be subject to Swiss legal supervision without worrying about the United States.

The open-source chip technology organization has responded enthusiastically to the relocation proposal, and its members are in favor of relocating the registration place to Switzerland to prevent it from being affected by US law in the future. Although the organization did not disclose which members made the move, the board of directors of the organization has now unanimously approved the move to maintain its mission. The organization currently has more than 300 industry members worldwide, including Qualcomm, NXP, Google, Alibaba, Tencent, Huawei, and ZTE.

Via: Reuters