Alibaba promises server-class RISC-V processor in 2024

[topspin]

https://www.theregister.com/2024/03/20/alibaba_c930_riscv/

[a_vanderbilt]

More architectures are feasible with the way modern open-source makes software available. Breaking up the hegemony of x86 in the data center is a good thing.

[camel-cdr]

>Details of the chip were not discussed

Except for the performance (15 SPECint2k6/GHz) and the extensions (RVA24, bold claim btw).

See: https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/687667375

[photonbeam]

Sure hope it has rvv 1.0

[camel-cdr → photonbeam]

It does: https://pic1.zhimg.com/80/v2-b1d07335b091fe5d273f95e889ff239...

[ivell]

No RISC no fun

[lagniappe]

RISC is good

[cherryteastain]

Sanctions incoming...

[brucehoult → cherryteastain]

?

Sanctions can prevent US tech from being exported to China. They can't do a thing about home-grown tech.

[cherryteastain → brucehoult]

Not quite. US can e.g. sanction Alibaba such that TSMC/Samsung is not allowed to fab Alibaba's chips.

[jimmydoe → brucehoult]

Sanction may not be the right term but I'm there's a way to punish them for being Chinese and possibly being sold to Iran, Russian or Palestine at some point...