<sorear>
it's kind of amazing how people take every scrap of news and interpret it as if it applied generally to 1.4 billion people
<sorear>
risc-v used for the purpose for which it was originally designed, news at 11
<rwmjones_>
unfortunately although the article has many mistakes, it does reflect how some people think
<rwmjones_>
I've had serious discussions with people who believe that contributing to risc-v is helping an enemy power
<rwmjones_>
(which to be clear, I believe is utter nonsense)
<davidlt>
and it's not like "they" couldn't do a different ISA (legally or illegally)
<davidlt>
It kinda depends if you are part of World Trade Organization agreements
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<davidlt>
As you as you leave it you are basically free to use foreign patents
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<sorear>
so I kind of understand why nobody wants to do a clean sheet non-binary-translation implementation of x86_64, but if they can get away with making bootleg ARMv9 chips why haven't they?