Do-It-Yourself Chips Nibble at Mighty Duopoly | Wim De Preter, De Tijd

Just as the open source movement once broke through Microsoft’s monopoly, it now also nibbles on the dominance of chip giants Intel and ARM. Will each company design its own chips later?
Some 2,000 computer and semiconductor specialists gathered at a conference in San Jose, California, last December. The colorful mix of academics, start-ups and specialists from major tech companies such as Google, Samsung and Qualcomm hoped to learn more about the latest developments in RISC-V, a technology that some believe could revolutionize the design of new, better and cheaper computer chips.
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