ANALYSIS Arm might not think RISC-V is a threat to its newfound foothold in the datacenter, but growing pressure on Chinese chipmaking could ultimately change that, Forrester Research analyst Glenn O’Donnell tells The Register.
Over the past few years the US has piled on export bans and trade restrictions on Chinese chipmakers in an effort to stall the country’s semiconductor industry. This has included barring companies with ties to the Chinese military from purchasing x86 processors and AI kit from the likes of Intel, AMD, and Nvidia.
