The RISC-V ISA is based on the established Reduced Instruction Set Computer (RISC) architecture principle. This can be used for various types of implementations, including development, commercial, and open source implementations at no additional cost. This means that anyone can design, manufacture and sell RISC-V chips and software.
For engineers, RISC-V’s inherent open standards association brings innovation and efficiency to wafer design. According to the RISC-V Foundation, RISC-V ISA provides a higher level of free software and hardware design freedom for microprocessor architectures, paving the way for computing design and innovation for the next 50 years.
To read more, please visit: https://www.eettaiwan.com/news/article/20190524NT61-Open-Source-Hardware-Benefits-Procurement-Practices. Please note that the original article is in Chinese.