Sina Article: Qualcomm Invests Heavily In RISC-V Companies

Qualcomm announced yesterday that it invested $65.4 million in SiFive, a leading provider of IP and silicon solutions for commercial RISC-V processors. In addition to Qualcomm, Intel and Samsung also invested some money in SiFive.
Some analysts say Qualcomm is interested in the flexibility and openness of RISC-V. It is reported that according to SiFive’s current design capabilities, it takes only one to three months to develop a new RISC-V IP while ARM chips often take one year or more.
 
To read more, please visit: https://tech.sina.com.cn/it/2019-06-09/doc-ihvhiqay4393897.shtml. Please note that the article is in Chinese.