In addition to x86 and ARM, we can also talk about RISC-V, a very veteran architecture that China seems to want to bet on in the coming years to completely forget about Intel, AMD and Qualcomm.
RISC-V is an open source architecture, so it does not depend on any company working on its development, but on a Foundation, hence it is an excellent option for the future for China, where they aim to reduce their dependence on foreign countries, not only in chip manufacturing, but also in other fields.
Some of the regular collaborators of the RISC-V Foundation They are AMD, HP, IBM, Oracle, NVIDIA, Raspberry Pi, Google and Huawei, among others. Intel is not among the collaborators of this foundation, nor is Qualcomm.
This is what happens when countries like the United States do everything possible to prevent certain technologies from reaching China in order to limit its growth capacity.
The intention to reduce dependence on large processor manufacturers and on x86 and ARM architectures We find it in the first laptop with RISC-V architecture that the Software Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Kaixin Institute of Beijing, Qunxin Shining Technology and Yingqi Intelligence have just presented in China.
Laptop with RISC-V architecture
This laptop with RISC-V architecture, named Ruyi Bookis managed by the processor Xiangshan Nanhu operating at a maximum of 2.5 GHz, manufactured in a 7 nn process. Tea CPU supports two single- or dual-core configurations, each with its own L1 and L2 cache, while the L3 cache is shared. It is accompanied by 8GB of DDR5 memory at 4800 MT/s.
The screen is LCD type with 14 inches and Full HD resolution. The equipment includes an HDMI port that allows the signal to be sent to an external monitor at 4K. As for the graphics, for the moment, China has not managed to become completely independent, since this equipment includes the AMD RX 550.
In terms of connectivity options, this model includes two USB 3.0 portstwo 2.5 Gbps Ethernet ports, a HDMI port with 4K output and a headphone jack. The built-in trackpad supports up to 9 different gestures. This computer has dimensions of 315 mm x 233 mm x 25 mm.
Windows is not available for RISC-V architecture So the operating system of this laptop is not from Microsoft, but is a Linux distribution, although it has not been revealed which one it is.
At the moment, the launch price has not been announced, nor do we know how much it will be available, but it is very unlikely that this laptop with RISC-V architecture will leave China.