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China’s use of RISC-V chip standard faces headwinds amid US scrutiny and Google’s end of Android support

China’s strengthened push to use RISC-V, an open-source chip-design architecture, is facing new risks amid scrutiny by the US and Google’s move to stop supporting it on Android.

China’s strengthened push to use RISC-V, an open-source chip-design architecture, to reduce reliance on foreign technologies is facing new challenges amid scrutiny by the United States and Google’s move to stop supporting the standard on Android. The move will slow down the plans of RISC-V chip vendors targeting Android systems and devices, according to William Li, analyst at research firm Counterpoint. Despite growing worries in the US, China’s contribution to RISC-V remains strong, Zhang Xiaorong, director of the Beijing-based Cutting-Edge Technology Research Institute, was quoted as saying in a recent Global Times report.

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