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US-based chip-tech group moving to Switzerland over trade curb fears

  • The RISC-V Foundation sets standards for the core chip architecture and controls who can use its trademark on products
  • The organisation has more than 325 members, including Qualcomm, Alibaba and Huawei
Huawei Technologies’ Kunpeng 920 chip, designed for data centres and cloud computing applications, is shown at an unveiling ceremony in Shenzhen on January 7. Photo: AP

A United States-based foundation overseeing promising semiconductor technology developed with Pentagon support will soon move to Switzerland after several of the group’s foreign members raised concerns about potential US trade curbs.

The non-profit RISC-V Foundation – pronounced “risk-five” – wants to ensure that universities, governments and companies outside the US can help develop its open-source technology, the organisation’s chief executive, Calista Redmond, said in an interview with Reuters.