China bets on RISC-V in global AI race

SCMP Tech / 4/21/2026

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The article says China is positioning RISC-V—an open CPU architecture—as a key part of its strategy in the global AI race, alongside its well-known AI model development.
Researchers and experts highlighted the establishment of a “complete” RISC-V ecosystem in China during events such as the Zhongguancun Forum science festival in Beijing.
It notes that the Chinese Academy of Sciences has recently unveiled the latest Xiangshan processor, indicating continued progress on homegrown RISC-V compute.
The thrust of the piece is that open-source chip ecosystems can be strategically significant for AI competitiveness, potentially improving access to tailored compute infrastructure.

Say “open source” and “China” and most people will think of its world-conquering artificial intelligence (AI) large language models. Its open-source computer chips are just as significant. These chips are based on the RISC-V architecture (pronounced risk-five). At last month’s Zhongguancun Forum science festival in Beijing, experts celebrated the establishment in China of a complete RISC-V ecosystem. Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) researchers recently unveiled their latest Xiangshan processor...

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