Intel and Softbank Beware. Open Source Is Coming to the Chip Business
After revolutionizing software, the open-source movement is threatening to do same to the chip industry. Big technology companies have begun dabbling with RISC-V, which replaces proprietary know-how in a key part of the chip design process with a free standard that anyone can use.
While it’s early days, this could create a new crop of processors that compete with Intel Corp. products and whittle