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posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday November 26 2019, @02:05PM   Printer-friendly
from the just-business dept.

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U.S.-based chip-tech group moving to Switzerland over trade curb fears

A U.S.-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 U.S. trade curbs.

The nonprofit RISC-V Foundation (pronounced risk-five) wants to ensure that universities, governments and companies outside the United States can help develop its open-source technology, its Chief Executive Calista Redmond said in an interview with Reuters.

She said the foundation’s global collaboration has faced no restrictions to date but members are “concerned about possible geopolitical disruption.”

“From around the world, we’ve heard that ‘If the incorporation was not in the U.S., we would be a lot more comfortable’,” she said. Redmond said the foundation’s board of directors approved the move unanimously but declined to disclose which members prompted it.


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  • (Score: 0, Troll) by fustakrakich on Tuesday November 26 2019, @06:44PM (2 children)

    by fustakrakich (6150) on Tuesday November 26 2019, @06:44PM (#925012) Journal

    you just can't overcome a difference of a billion more population.

    Yes they can [pri.org].

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  • (Score: 2) by shortscreen on Tuesday November 26 2019, @07:59PM (1 child)

    by shortscreen (2252) on Tuesday November 26 2019, @07:59PM (#925048) Journal

    Indeed. US foreign policy is already heavily influenced by some old farts who can't let go of their 20th century grudges. Just imagine how much butthurt there will amongst the elite when their empire gets taken away from them (ie. the ones that weren't pragmatic enough to switch teams).

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 26 2019, @08:22PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 26 2019, @08:22PM (#925059)

      It'll be Cuba all over again