Re: MIPS and RISC-V
That would be a valid point if we were talking about China's decision, but we weren't. That was the US's decision.
There is no issue with being based on other people's architectures. Everything is built on what came before, that's how technology works. The point is that there's nothing that needs to be licensed, so nothing that can be restricted by the whim of some foreign government.
Of course that's of no value to anyone outside China (except possibly in places like Iran that are subject to similar restrictions), but from their own point of view it's still worth crowing about. It's sending a message to the US in particular, that this is one less lever it has over China.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
