China's tech self-sufficiency push has reached a new milestone with two powerful RISC-V chips. The Chinese Academy of Sciences unveiled Xiangshan, a high-performance processor achieving 16.5 points/GHz on SPEC CPU2006. Alibaba's Damo Academy also launched the XuanTie C950, claimed as the most powerful RISC-V chip globally. The chips target cloud and AI computing as China counters US export controls. https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3348168/chinas-tech-self-sufficiency-drive-reaches-new-milestone-powerful-risc-v-chips #China #Tech #RISC-V #Alibaba #Semiconductors