• atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works
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    1 day ago

    I have very mixed feelings about RISC-V since the non-profit organization moved their headquarters to Switzerland after taking a bunch of US tax dollars and grants to develop it at UC Berkeley.

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      12 hours ago

      It’s an open source platform: if an american company makes and arm device, they need to pay tax to a British company. RiscV require not to pay IP tax to any foreign country.

      Also, it’s not like “they move”: stuck there in the US, they would simply shut it down. So I don’t see how your tax money went in better use.

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      1 day ago

      With how things are going in the US right now. I’m not mad about people moving certain groups out of the country. I’m sad, but not mad.

      Note: I know the reason they moved to Switzerland is unrelated.