European RISC-V Industrial Computing Initiative

This seems to be run by a random dude looking for funding:

About ERICI

ERICI is a non-commercial initiative in its founding phase. It is not yet a legal entity, sells nothing and charges no fees.

(https://erici.eu/impressum.html)

This is just a webpage some individual put up, right? I mean as far as I can see there's no institute, no company, no government behind this. Just one RISC-V enthusiast on the contact page.

Is this something more than a flag-waiving exercise? Who's actually manufacturing and selling these "European" CPUs?

I just purchased a boatload of Chinese RISC-V development boards for about $2.30 a piece. Can't wait to start playing with them.

"RISC(-V) architecture is going to change everything."

[1]: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005011967676963.html

And the chips will be manufactured in China. Truly a genius move.

> A machine expected to run for 15 years should not depend on one company's roadmap, or one government's decisions."

> A machine that runs for 15 years needs software that can be maintained for 15 years.

I don't quite understand. Has this been a problem for industrial machines? Can't they already run for 30 years and more?

What exactly is this initiative looking to fix and improve? Besides of the basic idea of FOSS being good, and whatever.

CPEU is coming! I love RISC-V and have been following its progress for so long. I hope it gets more and more adoption in the world for desktops and servers. Its already massive in MCU's but we need it everywhere. Open ISA is the best ISA

Neat. This seems like exactly the sort of thing Europe should be pushing

RISC architecture's going to change everything.

Very sad that the silicon itself is not made in EU.

I like RISC-V as a concept but still only Chinese are focused on manufacturing those today.

So.. it's a bit funny to read there is an European Initiative... to promote Chinese computer appliances.

In times when fridges with Chinese electronics that are phoning home become more hack-able today than ever..

Vibe coded site and copy

Pure model slop. When I read this I get a headache and feel repulsed.

> European RISC-V Industrial Computing Initiative > Based in Europe, open worldwide

So European, right?

I'm immediately thinking: there's got to be some sort of sovereign aspect to the initiative ... right?

I mean, if there's one place you want a silicon stack that wasn't manufactured in China, it's most definitely in the guts of your industrial infrastructure (assuming you still have one, yes, point taken).

But, if you look at the "The silicon is here." section and dig a little:

> "Shenzhen MilkV Technology Co., Ltd" [1]

[1]: https://milkv.io/about

Wake me up when someone can actually build a computer from scratch with EU-made parts.

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Yet another "initiative". I remember the European Processor Initiative that went precisely nowhere.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Processor_Initiative

RISC-V is inevitable.