Alibaba Group Holding’s research arm, Damo Academy, has seen more than 6 billion chips shipped based on its XuanTie RISC-V architecture, marking a milestone as the tech giant doubles down on the open standard in artificial intelligence and automotive systems.
Meng Jianyi, chief scientist at Damo Academy, announced the figure on Monday at the annual RISC-V Summit China in Shenzhen. The achievement comes as Chinese companies seek to play a greater role in the global RISC-V ecosystem, an alternative to established chip architectures developed by the likes of Intel and Arm.
Highlighting the architecture’s rapid global adoption, Meng cited forecasts from research firm Omdia that global RISC-V processor shipments would grow by nearly 30 per cent annually and could account for about 25 per cent of the worldwide processor market by 2030.
