Zhongzhi Chip is said to be collaborating with the AI chip startup Tenstorrent and other “stellar global RISC-V chip companies” and to be looking for other alliances. It is said to have considerable financial backing.
When Wu was sacked, a number of Arm China staff left including the head of R&D, a regional head of sales and a government relations employee who became CEO of a startup backed by local government called
Zhongzhi is now said to be actively recruiting staff with RISC-V experience.
