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27 Chinese semiconductor companies have formed a “High End Chip Alliance” (HECA) aimed at creating a more integrated ecosystem across the Middle Kingdom and with an ambition to create new silicon standards. Some of the members don't have enormous profiles outside China – hands up if you're familiar with Tsinghua Unigroup, …

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  1. Nick Kew

    No mention whether this builds on ARM or from a clean slate, or may have projects in both camps. Does this have potential to lead in due course to an ecosystem to rival ARM?

    Not saying it's likely: the market remains ARM's to lose. But if a realistic challenge were to arise, it would start with a technology consortium that might just possibly look something like this. And coming after ARM appears to be turning Japanese, an event that might just have rung alarm bells in China.

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  2. asdf
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    semiconductor standards you say

    Hmm guess they priced how much the standards cost from SEMI and decided it was cheaper to DIY.

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