随着全球范围内对开源RISC-V芯片架构的采用日益广泛，据一位高级高管透露，美国知识产权提供商MIPS正以前所未有的深度与中国企业展开合作。这一举措充分表明，尽管中美两国在科技领域竞争激烈，跨国合作依然在持续进行。
As global adoption of the open-source RISC-V chip architecture accelerates, US intellectual property provider MIPS is collaborating with Chinese firms at an unprecedented level, according to a senior executive, highlighting how cross-border cooperation persists despite intense tech rivalry between Washington and Beijing.
去年被美国芯片制造商GlobalFoundries收购的MIPS公司，其首席技术官扬金·塔努尔汉在9月份于上海举行的媒体发布会上表示，该公司正“与中国密切合作”以推动RISC-V标准的制定。
MIPS, which was acquired by US chipmaker GlobalFoundries last year, was driving RISC-V standardisation “very closely with China”, chief technology officer Yankin Tanurhan said during a media briefing in Shanghai in September.
他介绍称，这项工作属于RISC-V国际协会所推行的整体计划的一部分。该协会致力于联合全球各方力量——包括美国、欧洲及中国的企业与学术界——共同制定从人工智能、微控制器到数据中心服务器等各类技术的标准。
The effort formed part of broader initiatives under governing body RISC-V International to unite global players – including US, European and Chinese entities, as well as academia – to standardise technologies ranging from artificial intelligence to microcontrollers and data centre servers, he said.
此类跨国合作进一步印证了中国国内RISC-V产业正加速迈向主流市场，其发展势头得益于产业应用的快速普及以及政策层面的有力支持。
This cross-border collaboration is the latest sign of how China’s domestic RISC-V sector is accelerating its push into the mainstream, bolstered by faster industrial adoption and policy boost.
塔努尔汉的言论与阿里巴巴集团的芯片技术专家齐晓宁的观点不谋而合。作为中国RISC-V产业的重要参与者，阿里巴巴通过其旗下的达摩院积极投身该领域；目前阿里巴巴也是《南华早报》的所有者。
The remarks by Tanurhan echoed those by Qi Xiaoning, a chip veteran at Chinese e-commerce and AI giant Alibaba Group Holding, which is an active player in China’s RISC-V sector through its research arm Damo Academy. Alibaba owns the South China Morning Post.
今年7月，齐晓宁在香港举行的《南华早报》2026中国峰会上指出，全球各大企业正携手合作，共同打造一个“统一的生态系统”，致力于开发适用于边缘计算及云计算应用的RISC-V开放式标准芯片架构。
Major companies from around the world were working together “as one unified ecosystem” on the RISC-V open-standard chip architecture for edge – processing data locally on devices – and cloud applications, Qi said at the SCMP China Conference 2026 in Hong Kong in July.
RISC-V全称为第五代精简指令集计算机架构，是一种开放式的指令集架构，可帮助开发者设计中央处理器。该架构由非营利性组织RISC-V国际协会负责管理。
RISC-V, short for fifth-generation reduced instruction set computer, is an open-standard instruction set architecture that enables developers to design central processing units (CPUs). The architecture is managed by the non-profit RISC-V International.
这项技术在中国迅速流行起来，主要是因为它完全可以免费使用和修改；这为北京方面以及国内科技公司提供了减少对国外专有技术架构（尤其是英特尔的 x86 架构和 Arm 架构）依赖的途径。
The technology has surged in popularity in China because it is free to use and modify, offering a path for Beijing and domestic tech firms to reduce their reliance on proprietary foreign architectures, mainly Intel’s x86 and Arm.
在过去一年中，RISC-V 芯片制造商的应用范围不断扩大，已经从汽车零部件、工业设备以及物联网设备等细分市场，扩展到了下一代计算技术和物理人工智能领域。
Broadening its appeal over the past year, RISC-V chipmakers have expanded beyond niche applications – such as automotive components, industrial equipment and Internet of Things devices – into next-generation computing and physical AI.
总部位于北京的 Eswin Computing Technology 将成为首家在港交所上市的专门从事 RISC-V 芯片研发的公司，其首次公开募股（IPO）定于 10 月 9 日进行。这一举动表明资本市场对开源芯片的商业前景充满信心。
Beijing-based Eswin Computing Technology is set to become the first pure-play RISC-V chipmaker to list on the Hong Kong stock exchange, with its initial public offering scheduled for October 9, a move signalling capital market confidence in the commercial viability of open-source chips.
Eswin Computing 的副总裁兼首席营销官刘帅在一场行业活动中表示，由于 RISC-V 具有“开放性、能效高、成本低廉以及高度可定制性”等优点，其全球出货量增长率已经超过了 x86 和 Arm 架构。他还表示，该公司正在与合作伙伴共同构建一个基于 RISC-V 技术的“RISC-V + AI”生态系统。
The growth rate of RISC-V global shipments has surpassed both x86 and Arm due to its “openness, energy efficiency, cost effectiveness, and customisability”, Liu Shuai, vice-president and chief marketing officer of Eswin Computing, said at an industry event in September, adding that the company was building a “RISC-V plus AI” ecosystem with its partners.
与此同时，MIPS 公司在高性能计算领域也取得了重大进展。该公司表示，其 RISC-V 平台已在人工智能数据中心实现大规模应用，其客户中包括全球前 15 大人工智能及数据中心基础设施芯片供应商中的 13 家。
Meanwhile, MIPS highlighted major progress in high-performance computing. Tanurhan said the company’s RISC-V platform had achieved mass production in AI data centres, counting 13 of the world’s top 15 AI and data centre infrastructure chip suppliers among its customers.
另一个推动 RISC-V 技术发展的关键因素是物理人工智能（即将人工智能技术集成到自动驾驶汽车、机器人等机械系统中）——中国正在这一领域迅速成为全球的领导者。
Another growth catalyst is physical AI – the integration of AI into mechanical systems like autonomous vehicles and robotics – where China is rapidly emerging as a global epicentre.
MIPS 向《南华早报》透露，该公司最初为中国客户开发用于高级驾驶辅助系统（ADAS）的 RISC-V 芯片，后来这些芯片被成功改造用于人形机器人领域。
MIPS told the SCMP that its Chinese clients, who initially developed RISC-V chips for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, or ADAS, have successfully repurposed the designs for humanoid robotics.
“机器人技术，尤其是人形机器人技术，在中国受到了极大的关注，并且发展得非常迅速，”塔努尔汉（Tanurhan）说道。“这里的测试环境与应用生态系统非常完善，足以帮助开发者完成研发过程中的最后关键阶段。”中国政府也在加大对该技术的政策支持力度。在9月份发布的一份政策文件中，RISC-V芯片的开发被正式列为中国电子和信息技术产业“十五五”规划的核心支柱之一，这一技术已被纳入国家层面的发展战略中。
“Robotics, especially humanoid robotics, receives immense attention in China and is developing very well,” said Tanurhan. “The testing ground and application ecosystem here is robust enough to support developers through that critical ‘last mile’ of R&D.”Beijing is also stepping up policy support for the architecture. RISC-V chip development was officially designated as a core pillar of China’s 15th five-year plan for the electronics and information technology industry in a policy document released in September, embedding the architecture into a state-level strategy.
尽管市场竞争日益激烈，塔努尔汉表示，这家美国公司与中国的同行们仍保持着密切的人才合作关系。
Despite heightened market competition, Tanurhan said the US company maintained deep talent ties with its Chinese peers.
“大多数中国的RISC-V知识产权公司，从某种程度上来说，都源于我过去的团队。我们彼此之间有着紧密的联系，”他说，并补充道：“MIPS凭借其全球范围内的影响力与规模，依然保持着竞争优势。目前，没有哪家公司的工程师人数能超过MIPS的700人，而MIPS正是依靠这样的规模才能为市场提供高质量的产品。”
“Most of the Chinese RISC-V IP companies in one way or another are coming from my teams of the past. We are very well related to each other,” he said, adding that MIPS retained a competitive advantage through its global reach and scale. “None of those companies have more than 700 engineers [as MIPS does] to supply quality products to the market.”