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Re:European RISC-V Industrial Computing Initiative by ur-whale on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @03:22AM (#50349441)
> European RISC-V Industrial Computing Initiative > Based in Europe, open worldwide

So European, right?

I'm immediately thinking, there's got to be some sovereignty aspect to the initiative. Right?

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 in 2026.

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Re:European RISC-V Industrial Computing Initiative by lioeters on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @03:32AM (#50349505)
> build a computer from scratch

What would it take to make this possible, if not completely then at least move in the right direction?

Aside from re-thinking computer manufacturing from the ground up.. RISC-V, or something like it, seems like part of the solution.

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Re:European RISC-V Industrial Computing Initiative by numpad0 on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @04:01AM (#50349682)
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Re:European RISC-V Industrial Computing Initiative by vanviegen on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @04:07AM (#50349710)
> Wake me up when someone can actually build a computer from scratch with EU-made parts.

That may be a high bar. Would all countries in the world collaborating, except for China, Taiwan and South Korea, even be able to do this?

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Re:European RISC-V Industrial Computing Initiative by dadoum on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @06:40AM (#50350745)
The eProcessor TC1 is a RISC-V CPU with cores designed by Cortus (Mauguio, France) and fabricated in GlobalFoundries Dresden fab (22FDX). But that's a public initiative, not a private one.
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Re:European RISC-V Industrial Computing Initiative by RetroTechie on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @09:37AM (#50352516)
Is there a cheap .dev board (assembled in EU) available for purchase by regular consumers?
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