Alibaba’s research arm promises server-class RISC-V processor due this year

And teases a laptop to show off its current silicon – running the open edition of Huawei’s CentOS spinout

Alibaba’s research arm, the Damo Academy, last week promised to deliver a server-grade RISC-V processor later this year, showed off a RISC-V-powered laptop running the open source cut of Huawei’s CentOS spinout, and talked up a growing community working on the permissively licensed processor architecture.…