Chinese chip makers have been barred from using Arm’s advanced Neoverse V-series CPU cores for some time now. HiSilicon will likely leverage a modified version of the Armv8 ISA or even Armv9 for that matter since both architectures are not subject to the US trade ban.
Modified version of an ARM ISA? Does ARM even sell licenses that allow a fully independent child branch ISA based on ARM IP?
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