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		Intel offered to acquire SiFive for more than $2B (bloomberg.com)
		16 points by ThaDood on June 11, 2021 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 2 comments

AndrewBissell on June 11, 2021 | [–]

Oh, I was wondering how long an open source, (presumably) backdoor-free hardware platform was going to last.

jbirer on June 14, 2021 | [–]

This would be bad on a business standpoint because SiFive has the capacity to go way beyond $2B, with states scrambling for chip sovereignity.

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