[fspeech]

I suppose the author Jean-Luc Aufranc can access Chinese because he linked to a most fascinating account of the development process https://www.zhihu.com/question/466393646/answer/1955410750 The key to getting where they are is commitment to developing design flow and tools that allow for fast iteration to explore and verify design changes.

[yorwba]

TFA links an article in the German c't magazine as the source, which also links to the Zhihu thread: https://www.heise.de/news/Offengelegter-RISC-V-Chip-aus-Chin...

[eunos]

Bit fascinating that there have been more information of Chinese tech in German than English. German's wikipedia entry for Chinese space program has more information than the English one.