Last week, Hong Kong Investment Corporation (HKIC) announced the establishment of the Hong Kong RISC-V Alliance.The move follows Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po’s earlier pledge to actively promote collaboration among industry, academia and the investment sector to develop the open-source chip technology.In this explainer, the South China Morning Post takes a closer look at RISC-V, why it is important and why HKIC is interested.What is RISC-V technology?RISC-V, an open-standard...