About the Alliance

Our Positioning

To build an RISC-V hub linking Hong Kong with the world, driving industrial collaboration and global reach.

Vision and Mission

HKRVA's vision is "leading the frontier of technology and building a world-leading RISC-V industrial base in Hong Kong", advanced through three mission pillars:

• Innovation-driven — Focusing on core RISC-V R&D, with breakthroughs in architecture optimization, HPC and AI inference;
• Collaborative empowerment — Building international partnerships that integrate GBA manufacturing with Hong Kong's global resources;
• Global influence — Actively participating in international standards and elevating Hong Kong's voice in the open-source community.

Our vision is anchored in three world-class RISC-V industry benchmarks:

• Application scenario and ecosystem cultivation base
• Frontier technology R&D base
• High-end talent development base

Leadership

Five-Tier Governance

A five-tier governance structure integrates strategic decision-making, professional guidance and operational execution.

Top-Level Advisory Committees

• Strategy Committee (to be chaired by RISC-V co-founder David Patterson) — strategic direction, global ecosystem coordination and standards compliance, with quarterly strategy meetings and global technology trend reports;
• Expert Committee (Krste Asanović as proposed Chair, John Hennessy as proposed Co-Chair) — technology roadmap review, frontier research and academic oversight of the certification system.

Proposed members include Turing Award laureates, RISC-V architecture pioneers, leaders of the Xiangshan and Ruyi open-source projects, and open-source software advocates.

Founding Members

Organization	Field	About
Hong Kong Investment Corporation (HKIC)	Strategic investment	A wholly-owned strategic investment institution of the HKSAR Government, focused on technology and innovation sectors, attracting strategic enterprises to Hong Kong and supporting the development of an international I&T hub.
StarFive Technology	RISC-V chip design	A pioneer in RISC-V chip design, first to ship production-grade RISC-V SoCs and the VisionFive series of development boards, serving the global open-source hardware community and commercial applications.
The Hong Kong and China Gas Company (Towngas)	Smart energy	One of Hong Kong's longest-established utilities, actively advancing smart energy and the green, low-carbon transition through energy technology innovation for sustainable development.
China Mobile Hong Kong	Telecommunications	A leading telecom operator in Hong Kong, providing 5G, cloud and digital services, and deeply engaged in smart city and computing network infrastructure.
xFusion Digital Technologies International	Computing infrastructure	A global leader in computing infrastructure and services, focused on servers and data center products, delivering powerful compute foundations for AI training, cloud computing and data security scenarios.
Open Source International Innovation & Technology Ltd.	Open-source chip innovation platform	Founding member of the Alliance, coordinating platform operations and ecosystem building, driving industry-academia-research collaboration and linking members with global open-source communities and standards organizations.

Phased Development Roadmap

Phase	Key Tasks
Preparation	Form the founding team, complete registration, secure founding members and MOUs
Launch	Hold the founding ceremony and RISC-V symposium, start joint labs, launch certification courses
Growth	Roll out demonstration projects, build the incubation base, engage in international standards
Maturity	Complete the value chain, export technology along Belt and Road markets, sustain operations

Win-Win for Four Stakeholders

• Government — Implementing innovation policy and supporting economic diversification;
• Industry — Lower R&D costs, faster time-to-market and new application scenarios;
• Universities — Research commercialization and deep industry-academia partnerships;
• Talent — High-value career paths and an international talent development system.