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Amid U.S.–China chip rivalry, open-standard designers warn their vision is at risk

The U.S. and China have been trying to dominate semiconductor design and manufacture. But the creators of one type of semiconductor design wanted to make it free for anyone in the world to build upon.

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Emily Feng is NPR's Beijing correspondent.