Through multiple sources, SiFive has instigated a large number of layoffs. Numbers vary, from 100 to 300+, but multiple sources confirm that most of the engineering team, especially the physical design engineers, sales, and product team.
It could end up having a silver lining if RISC-V talent/knowledge becomes less monopolized.
The answer to your question: yes.
Because they believe in it.
>And Jim Keller even puts out some ridiculous statements about RISC-V taking over the data center in 5 to 10 years.
Not at all ridiculous. RISC-V is inevitable.
Tenstorrent already has a design, Ascalon, which is strong enough to be competitive with what's expected from Zen5. And they've already licensed it to LG.