Chinese RISC-V Chipmaker SpacemiT Launches K3 AI CPU, Highlighting the Rise of Open-Source Hardware in Intelligent Computing

The K3 chip is the result of more than 1,200 days of development. According to the company, it is among the first mass-production-ready RISC-V AI CPUs compliant with the RVA23 specification. It also ...
Forbes

The RISC-V Architecture Secures Smartwatches With Google And Qualcomm

Today, Google and Qualcomm announced an extension of their partnership to bring RISC-V-based systems-on-chips (SoCs) to market with support for Wear OS, a version of Android for smartwatches and ...
Seeking Alpha

SensiML Expands Platform Support to Include the RISC-V Architecture

PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- SensiML™ Corporation, a leader in AI software for IoT and a subsidiary of QuickLogic (QUIK), today announced the integration of RISC-V® processor support ...
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RISC-V is making moves, but it has work to do if it wants to hit the mainstream

Can it topple x86 and Arm, or is the gap too wide to close? Feature RISC-V has been talked up as a challenger to Arm and x86, offering an open royalty-free architecture that promises flexibility and ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Does Your RISC-V Core Meet The Standard?

Verifying an extensible processor is more than a one-step process, especially when software compatibility is important.

SiFive To Integrate Nvidia NVLink Fusion For Next-Gen AI Data Center Chips

SiFive has announced a partnership with Nvidia to integrate Nvidia’s NVLink Fusion interconnect technology into its forthcoming silicon platforms.
SiliconANGLE

Arm rival SiFive raises $175M to accelerate development of its alternative RISC-V chip architecture

SiFive Inc., a computer chip startup that’s developing processor technology based on the open-source RISC-V instruction set architecture, said today it has raised a hefty $175 million in a late-stage ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Differentiation And Architecture Licenses In RISC‑V

I was discussing with a colleague about the concept of architecture license in RISC-V. I realized that, in the open-source world, it can be a little tricky to grasp. In a traditional processor IP ...
ExtremeTech

RISC rides again: New RISC-V architecture hopes to battle ARM and x86 by being totally open source

A new instruction set by the original creator of MIPS aims to reinvent the ultra-low power, high-efficiency processor -- and to do so with an architecture that's fundamentally open and available to ...
Electronic Design

Examining the RISC-V Architecture

RISC-V is an open-source instruction set definition managed by RISC-V International. This TechXchange includes content that delves into the architecture and design of a RISC-V processor core. How did ...