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 ...
Electronic Design

RISC-V: The Instruction-Set Alternative

First and foremost, RISC-V is a modular, open-source, instruction set definition and nothing more. RISC-V as an ecosystem is much more. The instruction set provides the encoding and semantics, but it ...
AppleInsider

Apple investigating RISC-V instruction set architecture, job listing shows

A job listing posted to Apple's website this week reveals the company is researching RISC-V instruction set architecture solutions, suggesting future in-house chip designs might implement the ...
HotHardware

Apple Is Exploring RISC-V Open Source Alternatives To Custom Arm Chips For Future Processors

Do you possess detailed knowledge of RISC-V Instruction Set Architectures (ISAs) and fancy yourself someone who can manage multiple tasks and self-prioritize? If so, then you may be a good candidate ...
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.
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The Industry’s First SoC FPGA Development Kit Based on the RISC-V Instruction Set Architecture is Now Available

Microchip’s PolarFire® SoC FPGA Icicle Kit enables the broad RISC-V-based Mi-V ecosystem for the industry’s lowest-power FPGA CHANDLER, Ariz., Sept. 16, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The rising adoption of ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Implementing Cryptographic Algorithms for the RISC-V Instruction Set Architecture in Two Cases

This new technical paper titled “Symmetric Cryptography on RISC-V: Performance Evaluation of Standardized Algorithms” was published by researchers at Intel, North Arizona University and Google, with ...
Hackaday

SiFive Announces RISC-V SoC

At the Linley Processor Conference today, SiFive, the semiconductor company building chips around the Open RISC-V instruction set has announced the availability of a quadcore processor that runs Linux ...
Hackaday

Compute The Mandelbrot Set With A Custom RISC-V CPU

When faced with an FPGA, some people might use it to visualize the Mandelbrot set. Others might use it to make CPUs. But what happens if you combine the two? [Michael Kohn] shows us what happens with ...
techtimes

The Very First RISC-V Laptop Is Now Available for Preorder!

The world's first laptop using the RISC-V instruction set, called ROMA, has reportedly been available for preorder, according to a report by Phoronix. China-based DeepComputing and Xcalibyte will ...
Design-Reuse

RISC-V set to announce 25% market penetration - open-standard ISA is ahead of schedule, securing fast-growing silicon footprint

ARM has some competition in the reduced-complexity chip space, and it's gaining ground quickly. RISC-V International plans to announce that silicon on the open-standard has reached 25% market ...