ZDNet

RISC-V opens up processor design

Today, if you want to build a high-performance computing device, you can almost certainly find all the software you need in a free and open form. The same is not true for the processor chips that run ...
TweakTown

SiFive intros new SiFive Performance P870-D, a new RISC-V processor with up to 256 cores

The new SiFive Performance P870-D continues the journey for the company from its regular P870, which had a six-wide out-of-order core with an RVA23 profile of the RISC-V instruction set architecture ...
CNX Software

VEGA AS2161 “DHRUV64” – A 1GHz dual-core 64-bit RISC-V microprocessor designed in India

The Government of India has announced the launch of the Linux-compatible DHRUV64 (VEGA AS2161) dual-core 64-bit RISC-V MPU ...
VentureBeat

Synopsys expands processor designs with RISC-V ARC-V Family

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Synopsys announced its plans for expanding its processor intellectual ...
Business Wire

SiFive To Introduce New RISC-V Processor Architecture and RISC-V PC at Linley Fall Virtual Processor Conference

SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SiFive, Inc., the leading provider of commercial RISC-V processor IP and silicon solutions, today announced that Dr. Yunsup Lee, CTO of SiFive, and Dr. Krste ...
CRN

Qualcomm Acquires RISC-V Chip Designer Ventana To Boost CPU Efforts

Qualcomm said Wednesday that it has acquired Ventana Micro Systems, a startup that was focused on developing server CPU technology based on the RISC-V instruction set architecture.
Semiconductor Engineering

Increasing Design Flexibility With RISC-V-Based Processor IP

The semiconductor industry increasingly needs more flexible and scalable processor architectures, driving the growing adoption of RISC-V. Originally developed at the University of California, Berkeley ...

Arm stock declines massively as Qualcomm acquires RISC-V designer Ventana

Arm stock declines massively as Qualcomm acquires RISC-V designer Ventana Micro, suggesting plans to deepen its work with the ...
VentureBeat

RISC-V grows open source processor membership 130% in 2021

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now RISC-V International said it has grown ...
Hackaday

History Of The SPARC CPU Architecture

[RetroBytes] nicely presents the curious history of the SPARC processor architecture. SPARC, short for Scalable Processor Architecture, defined some of the most commercially successful RISC processors ...
EDN

RISC-V processor targets functional safety

Andes Technology Corp. has launched a functional safety RISC-V processor, the AndesCore D45-SE, with ISO 26262 Automotive Safety Integrity Level D (ASIL-D) certification. The processor addresses a ...
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 ...