Android 10 ported to homegrown multi-core RISC-V system-on-chip by Alibaba biz, source code released
AOSP effort could help bring GUIs to industrial, IoT, embedded gear
Edge + IoT21 Jan 2021 | 22
RISC-V
RISC-V is an open source, royalty free instruction set architecture for general purpose CPU cores. RISC-V International sets the specification of this architecture, and chip designers are free to implement it in their components.
Beagleboard peeps tease dual-core 64-bit RISC-V computer with GPU, AI acceleration, more for $119
UnArmed to the teeth: Early versions to ship in April, more to follow in September
Personal Tech14 Jan 2021 | 27
SiFive inches closer to offering a true RISC-V PC: Latest five-core dev board includes PCIe, SSD interfaces
Updated Plus 8GB RAM, USB, gigabit Ethernet, mini-ITX form, etc... and competition from Microchip
Science29 Oct 2020 | 27
India shows off new home-grown CPU – but at 100MHz, 32-bit and 180nm, it’s a bit of a clunker
RISC-V design can play nice with Arduino and was totally home-spun so that’s something
On-Prem24 Sep 2020 | 54
What did they do – twist his Arm? Ex-Qualcomm senior veep joins SiFive as CEO, RISC-V PC for devs teased
Vector-math processor core for high-perf computing promised, too
Science17 Sep 2020 | 15
Nvidia says regulators will be 'very supportive' of $40bn Arm buy despite concerns about chip designer's independence
Meanwhile, co-founder petitions UK.gov to keep HQ and jobs at home
AI + ML14 Sep 2020 | 52
India selects RISC-V for semiconductor self-sufficiency contest: Use these homegrown cores to build kit
Startups to get busy with open-source 32/64-bit Shakti, 64-bit Vega
Science19 Aug 2020 | 14
Psst, you want us to design you an Arm chip? 'Cause we can do that, says RISC-V processor darling SiFive
ISA-agnostic OpenFive unit will focus on custom SoCs while parent will crack on with CPU blueprints
Science17 Aug 2020 | 8
If you wanna make your own open-source chip, just Google it. Literally. Web giant says it'll fab them for free
Plus: IBM emits BlueGene/Q CPU blueprints – and 'fastest' open-source RISC-V core emerges
Science03 Jul 2020 | 34
Arm dumps risk for CISC – Chip Indies Skip Costs: Early-stage startups can pay $0 to access CPU, GPU blueprints
Who said open-source alternatives? Haha, no one here said it, you must have imagined it
Science29 Apr 2020 | 2
Chips that pass in the night: How risky is RISC-V to Arm, Intel and the others? Very
Column A decade on, expanding open ecosystem highlights limits of monolithic approach to CPU design
Science09 Mar 2020 | 94
RISC-V Xmas gifts: SiFive emits vector-enabled cores, Western Digital teases new SweRVs, VxWorks hugs ISA, Samsung rolls it into 5G...
Updated More stuff that'll get under Arm's skin
Science10 Dec 2019 | 4
RISC-V business: Tech foundation moving to Switzerland because of geopolitical concerns
Unanimous decision of board to up sticks from Delaware
On-Prem26 Nov 2019 | 79
Cambridge boffins and Google unveil open-source OpenTitan chip – because you never know who you can trust
RISC-V-based blueprints available for all to freely use
On-Prem05 Nov 2019 | 19
Talk about a calculated RISC: If you think you can do a better job than Arm at designing CPUs, now's your chance
TechCon RISC-V, accelerator pressure leads to customizable Armv8-M instructions
Science08 Oct 2019 | 41
Alibaba sketches world's 'fastest' 'open-source' RISC-V processor yet: 16 cores, 64-bit, 2.5GHz, 12nm, out-of-order exec
Analysis Coming to an FPGA near you, soon, maybe, hopefully?
On-Prem27 Jul 2019 | 78
On the first day of Christmas, MIPS sent to me: An open-source-ish alternative to RISC-V
Well, if you pronounce it 'Vee' and not 'Five'... Anyway, instruction set to be touted under undisclosed license
On-Prem18 Dec 2018 | 18
Early to embed and early to rise? Western Digital drops veil on SweRVy RISC-V based designs
First look at drive controller core after firm moves to open chip spec
Storage04 Dec 2018 | 19
Linux lobby org joins with RISC-V bods to promote open chip spec
Two foundations find common cause promoting in populist processor plan
OSes27 Nov 2018 | 9
Need a modest Arm Cortex-A CPU in your custom chip? Just apply online. Plus $125,000
That's how much it costs to license the blueprints (and don't forget the royalties)
Science22 Oct 2018 | 11
Arms race: SiFive, Hex Five build code safe houses for RISC-V chips
Those developing custom CPUs can now tap a TrustZone-ish trusted execution environment
Security10 Sep 2018 | 2
Up in arms! Arm kills off its anti-RISC-V smear site after own staff revolt
Underhand tactic of slagging off the competition backfires
On-Prem10 Jul 2018 | 68
Brains behind seL4 secure microkernel begin RISC-V chip port
Unveil first code, join giants in industry-standards club
Security23 Apr 2018 | 14
WD to move all its stuff to RISC-V processors, build some kind of super data-wrangling stack
Analysis Details are thin, but it looks like disks could help crunch data out on the edge
Storage01 Dec 2017 | 12
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