RISC V: The Open Standard Architecture

RISC-V is an open-standard (or open-source, depending on who you ask) instruction set architecture (ISA) for CPUs that was first established in 2014, maintained by RISC-V International. The basic premise for RISC-V is that any company can take the ISA and make their own CPUs, bypassing the closed ecosystems of Arm, AMD, and Intel. Since its debut, RISC-V has grown extremely quickly, with 16 billion cores sold forecasted by 2030.
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China's SpacemiT develops 64-core RISC-V datacenter CPU on 12nm
By Anton Shilov published
SpacemiT's VitalStone V100 has 64-cores, but its single-thread performance is comparable to that of 2011 processors.

Qualcomm is hiring a data center chip architect for Snapdragon-based reference server designs
By Anton Shilov last updated
Qualcomm is looking for a server SoC security architect, according to a job listing.

Imagination quits RISC-V CPU business to focus on GPUs and AI
By Anton Shilov published
No more RISC-V CPUs for Imagination Technologies as the company divests its Catapult business.

Ubitium announces development of 'universal' processor that combines CPU, GPU, DSP, and FPGA functionalities
By Matthew Connatser published
RISC-V startup Ubitium says it’s working on a processor that can tackle any workload whether it’s made for CPUs, GPUs, DSPs, or FPGAs.

China's Unisoc launches 'world's first' open architecture RISC-V security chip
By Anton Shilov published
Unisoc launches RISC-V security chip, the E450R.

Senior Intel CPU architects splinter to develop RISC-V processors
By Mark Tyson published
Extensive brain drain won’t help Intel bounce back.

SiFive sets the stage for 256-core RISC-V CPUs with P870-D core
By Anton Shilov published
SiFive unveils Performance P870-D, its highest-performance core yet, sets the stage for 256-core datacenter CPUs.

Sam Altman-backed AI processor venture hires ex-Apple engineer
By Anton Shilov published
Sam Altman-backed Rain AI hires ex-Apple senior director of SoC engineering to lead hardware engineering.
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