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 ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Extending RISC-V ISA With Custom Instruction Set Extension

RISC-V ISA (Instruction Set Architecture) is designed in a modular way. It means that the ISA has several groups of instructions (ISA extensions) that can be enabled or disabled as needed. This allows ...
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 ...
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Quintauris and eSOL team up on RISC-V automotive software integration

The partnership focuses on integrating eSOL’s “real-time” operating system technology with Quintauris’ RISC-V platforms.
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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...