Framework releases RISC-V mainboard for Framework Laptop 13
Priced at $199
Framework has released a RISC-V motherboard for its 13-inch laptops. The DeepComputing RISC-V motherboard for the Framework Laptop 13 costs $199.
SiFive hires big core engineer
Andre Seznec, a star of branch prediction
After decades of dominance of X86 in the big core area, Arm cores from Arm, Apple, and now Qualcomm are making a big entrance to the market. As an alternative, it looks like SiFive, a leader in high-performance RISC-V cores is building a big core. It ought to be the highest performance Risc V core and a star engineer Andre Seznec has been hired as a Fellow to help out. Andre Seznec, a prominent figure with a branch prediction, has joined the company to help build the new core.
SiFive P550 HiFive motherboard shipping, sold out
Great name for a dev computer
SiFive and generally RISC-V are recently getting a lot of attention. With ARM and X86 well established in the market, many see RISC-V as a healthy alternative. The company is pacing out strongly as it stands out with its broad portfolio and being produced in silicon with billions of devices shipped, from the many RISC-V competitors. Now the company announced the availability of the world’s highest performance RISC-V development board simply called SiFive HiFive Premier P550 board.
Nvidia expects to have used a billion RISC-V cores this year
It is not all about CUDA
By the end of the year Nvidia will have shipped a billion RISC-V cores under the bonnet of its GPUS.
RISC-V could go the way of Arm and x86
Torvalds’ prophecy
The softly spoken Linux prophet, Linus Torvalds has been consulting his bones and concluded that RISC-V might fall into the same development chasm between hardware and software developers seen by Arm and x86.
Android heading towards RISC-V
Unless the US government, Arm and Intel can stop it
The Android ecosystem is moving toward a RISC-V future with OS support underway, and Qualcomm is stepping up to announce the first-ever mass-market RISC-V Android SoC.
RISC-V International warns about US interference in development
No different than other open technology standards like Ethernet
The chief executive of RISC-V International has warned that US efforts to corner the chip market under the guise of security could have a chilling effect on open standards and the development of better chips.
Qualcomm shows more interest in RISC-V
Arm should be worried
One of Arm's biggest customers Qualcomm is trying out RISC-V and getting involved in a joint venture dedicated to the architecture.
Chinese boffins create RISC-V CPU in five hours
AI is risky business
A group of Chinese scientists has published (PDF) a paper titled Pushing the Limits of Machine Design: Automated CPU Design with AI in which they tell the epic adventure of how they created a new industrial-scale RISC-V CPU in under five hours.
Samsung joins RISC-V Software Ecosystem
May the road Rise with you
Samsung Electronics has announced that it has joined RISE (RISC-V Software Ecosystem), an open-source software development project to build and develop an advanced semiconductor ecosystem.