Semiconductor Engineering

Manage Your Risk In RISC-V

Adoption of RISC-V processors is accelerating. This technology, like everything, comes with benefits and risks. The open standard means freedom for many developers, but success depends on the ...
Digital Trends

ARM vs. RISC-V: Is one better than the other?

If you wanted to make a CPU, and you’re not AMD or Intel, there are two real choices: ARM and RISC-V. But what are the differences between the two, and why do companies choose one over the other?
Semiconductor Engineering

Do Necessary Tools Exist For RISC-V Verification?

Semiconductor Engineering sat down to discuss the verification of RISC-V processors with Pete Hardee, group director for product management at Cadence; Mike Eftimakis, vice president for strategy and ...
Design-Reuse

RISC-V: The Open-Source Revolution in CPU Architecture

RISC-V is an open-source Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) that rapidly transforms the CPU design and development landscape. Unlike proprietary ISAs, RISC-V allows free access to architecture ...
ZDNet

RISC-V, the Linux of the chip world, is starting to produce technological breakthroughs

A decade ago, an idea was born in a laboratory at the University of California at Berkeley to create a lingua franca for computer chips, a set of instructions that would be used by all chipmakers and ...
Electronic Design

Adding Soft-Core RISC-V to FPGAs Improves Programmability

Advantages of using a soft-core RISC-V processor. The type of performance you can expect from using a soft-core RISC-V processor on the Speedster 7t. A full list of configurable features available on ...
csis.org

Sustaining Standards Leadership: The United States Cannot Disengage from RISC-V

RISC-V architecture is an open, international standard governing how software interfaces with hardware in a computer. It serves as a shared language that sets the parameters for communication and ...