RISC-V Foundation | Instruction Set Architecture (ISA)

RISC-V: The Free and Open RISC Instruction Set Architecture

RISC-V is a free and open ISA enabling a new era of processor innovation through open standard collaboration. Born in academia and research, RISC-V ISA delivers a new level of free, extensible software and hardware freedom on architecture, paving the way for the next 50 years of computing design and innovation.

RISC-V Ecosystem News

See Esperanto Technologies At The Inaugural RISC-V Summit, December 2018

November 16, 2018

Esperanto Technologies, developer of high-performance, energy-efficient computing solutions based on RISC-V for artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) and Deep...

SemiWiki.com Article: SiFive Extends Portfolio With 7 Series RISC-V Cores

November 16, 2018

At the recent Linley Fall Processor Conference in Santa Clara, Jack Kang, SiFive’s VP of Product Marketing introduced SiFive’s Core IP 7 Series.Designed to power devices...

Electronics Weekly Article: RISC-V Open Virtual Platform Simulator

November 16, 2018

Imperas has announced the RISC-V Open Virtual Platform Simulator (riscvOVPsim) as a reference Instruction Set Simulator (ISS), including open source model, specifically for the...

ITNews Article: Western Digital Takes The Risk And Leads An Open Computing Revolution With RISC-V

November 16, 2018

Intel does not give developers access to its architecture, ARM requires huge capital, and ultimately system developers are left with a limited selection of processors that does...

EE Times Article: RISC-V Momentum Seen Growing In China

November 15, 2018

Momentum is growing in China for RISC-V, according to reports from two vendors at an event here. Andes detailed six cores it currently sells and four more in the works using the...

RISC-V Foundation Members

Founded in 2015, the RISC-V Foundation comprises more than 100 member organizations building the first open, collaborative community of software and hardware innovators powering innovation at the edge forward. Through various events and the Foundation's Workshops, the RISC-V Foundation is changing the way the industry works together and collaborates – creating a new kind of open hardware and software ecosystem. Become a member today and help pioneer the industry’s future de facto ISA for design innovation

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