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

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...

Elektronikknett Article: Can RISC-V Be The Solution?

November 14, 2018

Since Silicon Valley veteran David Patterson recently declared Moore’s law is dead, Sander Arts, a consultant for the semiconductor company SiFive, has been discussing the...

eeNews Europe Article: Esperanto Raises Funds For AI Superchip

November 14, 2018

Startup AI processor developer Esperanto Technologies Inc. (Mountain View, Calif.) has raised $58 million in a series B round of investment. This brings the total invested in...

LinuxGizmos.com Article: This Under-$6 SBC Runs Linux On C-SKY ISA Chip

November 14, 2018

Hangzhou C-SKY has launched a “C-SKY Linux Development Board” for $5.60 and up, featuring a 574MHz GX6605S CK610M SoC, 64MB DDR2 with a novel C-SKY ISA, plus an HDMI port, and...

Moortec’s 7nm In-Chip Monitoring Subsystem IP Chosen By Esperanto Technologies To Optimize Performance And Reliability In Its High-Performance AI Chip

November 13, 2018

Moortec Semiconductor Ltd, providers of complete In-Chip PVT Monitoring Subsystems announced today that Esperanto Technologies have selected their complete 7nm Embedded In-Chip...

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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