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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

RISC-V Summit in Review: Growing Momentum and Adoption Driving the Ecosystem Forward

December 18, 2018

By Rick O’Connor, Executive Director of the RISC-V FoundationWith more than 1,100 attendees from over 20 countries, the RISC-V Summit in Santa Clara was a true testament of the...

Xataka Article: RISC-V Wants To Be The Safest (Open Source Or Not) Processor In The World, And The Secret Will Be In Its Hardware Enclave

December 14, 2018

The RISC-V ISA has been trying to provide an open source alternative to Intel and AMD processors based on the x86 / x86-64 architecture. In addition to being open source and...

AB Open Article: Round-Table Discusses RISC-V, FOSSi Impact On Hardware Security

December 14, 2018

Semiconductor Engineering’s Ed Sperling has published extracts of a round-table with Rambus’ Helena Handschuh, Microsemi’s Richard Newell, and Galois’ Joseph Kiniry on the...

Bluespec, Inc. Releases A Second Family Of Open-Source RISC-V Processors To Spur Open Innovation

December 14, 2018

Bluespec, Inc. releases a second family of open-source RISC-V processors to spur open innovation: New Flute RISC-V processor is easily customized for IoT RISC-V is ushering in a...

AB Open Article: CRU: Free RISC-V Boards, Security In The FOSSi Era, And More

December 14, 2018

OpenISA has officially launched the VEGAboard microcontroller development board, based on the PULP Platform’s RI5CY and Zero-RI5CY RISC-V core, and it’s giving them away to...

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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