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

The Linley Group Article: Andes Strengthens Its RISC-V Arsenal

April 17, 2019

Andes has upgraded its A25 and AX25 RISC-V CPUs, adding cache-coherent multicore support in the new MP models along with an optional DSP extension. The designs implement the...

RISC-V Foundation Announces Free Getting Started With RISC-V Events In Five Cities In China

April 17, 2019

One-day events in Beijing, Chengdu, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Hangzhou will feature presentations from RISC-V Foundation members discussing the latest RISC-V implementations WHAT:...

Finance Sina Article: Turing Award Winner David Patterson: Dawan District Needs Excellent Talent Open Source System To Help R & D

April 16, 2019

On April 11, the 6th class of the “Science Entrepreneur” project, jointly organized by Wudaokou Finance College of Tsinghua University, Shenzhen International Graduate School...

TechTarget Article: Open Source Virtualization Expands VM Hardware And OS Options

April 16, 2019

You don’t have to use proprietary virtualization software to run virtual machines. The open source community boasts offerings for all different virtualization needs, so you...

Hackster.io Article: Doing Machine Learning From The Arduino Development Environment?

April 16, 2019

Towards the tail end of last year, Sipeed released their 64-bit RISC-V MAix module, crowdfunding a range of boards on Indiegogo specifically designed to do machine learning...

RISC-V Foundation Members

Founded in 2015, the RISC-V Foundation comprises more than 235 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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