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Voting is open for the runoff election of RISC-V International Strategic and Premier TSC representative on the RISC-V Board of Directors!
Voting took place and there was a three way tie for one of the Director representatives for Strategic & Premier TSC members. The following seat will be elected:
Timeline
These are the important dates for this election:
The vote to break this tie is an Instant Runoff Vote.
Instant Runoff Voting (IRV) is a way to choose one winner in an election. It makes sure the winner has the support of most voters. Voters rank the candidates in the order they like them.
How does it IRV work?
Please contact the program managers at elections@riscv.org with any questions.
Microchip Technology
Biography:
Extended nomination comments regarding upcoming director vote:
To the RISC-V Board of Directors,
I’d like to congratulate Ken and Jefro on their election. There are few who can match their service to and impact on RISC-V.
Those few include both Philipp and Roger. No matter, the outcome of this vote, the RISC-V Board will be in good shape.
I’m happy with my original nomination statement (below) but I thought I’d take the time to provide some more context and make a more personal appeal.
Let’s start with the personal appeal. The reason you want me is that I’m different, in a lot of ways, most of them good. I’ll try to highlight two of those which I believe many of you can personally vouch for.
Regarding commercial impact, I could make a long list of RISC-V firsts on the road to commercialization and adoption that Microchip can claim. I can point out that Microchip’s exhibitor spend on RISC-V Events has been roughly $500k in just the last 3 years.
I would like to focus on HPSC … High Performance Space Computer ( https://www.microchip.com/en-us/products/microprocessors/64-bit-mpus/pic64-hpsc ) . It is an SoC, designed and produced by Microchip, comprising an octal SiFive X280 vector processor. When I first heard of RISC-V in 2015, I thought immediately of its potential in the space market and I’ve been pulling on the space thread since day one. You’ll find a space theme woven into most of my talks.
The first RISC-V commercial IP purchase (and first time RISC-V beat Arm) was for a Microchip FPGA implementation for a satellite payload. In addition to NASA, the European space market has selected RISC-V for future space processors.
I am positive that I have had a significant role in RISC-V capture of the space market. My membership on the board was a big help. I believe my continued participation on the board will enhance the success of RISC-V and the success of HPSC in the space market and in adjacent areas such as safety critical, vector processing, AI, and government affairs.
Finally, you may think that that the space market, while cool, is relatively minor. I play the long game and I have believed that this market will become significant. There is a lot of venture capital going toward the space market and projects such as lunar data centers are being funded. RISC-V is already on the space station running Ubuntu and will be landing on the moon at the end of this year in support of such a venture.
Thank you for your consideration in this upcoming vote.
Ted
Original Nomination Comments:
I have been a RISC-V leader and evangelist and have served on the Board of Directors of RISC-V International since its inception in 2016. I am currently serving my second term as Secretary.
I am proud of my leadership contributions to RISC-V International and to RISC-V in general which include:
As a board member,
– I have been very accessible and have relationships with members across the globe and with all classes of members including adopters, solution providers, academics and influencers.
– I am thought of as one who relates well with new board members, listens to them and helps them promote new perspectives they bring.
– I have played key leadership roles in all phases of our growth starting with evangelization, then execution and now commercialization.
My role as an adopter of RISC-V has made a significant commercial impact.
– The first RISC-V ever shipped in a product is believed to be an implementation in a Microchip FPGA.
– PolarFireSOC FPGA is among the first implementations of RISC-V in commercial silicon.
– Microchip is now building NASA’s High Performance Space Computer (HPSC) which is centered around RISC-V processors with vector extensions.
A key next phase challenge for RISC-V that I can impact during the next term is continued adoption of RISC-V in vertical segments. RISC-V’s success in the space market is transferrable to many domains including AI and automotive.
I would be honored to be elected to continue to serve as your Board representative. Thank you.
SemiDynamics Technology Services
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