The freedom of RISC-V enables a bright future for SiFive.
What a time to be in the Semiconductors and CPU industry! As an industry, we are experiencing a perfect storm with the rise of machine learning, cloud computing, and autonomous driving; the need for high-performance compute has never been greater. At the same time, the closed and proprietary ISAs that have dominated the modern information age for the last three decades are facing significant challenges in addressing application-specific computing needs.