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ETH Zurich Team Unveils RISC-V-Based Snitch Processor, Boasts of Sixfold Performance Gains | Gareth Halfacree, Hackster.io

By October 24, 2021No Comments1 min read

Designed with two RISC-V ISA extensions, the Snitch chip is up to 6.45 times faster than comparable processors — and more efficient, too.

A team of computer scientists at ETH Zurich have unveiled a new RISC-V processor design dubbed Snitch, which they claim offers impressive speed — more than six times better performance and a near-fourfold gain in energy efficiency for multi-core workloads.

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