SiFive have begun to positively disrupt the semiconductor industry by encouraging innovation, reducing development costs and accelerating time-to-market. The success of open-source software—as opposed to a closed, walled-garden approach—continues to set an important precedent for the semiconductor industry. Faced with prohibitively expensive development costs, a number of companies are opting to avoid unnecessary toll collectors while placing more of an emphasis on open-source architecture as they work to create new service-centric revenue streams. To read more, please visit: https://www.powerelectronics.com/discrete-power-semis/semiconductor-industry-transition. ]]>