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SiFive Performance P550 Core Sets New Standard as Highest Performance RISC-V Processor IP

New SiFive Performance Family of application processors offers best in class performance, area, and efficiency for a wide variety of markets

SAN MATEO, Calif., June 22, 2021 – SiFive, Inc., the industry leader in RISC-V processors and silicon solutions, today launched the new SiFive Performance family of processors. The SiFive Performance family debuts with two new processor cores, the P270, SiFive’s first Linux capable processor with full support for the RISC-V vector extension v1.0 rc, and the SiFive Performance P550 core, SiFive’s highest performance processor to date. The new SiFive Performance P550 delivers a SPECInt 2006 score of 8.65/GHz, making it the highest performance RISC-V processor available today, and comparable to existing proprietary solutions in the application processor space.