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Welcome to the Open Era of Computing!

RISC-V International is a non-profit organization supporting the open RISC instruction set architecture and extensions. We enable open community collaboration, technology advancements in the RISC-V ecosystem, and visibility of RISC-V successes.

Join us and see how open technical collaboration along with the support of many RISC-V programs can accelerate your business.

Why join:

Organizations join RISC-V to take an active role in supporting the growth and evolution of the RISC-V ecosystem.

Accelerate technical traction and insight for your own products through immersing your teams with industry thought leaders
Contribute technical priorities, approaches, and code to infuse and influence RISC-V open deliverables.
Gain strategic and technical advantage with early insight and access to technical deliverables in motion.
Increase visibility, leadership, and market insight as RISC-V amplifies member progress across the industry.
Retain, attract, fill, and increase engineering skills. RISC-V engineers are incredibly passionate and engaged in RISC-V, a win for their companies.
Build your innovation partner network, supply chain, and customer pipeline as an active member within the RISC-V community.
Deepen, engage, and lead in local and industry developer networks with your engineers who engage through meet-ups, advocacy, and the RISC-V Ambassador program.

Showcase RISC-V products, services, training, and resources on the RISC-V exchange.

What Membership level is right for me?

Organization: Premier members have a seat on the Board of Directors, the Technical Steering Committee, and enhanced communications coverage via RISC-V content and social.

Organization: Strategic members are organizations that are integrating RISC-V and want to have their voice considered in the RISC-V technical direction.

Organization: Community members are academic institutions and non-profits that are integrating RISC-V and want to have their voice considered in the RISC-V technical direction.

Individual members do RISC-V related work but their organization does not or their work is separate from their day-job and they want to contribute to RISC-V technologies.

RISC-V is a community of passionate, dedicated, and invested stakeholders.

RISC-V programs deliver incredible member support

Technical Deliverables

Guard against fragmentation
Build technical deliverables through workgroups
Collaborate with technical working groups and SIGs
Member sandbox portal

Compatibility & Verification

Testing and compatibility resources
Compatibility tests

Visibility

Amplify member news, content, and successes with press and analysts
Original content programs
RISC-V, industry, and regional events

Learning + Talent

Multi-level online learning
Connecting universities with labs, tests, and curricula
RISC-V Training Partners

Advocacy + Alliances

Local developer groups and events
RISC-V Ambassadors
Geo and industry alliances

Marketplace Exchange

Online marketplace of providers, products, and services
Technical developer forums

Join at a membership level that fits your goals

Membership Options

Premier Membership

Strategic Membership

Community Membership

Eligibility

Any legal entity

Any legal entity

Academic / nonprofit entities, or individuals

Board of Directors

Includes Director, listed on Leadership page

Elects 3 Directors

Elects 2 Directors

Technical Leadership

Includes delegate on Technical Steering Committee

Elects 2 delegates on Technical Steering Committee

Elects 1 delegate on Technical Steering Committee

Additional Leadership

Delegates on Board Committees

  • Legal Committee
  • Governance (operations)
  • Compatibility & Certification
  • Developer experience
  • Strategic Positioning
  • Summit Strategic Committees
  • Benchmarking (industry best practices)
  • Compensation and Finance committees

Eligible to lead workgroup and/or committee

Eligible to lead workgroup and/or committee

Entities are eligible to lead workgroup and/or committee

Strategic engagement

Eligible to participate in 70+ technical and community committees and workgroups.

Regular executive interlock across technical and business priorities

Board offsite strategy day 

Executive invite only networking events, roundtables

Compatibility support

Eligible for RISC-V compatibility

Eligible for RISC-V compatibility

Content + Amplification

1 online video per year (on-demand, YouTube) 

4 case studies per year

12 blogs per year

Social media amplification

1 case study per year

8 blogs per year

Social media amplification

1 blog per year

Social media amplification

Member solution promotion

Prioritized in RISC-V presentations

Solution / Product highlighted on RISC-V Exchange

Included on RISC-V Ecosystem Landscape

May be included in RISC-V presentations

Solution / Product highlighted on RISC-V Exchange

Included on RISC-V Ecosystem Landscape

May be included in RISC-V presentations

Press, Analyst, and Social amplification

Promoted for press and analyst opportunities, thought leadership pieces

Amplification across website and social channels

Joint press release opportunities

Support for member press and analyst activities

Support for member press and analyst activities

Events

Event sponsorship discount

Event registration package discount

Webinar sponsorship discount

Event sponsorship discount

Webinar sponsorship discount

Event sponsorship discount

Training

30 Training coupons, followed by 30% discount

10 Training coupons, followed by 30% discount

30% Discount on paid training

Market Development

Logo / name on RISC-V website as Premier member

Spotlight member profile

Use RISC-V trademark for commercialization

Engage in Market development SIGs, RISC-V Exchange, and the RISC-V Landscape

Logo / name on RISC-V website

Use RISC-V trademark for commercialization

Engage in Market development SIGs, RISC-V Exchange, and the RISC-V Landscape

Academic / nonprofit entities: Logo / name on RISC-V website

Engage in RISC-V Exchange and the RISC-V Landscape

Annual Membership Dues

$250k for Board + TSC

$100k for TSC only

$35k (5,000+ employees)

$15k  (500-5,000 employees)

$5k (<500 employees)

$2k (<10 employees & company is <2 yrs old)

Free

The above membership outline, as well as additional benefits of joining the RISC-V Ecosystem, are available for download here. Membership benefits subject to change and availability.

RISC-V International Association Documents

The following documents are referenced in the RISC-V Membership application:

Please review the RISC-V International Association Documents and Next Steps below, and click the button to sign up!

Next Steps

  1. Please review the RISC-V Regulations and Articles links above.
  2. For people affiliated with existing member organizations, you do not need to sign up as an Individual – just send us a quick email and we’ll add you to the member portal.
  3. For new members, please click on the appropriate link for organization or individual membership. Community Organization membership is open to universities and registered non-profits only.
  4. Please note: If you are signing up as an Individual member, please use an email address that is not affiliated with any company or organization.
  5. In the sign-up process, you will see indications of the Linux Foundation. Note that RISC-V has a relationship with the Linux Foundation to facilitate our member management and operations. Your RISC-V International membership does not enroll your organization as a member of the Linux Foundation – the RISC-V process only conveys membership in RISC-V International.
  6. Once you complete the steps for membership through the following link, a membership agreement will be electronically generated for your signature via Docusign. After you sign electronically, the membership agreement is routed to RISC-V International to countersign, and then Docusign will provide you with an electronic copy for your records. An invoice will be generated automatically for Strategic and Premier members. Community level and Individual members will not receive an invoice.

If you have any questions, you can reach us at info@riscv.org

* The Regulations in effect prior to 8/27/2023 were updated to reflect the modifications in the redline comments as approved by the RISC-V Board in July 2023

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