Bluespec debuted its RISC-V Factory tool suite aimed at helping speed development and verification of a variety of RISC-V based cores, including users’ proprietary cores, third party proprietary cores, and open source cores. It provides an IP management capability that allows users to package, document, and debug, while also delivering software tool chains. Additionally, a development environment for the cores provides application and system software that allows for the addition of hardware accelerators.
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