RISC-V, a free and open source instruction-set architecture (ISA), has gained significant traction from both industry giants and emerging startups. A simple, scalable design, coupled with the ability to customize the architecture for specific applications has fueled its popularity in the tech community as a potential disruptor to established proprietary ISAs.
Interest in this technology is so high that the RISC-V Foundation recently merged three events into the RISC-V Summit Europe. A team from Intel traveled to Barcelona for this first-ever conference, where at least 500 attendees took part in a smart mix of technical reports and coffee breaks with demo/poster sessions that encouraged networking while keeping jet lag and meeting fatigue in check.