As the RISC-V Summit 2023 comes to a close this week, many organizations have announced new innovations and initiatives in the RISC-V community to make the architecture more accessible to new designers. Compared to other instruction set architectures (ISAs), the RISC-V ISA is unique in that it is entirely open-source, allowing a wide range of organizations to use the ISA in the latest and greatest developments.
The open-source nature of the ISA makes RISC-V a constantly evolving community, with developments in software, hardware, and commercial devices being made very rapidly. This article takes a closer look at three of these recently announced developments, and gives readers a sense of the broader trends that highlight the unique features of the RISC-V ISA.