RISC-V is the fast growing, open standard instruction set architecture (ISA) for processors of all types including CPUs and accelerators. These processors can be utilized for a wide variety of applications with vendors such as Codasip, Axelera and many more creating their own RISC-V processors. The European Union, as part of its European Processor Initiative (EPI), is also looking to create their own microprocessor powered by RISC-V. We’ve long pioneered open ecosystems at Codeplay, and as a member of RISC-V International we’ve been involved with the project for several years, helping to evolve the standard through our working group leadership. We know that open, standards-based hardware is an important step to creating a truly open ecosystem.
But for that to be achieved, we need equally open software, built on top of open hardware – open source, from top to bottom.