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Program Details

To participate in the program, submit a project proposal.  Great proposals:

  • Have clear impact – contributing patches, testing, or documentation – to a significant, established  upstream community 
  • Are proposed by proven open-source software contributors who provide a link to their documented track record in GitHub, GitLab, etc.
  • Impact strategic RISC-V products and markets
  • Conform to the footprints of current or near immediate DevBoard hardware
  • Come from RISC-V members who are active in our communities

While not all of these attributes are requirements, the more qualities a project has, the greater the chance of it being accepted.  Additionally, programs will run independently, with no project carry-over.  So, bookmark our page and submit your proposals with each new platform that meets your requirements!

How To Apply

  1. Review the terms (blue box on the right)
  2. Select an active program (below) which best meets our requirements
  3. Apply using the form link provided in the Status section of the program

If you have any questions, reach out to devboard-seed@riscv.org.  

If you’d like to join the program planning, join the RISC-V Developer Board Program community. 

If you are a RISC-V member and have a board for the program, complete our RISC-V Developer Boards Partnership form to start the ball rolling.

Read for terms of the program

Applications are collected for each program, then reviewed and ranked upon program closure. Accepted proposals will be contacted directly to confirm shipping arrangements.  All remaining projects will be followed-up on a best-effort basis.

The priority for the delivery of boards is based on the value of the proposed project. Our goal is to support for academia, software distributions, and ecosystem projects. All applications that qualify will be considered on a first-come / first-serve basis.

Applicants of the boards must be willing to provide a monthly status of their project and work with RISC-V marketing to document their project and results. Applicants must provide monthly feedback and responses to RISC-V emails. 

Decisions on board allocations are final. RISC-V as the administer of this program will abide by all laws in the United States and other government rules. Supply is limited and subject to availability. RISC-V provides no direct support; the RISC-V Slack channel is available for questions. Vendor members who have provided the boards MAY provide support.

Active Programs

The following programs are currently being run.  You may apply to multiple programs but please apply only to the programs where the hardware meets your needs.

Board Name

Details

Status

Banana Pi F3 (2gb/4gb/8gb/16gb)

8 core RISC-V chip, CPU integrates 2.0 TOPs AI computing power, Single-core general computing power equivalent to 1.3 times Cortex-A55, Supports 32-bit LPDDR4/4X, with a maximum of 16GB of memory, 5-lane PCIE2.1 expansion capability, 1x USB 3.0 + 2x USB 2.0 interfaces, 12x UART serial ports

info

Limited Supply. Projects will be evaluated on first-come, first-serve basis.  Please note that higher memory (8gb/16gb) boards are in limited supply.  When applying consider your memory requirements.

Hope to ship no later than October 30, 2024

Apply
VisionFive V2 from StarFive (Third Call)

Pico-ITX, 4- U74 cores, 8 GB memory, 2- USB 2.0. 2x USB 3.0, 1- 1 Gb Ethernet, 1- 10/100 Mb Ethernet, 1 M.2 key for NvMe attach, 40-pin GPIO

info

Completed! Last boards shipped.

Lichee Pi 4A from SiPEED

TH1520 RISC-V processor, 1.8 GHz x 4 C910 cores, eMMC 32/64/128GB, POE Ethernet 1 Gbps, LPDDR4X-3733 – 4/8/16 GB, 4x USB 3.0, WiFi, Bluetooth, 20-pin header, HDMI 2.0 4K@60fps

info

Completed! Last boards shipped.

Huashan Pi from Sophgo

FEMO-ITX (84 mm x 55 mm), 2- C906 cores (CV1812H SoC ), KPU with INT8 and INT16, DPU with resolution up to 1920×1080, 2 GB DDR3L memory, 4- USB2.0, eMMC, SD Card, 1- Ethernet 100 Mbps RJ45, WiFi, Bluetooth, HDMI, Mipi DSI Output, Mipi CIS*2 Input

info

Completed! Last boards shipped.

Kendryte K230 from Canaan

Custom board size (140mm x 78mm), 2- C908 cores (1- “big” with RVV 1.0, 1- “small” core), KPU with INT8 and INT16, DPU with resolution up to 1920×1080, 512 MB memory, 2- USB 2.0 OTG, on-board eMMC provided, 64-pin GPIO

info

Completed!  Last boards shipped.

Pioneer Box from Milk-V

Mini tower with micro-ATX board with 64- C920 cores, 128 GB memory, 1 TB NVMe SSD, 2- 10 Gb Ethernet, AMD R5 230 graphics card

info

Proposals now closed!

Project notifications underway.

VisionFive V2 from StarFive (Second Call)

Pico-ITX, 4- U74 cores, 8 GB memory, 2- USB 2.0. 2x USB 3.0, 1- 1 Gb Ethernet, 1- 10/100 Mb Ethernet, 1 M.2 key for NvMe attach, 40-pin GPIO

info

Complete.  Last boards shipping soon!

ICE-V from QWERTY Embedded Design

82mm x 32 mm, ESP32C3HN4 SOC, 400 KB SRAM, 384 KB ROM, Lattice iCE40 FPGA (5k LUTs), Wifi, Bluetooth, 1- USB, GPIO for serial, ADC, or I2C

info

Complete.  See the info link for vendor contact information.

VisionFive V2 from StarFive (First Call)

Pico-ITX, 4- U74 cores, 8 GB memory, 2- USB 2.0. 2x USB 3.0, 1- 1 Gb Ethernet, 1- 10/100 Mb Ethernet, 1 M.2 key for NvMe attach, 40-pin GPIO

info

Complete.

ROMA laptop from DeepComputing and Xcalibyte

Laptop, 4- Xuantie C910  processor @ 2.5 GHz, 16 GB memory, 256 GB SSD

info

Closed.  Awaiting product.

VisionFive V1 from StarFive

Pico-ITX, 2- U74 cores, 8 GB memory, 2- USB 2.0, 2- USB 3.0, Wifi, 1- Gb Ethernet, 40-pin GPIO

info

Complete.  See the info link for vendor contact information.

Unmatched from SiFive

Mini-ITX, 4- U74 cores, 16 GB memory, 1- 8-lane PCIe Gen3, 4- USB 2.0, 2- M.2M-Key

info

Complete.  See the info link for vendor contact information.

Nezha from Allwinner Technology and Alibaba

PicoITX, C906 core,  2 GB memory, USB 2.0

info

Complete.  See the info link for vendor contact information.

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