Intel moves into high RISC
Developed a soft IP microcontroller core
Intel has developed a soft IP microcontroller core for its FPGAs using the RISV-V instruction set
India creates RISC-V-based chip
Wants a little independence
A team from the Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, delivered a working sample of a new RISC-V-based chip in its Shakti series of open-source designs.
Domain-specific silicon is the way forward
SiFive opens OpenFive
Commercial RISC-V processor IP and silicon solutions outfit SiFive has started an outfit called OpenFive to create customisable, silicon-focused solutions with differentiated-IP.
Libre RISC-V hybrid CPU/GPU looking for cash
Asking the NLNet Foundation
The open source Libre RISC-V hybrid CPU/GPU project is applying for eight additional grants from the NLNet Foundation.
RISC-V and Linux Foundations promotes Open Source chip
RISCy business
The Linux Foundation and RISC-V Foundation announced a collaboration project to promote open source development and commercial adoption of the RISC-V instruction set architecture (ISA).
2018 will be the year of the RISC V Linux processors
Along with the year of the desktop and the year of the dog
Linux fanboys tend to announce a lot of “year of” events. There is the year of the desktop which appears to be every year and still never happens and now there is the year of RISC V Linux processor.
Intel to re-enter foundry business
Deja vu
Chip giant Intel said at its Developer Forum in San Francisco that it will license ARM technology and offer smartphone makers the chance to make microprocessors using its 10 nanometer fabrication technique.