Google experiments with RISC-V
Published in AI
Monday, 26 September 2022 12:42

Google experiments with RISC-V


All our AI will be open saucy 

SiFive RISC-V chips are being used by Google to run some of its AI workloads and tested in Google datacentres.

RISC-V is go-to chip for space
Published in PC Hardware
Monday, 12 September 2022 12:23

RISC-V is go-to chip for space


Headed to the Moon and Mars

RISC-V ISA has been selected to provide the core CPU for NASA's next generation High-Performance Spaceflight Computing processor (or HSPC).

SiFive RISC-V CPU cores to go to space
Published in News
Thursday, 08 September 2022 12:26

SiFive RISC-V CPU cores to go to space


NASA taps SiFive and Microchip for its High-Performance Spaceflight Computer (HPSC)

SiFive has announced that its RISC-V-compatible CPU cores will be the backbone of NASA's new High-Performance Spaceflight Computer (HPSC). The new chip will be developed under a three-year contract between NASA and SiFive and Microchip.

Alibaba releases RISC-V development platform
Published in News


Edge SoCs coming

Alibaba Cloud has released a development platform to help engineers building high-performance Systems-on-Chip (SoC) silicon based on the RISC-V open architecture.

First RISC-V laptop arrives
Published in Mobiles
Monday, 04 July 2022 12:17

First RISC-V laptop arrives


It will probably get better

The world’s first RISC-V laptop has just hit the shelves to a collective yawn from reviewers.

Alibaba Cloud porting Android to RISC-V
Published in News


Unable for the US to stop it

Alibaba Cloud has advanced its work to port Android to the RISC-V in a move which will stop the US from preventing China getting its paws on US tech.

Intel cuddles up to RISC-V
Published in PC Hardware
Tuesday, 08 February 2022 11:47

Intel cuddles up to RISC-V


Starts a $1 billion fund

Chipzilla has announced a new $1 billion fund on February 7 to build a foundry innovation ecosystem and will collaborate with several RISC-V standard IC design firms.

US China embargo could be RISCy
Published in News
Wednesday, 15 September 2021 12:14

US China embargo could be RISCy


Chinese might move to RISC-V architecture

Analyst firm Counterpoint Research has said that attempts to restrict technology transfer to China could see the RISC-V architecture become more prominent.

Apple about to invent RISC-V
Published in PC Hardware
Monday, 06 September 2021 12:40

Apple about to invent RISC-V


About time

While it has been around for years, much like the rounded rectangle, RISC-V has been waiting for Apple to invent it and it looks like that will happen.

MIPS to make RISC-V processors
Published in PC Hardware
Tuesday, 09 March 2021 12:49

MIPS to make RISC-V processors


Risky business


MIPS Technologies, the company that had been synonymous with the MIPS processor architecture, will now be developing processors based on RISC-V architecture.