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Intel kills off RISC-V developer environment
Published in PC Hardware
Tuesday, 31 January 2023 11:11

Intel kills off RISC-V developer environment


Can't find a way on Pathfinder

While the world+dog is looking closely at RISC-V, Chipzilla has killed off its open source RISC-V developer environment, Pathfinder.

HiFive Pro P550 development board ready for the summer
Published in PC Hardware


RISC-V business

SiFive and Intel have said that their HiFive Pro P550 development board is on track for release during summer.

Google comes up with new OS for RISC-V
Published in News
Tuesday, 18 October 2022 12:24

Google comes up with new OS for RISC-V


KataOS is more secure

Search engine outfit Google has shown off its KataOS, a new secure operating system for embedded open-source RISC-V chips. 

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
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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.