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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.

BeagleV board announced
Published in PC Hardware
Thursday, 14 January 2021 11:59

BeagleV board announced


RISC-V runs Linux

Seeed Studios have teamed up with well-known SBC vendor BeagleBoard to produce an affordable RISC-V system designed to run Linux.

Micro Magic comes up with super-efficient CPU
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5GHz and 1.1V

Micro Magic has produced a prototype CPU that is several times more efficient than world-leading competitors, while retaining reasonable raw performance.

SiFive shows there is life in RISC-V
Published in PC Hardware
Monday, 02 November 2020 11:24

SiFive shows there is life in RISC-V


Will 2020 be the year of RISC-V?

SiFive has unveiled a new computer featuring the company's SiFive FU740 processor based on RISC-V architecture.

RISC-V gaining ground
Published in News
Tuesday, 25 February 2020 11:09

RISC-V gaining ground


There really is demand out there

The CEO of the RISC-V Foundation told the assembled throngs at this year's HiPEAC conference that there is a growing demand for the Open Source chip.

RISC-V Foundation escapes to Switzerland
Published in News
Thursday, 28 November 2019 10:31

RISC-V Foundation escapes to Switzerland


Avoiding authoritarian US trade embargos

The RISC-V Foundation, which sets standards for the open-sourced CPU architecture and controls who can use the RISC-V trademark on products, says it is escaping the shackles of the Trump regime and escaping to Switzerland. It is not clear if a motorcycle is involved.

RISC-V processor gets carbon nanotube bells and whistles
Published in PC Hardware


Not as exciting as you might hope

Boffins have used carbon nanotubes to make a general purpose, RISC-V-compliant processor that handles 32-bit instructions and does 16-bit memory addressing.

ARM goes on offensive against RISC-V
Published in PC Hardware
Thursday, 12 July 2018 12:43

ARM goes on offensive against RISC-V


RISCY strategy 

Chipmaker ARM is going on the offensive against the RISC-V open-source processor instruction set architecture with a new propaganda  education site.