Alibaba’s RISC-V IP powers over 6 billion shipped chips as tech giant targets AI, autos

The milestone comes as Chinese chipmakers seek to reduce dependence on foreign tech amid US-led export restrictions Alibaba Group Holding's research arm, Damo Academy, has seen more than 6 billion ...
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Banana Pi turns to RISC-V architecture with new BPI-F3 single-board computer

Banana Pi has shared initial details about the BPI-F3, another single-board computer that will be sold under its 'BPI' brand. Unlike recent entries like the BPI-M6 and BPI-M7, the BPI-F3 features a ...
China News Service

RISC-V China Summit spotlights AI and high-performance computing

(ECNS) -- The sixth RISC-V (Reduced Instruction Set Computer Five) China Summit opened at the Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Center in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, on Monday.
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Star64 RISC-V Single-Board Computer Is a ARM-Based Pi Alternative: Here’s What You Should Know

The Star64 is an interesting proposition since it offers a completely open-source CPU architecture that the Raspberry Pi doesn't. RISC-V is still a work in progress, but its accessibility has opened ...
Electronic Design

SiFive, a Disciple of the RISC-V Architecture, Starts Selling Cores

(Image courtesy of Gareth Halfacree, Creative Commons). Last year, SiFive went fishing for engineers to test out chips based on the RISC-V computer architecture. It released an embedded core called ...
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Samsung ports Tizen OS to open-source RISC-V CPU architecture

Samsung has ported the Tizen OS to the open-source RISC-V CPU architecture. This brings developers one step closer to releasing Tizen smart devices using royalty-free CPUs. Common CPU architectures ...
I Programmer

Learn About RISC-V From Linux Foundation on edX

The Linux Foundation has a new free course on the edX platform for those who would like to learn about, and experiment with, RISC-V. A verified track, to earn a certificate of completion, is also ...
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Arm rival SiFive raises $175M to accelerate development of its alternative RISC-V chip architecture

SiFive Inc., a computer chip startup that’s developing processor technology based on the open-source RISC-V instruction set architecture, said today it has raised a hefty $175 million in a late-stage ...
TechSpot

Google just removed RISC-V support from the Android kernel

Facepalm: The open-source RISC-V instruction set architecture, evolved from other reduced instruction set computer (RISC) architectures, is winning international support and collaboration. However, ...
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Star64 is a new RISC-V, single-board computer for developers and hobbyists

What just happened? The Star64 board, which was announced last summer, will finally be available for purchase this week. Developers will also be able to experiment with the system and enjoy the ...