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The latest insights, and deeper technology dives, from RISC-V leaders

The SiFive blog is your go-to-source for updates on all things RISC-V including processor IP, chip architecture, software and other innovations. Whether you’re producing the next great consumer device, optimizing a datacenter or building next-generation autos check back often to hear the latest from our experts.

OpenFive's Customizable Silicon-Focused Solutions

Shafy Eltoukhy | SVP & General Manager, OpenFive

Aug 17, 2020

OpenFive is a solution-centric and processor agnostic custom silicon business unit dedicated to building optimized domain-specific SoCs Today, I am excited to announce the launch of OpenFive, a self-contained and autonomous custom silicon business unit of SiFive, Inc. OpenFive is solution-centric an...

SiFive Core IP 20G1

Drew Barbier | Senior Director of Product Marketing

Jul 22, 2020

SiFive's Best Processor Portfolio Is Here We’re pleased to announce a comprehensive update to SiFive’s RISC-V IP Portfolio with the SiFive 20G1 release. This release brings important enhancements and new capabilities to SiFive Core IP, the industry's broadest RISC-V IP Portfolio, ranging from the ul...

Cloud Accelerated Idea To Silicon

Chris Lattner | SVP of Platform Engineering

Mar 25, 2020

The SiFive Mission SiFive’s mission is to accelerate chip design, closing the time between the definition of a chip to silicon being available - we call this the ‘idea to silicon' journey. The solutions to modern computing challenges increasingly require domain-specific accelerators, silicon chips d...

Introducing SiFive Insight

James Prior | Senior Director of Product Marketing Communications

Mar 17, 2020

Access, Observe, Control The term ‘debug’ has a storied history. It’s widely reported as being coined by computing pioneer, US Navy Rear Admiral Grace Hopper, when she removed a moth from Harvard’s Mark II computer in 1945. Use of the word bug can also be traced to the great inventor, Thomas Edison,...

The RISC-V Revolution is Going Strong in Ahmedabad

Shivaram Venkatesh Nellaiappan | Sr. Marketing Engineer at SiFive

Mar 04, 2020

As part of our ongoing effort to spread knowledge about the RISC-V ISA around the globe, we hosted a two-day long RISC-V Symposium/Workshop in the ancient city of Ahmedabad, India. The event was co-hosted by Nirma University at their campus at Ahmedabad. The first day of the event was the symposium ...

Our SiFive Tech Symposiums in Costa Rica and Mexico Underscore the Global Adoption of the RISC-V ISA in Industry and Academia

David Connelly | Staff Software Engineer, SiFive

Feb 29, 2020

Our SiFive Tech Symposiums in San José, Costa Rica and Mexico City, Mexico were well attended by not only those in industry, but in academia as well. There is a great deal of enthusiasm and engagement in RISC-V in both of these regions. Many new friendships were formed, and we look forward to the co...

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