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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.

Unleashing More Fun Under the Sun

Jun 04, 2018
Good news, HiFive fans! A limited supply of HiFive Unleashed Development Kits are now available on CrowdSupply for purchase. Since the launch of HiFive Unleashed, many new capabilities are being enabled on the Freedom U540 SoC, the industry’s first RISC-V based, 64-bit quad-core application processo...

The SiFive Download - What's Up Next?

May 30, 2018
We recently announced that Intel Capital participated in our Series C funding round! Our CEO, Naveed Sherwani, revealed the investment earlier this month at the Intel Capital Global Summit. Check out the full newsletter here! ...

Intel Capital Investment Boosts Vision for the Future

May 08, 2018
We’re very happy to announce that Intel Capital participated in our recent Series C funding round. The investment was revealed at the Intel Capital Global Summit earlier today. Now, you may be thinking, “$50.6 million provides immense potential for SiFive – so now what?” For those of you who aren’t ...

RISC-V QEMU Part 2: The RISC-V QEMU port is upstream

Apr 25, 2018
QEMU 2.12.0 was released on April 24th 2018 and this version is the first official QEMU version to contain the RISC-V port. This is yet another milestone towards the development of the Open Source RISC-V tools on top of the recent acceptance of RISC-V in Linux kernel 4.15 in December last year and G...

Dover Microsystems Brings Real-Time Chip Security to SiFive’s DesignShare

Apr 17, 2018
Boy have we been busy. Over the last few months, our DesignShare ecosystem has continued to expand, and, this week, we were excited to welcome Dover Microsystems into the program. Through DesignShare, developers now have access to Dover Microsystems’ CoreGuard Silicon IP, which enables processors to...

The SiFive Download - The Next Revolution is Here!

Apr 16, 2018
First, we are thrilled to have recently announced that we raised $50.6 million in our Series C funding round! We wanted to thank our existing and new investors - including Chengwei Capital, Huami, SK Telecom and Western Digital - for the continued support and new engagement, so we held a party to ce...