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Essential 4th Gen

Processor cores for use as a standalone MCU or performing deeply embedded functions alongside a main applications processor

Essential 4th Gen

The fourth generation of the SiFive Essential™ Family gives you the ultimate freedom to configure a processor that best fits the power, area and performance for your specific market requirements, ranging from the smallest, area and power-efficient 2-stage MCU up to a fully featured, superscalar, Linux capable design, with all the design points in between. The SiFive Essential family offers a wide range of pre-defined embedded CPU cores or lets you use SiFive Core Designer to build a custom processor configuration tailored to your specific market and needs.

  • Broad range of highly customizable processor IP to meet exact application specific requirements. 
  • Microcontrollers, IoT devices, real-time control, and control plane processing.
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  • 32-bit processing
  • Highly configurable feature set
  • Scalable performance
  • 32-bit embedded RTOS support
  • Up to 8-stage pipeline
  • Power & area optimized
  • Up to dual-issue superscalar
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  • 64-bit processing
  • No code size increase over 32-bit core
  • Highly configurable feature set
  • Scalable performance
  • 64-bit embedded RTOS support
  • Up to 8-stage pipeline
  • Up to dual-issue superscalar
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  • Memory Management Unit providing virtual memory support
  • Highly configurable feature set
  • Scalable performance
  • 64-bit rich OS support (including Linux)
  • 8-stage pipeline
  • Up to dual-issue superscalar
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  • Scalable microarchitectures allow you to configure optimally for your SoC application 
  • Extensive Interface options to optimize integration within an SoC
  • Advanced, comprehensive and pre-integrated Trace + Debug
  • WorldGuard support, enabling whole SoC security

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Case Study: RISC-V based SSD Platforms (Solid State Drive Storage Platforms)

FADU, a leader in PCIe-based SSDs, chose SiFive Essential processors to power their innovative SSD platforms. Fadu has partnered with SiFive for several generations of products, including RISC-V-based SSD controllers achieving throughput greater than 3.5 GBPS and IOPS exceeding 800k.

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Leading the RISC-V Revolution

The History of RISC-V
SiFive was founded by the inventors of RISC-V, an open standard approach to computer architecture, unburdened by legacy constraints and free from vendor lock-in.
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RISC-V is already utilized in billions of devices and applications worldwide. Explore how SiFive is powering rapid expansion and innovation across key markets.
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Discover how SiFive’s RISC-V expertise can help you break free from outdated architectures. So you have more freedom to innovate.
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