The Path to RISC-V Open Architecture Design

Product Features Content Summary This book first presents seven evaluation criteria for an instruction set, including cost, simplicity, performance, separation of architecture and implementation, room for improvement, code size, and ease of programming/compiling/linking. It introduces the elegant design of RISC-V and the numerous trade-offs involved from a holistic system perspective based on these seven criteria. … Read more

RISC-V Enters the HPC Market: Performance and Ecosystem Are Indispensable

The report from Electronic Enthusiasts Network (by Zhou Kaiyang) states that in recent years, RISC-V has become one of the most significant ISAs in the industry, with over ten billion cores shipped. However, most of these cores are used in low-power IoT applications. As high-performance computing (HPC) has entered the Exascale era, whether RISC-V, as … Read more

RISC-V’s Applicability in Storage, Automotive, and Communication Markets is Undeniable

The report from Electronic Enthusiasts Network (by Zhou Kaiyang) states that eight years ago, RISC-V emerged, and for the first three years, it seemed to be an unnoticed ISA. Today, it is regarded as the preferred architecture by many chip design companies. Thanks to the ecological development and technological accumulation over the past eight years, … Read more

432-Core RISC-V Chip Successfully Taped Out for Space Computing

The European Space Agency (ESA) is exploring various methods to enhance space computing capabilities, and one of the processors it supports is about to be released.Researchers from the agency announced at last month’s European Design, Automation and Test Conference that the Occamy processor, developed by engineers from ETH Zurich and the University of Bologna, is … Read more

RISC-V Makes Its Mark! Endorsed by Jim Keller! Entering the AI and Automotive Chip Arena!

Reported by Electronic Enthusiasts Network (Author: Zhou Kaiyang) When many people hear about RISC-V, the first thing that comes to mind is its applications in IoT and consumer electronics, as well as various low-power market opportunities. Although RISC-V has previously appeared in supercomputers or data centers, and in GPU solutions, it has often served merely … Read more

Industrial Control Evening Update | Holley Successfully Acquires French CORYS Subsidiary Huakangda; Advantech Partners with Hailo to Expand High-Performance Edge AI Product Portfolio; AspenTech Launches New Software Upgrade…

01 Holley Successfully Acquires French CORYS Subsidiary Huakangda On December 5, Mr. Charles ROSMORDUC, CEO of French CORYS, and Mr. Peter HERBERT, COO of American CORYS, visited Holley’s Beijing base for a cooperation and strategic acquisition signing. This collaboration lays a solid foundation for in-depth cooperation between Holley and French CORYS, providing broad space for … Read more

Renesas Plans to Acquire Integrated Device Technology: A Step Towards Reviving Japan’s Semiconductor Industry?

Renesas Electronics, a major semiconductor company in Japan, has confirmed its intention to acquire the American semiconductor manufacturer Integrated Device Technology (IDT), and is currently in final negotiations. The acquisition amount is expected to be around $6 billion. IDT has advantages in the design and development of communication semiconductors, which are core technologies for the … Read more

Positioning, Performance, and Features of MCUs and MPUs from ST, NXP, Microchip, TI, and Renesas

Recently, NXP launched the Cortex-M7 + M4 core MCU (i.MX RT1170), with a maximum frequency of 1GHz, breaking the traditional low frequency of MCUs. Today, we will take a look at the MCU products from several well-known MCU manufacturers around the world. Concepts: MCU: Microcontroller Unit; MPU: Microprocessor Unit; DSC: Digital Signal Controller; 1. STMicroelectronics … Read more

Positioning, Performance, and Features of MCUs and MPUs from Manufacturers like ST, NXP, Microchip, TI, and Renesas

Follow+Star Public Account Number, don’t miss out on exciting content Author | strongerHuang WeChat Public Account | Embedded Column Although the pandemic in 2020 affected many world-renowned MCU manufacturers, leading to price increases for their chips, it must be said that there is still a gap between our domestic chips and those from many well-known … Read more

Learn to DIY a Quadcopter in One Minute

First, let’s summarize the main components involved in DIYing a drone. Can you guess what it is? Of course, it’s a………. a chicken frame, haha!!! Just a little joke to start with some humor, Let’s take a look at what a DIY quadcopter actually is. It generally looks like this: Now, let’s get to the … Read more