RISC-V

Fudan’s ‘Wuji’ Chip Emerges: Can China’s Semiconductor Industry Break TSMC and Samsung’s 3nm Monopoly?

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Fudan's 'Wuji' Chip Emerges: Can China's Semiconductor Industry Break TSMC and Samsung's 3nm Monopoly?

Fudan’s ‘Wuji’ chip emerges: Can China’s semiconductor industry break TSMC and Samsung’s 3nm monopoly? As TSMC and Samsung engage in fierce competition over 3nm processes, the ‘Wuji’ chip born in Fudan University’s laboratory is weaving a highly disruptive technological blueprint with 5,900 atomic-level transistors. This is the world’s first two-dimensional semiconductor 32-bit RISC-V microprocessor, which … Read more

Progress of RISC-V Matrix Standard – April

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Progress of RISC-V Matrix Standard - April

Introduction: Previously, we introduced the MME extension of T-head’s Xuantie (Matrix Multiply Extension). We also discussed several directions of RISC-V in Matrix extensions in the article “From Vector to Matrix: The Future of RISC-V Matrix Extensions.” After several months of development, what is the current status of the RISC-V Matrix standardization process?Current Status: Just two … Read more

Current Status of RISC-V Laptops

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Current Status of RISC-V Laptops

Our laptops hide a secret blueprint inside, which specifies the instruction set that the computer can execute and serves as an interface between hardware and software. These instructions are hidden behind proprietary technology and cannot be altered. However, starting from 2025, users may be able to purchase a new type of laptop with an open … Read more

RV April Technical Progress

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RV April Technical Progress

✦ ✧ RV April Progress Report ✦ The sPMP community has engaged in intense discussions regarding the new Spec (v0.9.7) Main updates in the Spec: Refinement of indirect CSR access methods: The specification has further optimized the access methods for indirect CSRs (Control and Status Registers). This improvement is based on community feedback, particularly adjustments … Read more

Exploring the RISC-V Chip Architecture

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Exploring the RISC-V Chip Architecture

RISC-V (pronounced “risk-five”) is an open-source instruction set architecture (ISA) based on the principles of Reduced Instruction Set Computing (RISC), which can be simply explained as a type of “open-source hardware” corresponding to the open-source software movement. The project began in 2010 at the University of California, Berkeley, but many contributors are volunteers and industry … Read more

When FPGA Meets Open Source: A Paradigm Shift

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When FPGA Meets Open Source: A Paradigm Shift

Open source is a buzzword. A few years ago, the open-source architecture RISC-V emerged, creating significant waves in the chip design field due to its open characteristics.. Earlier this year, the open-source large model DeepSeek made a grand debut, igniting further interest in AI. Now, this wave has reached the FPGA . 01The World’s First … Read more

Allwinner Actively Promotes RISC-V Ecosystem, Empowering 985 Universities with ‘National First-Class Undergraduate Course’

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Allwinner Actively Promotes RISC-V Ecosystem, Empowering 985 Universities with 'National First-Class Undergraduate Course'

Recently, under the collaborative efforts of Dalian University of Technology, Allwinner Technology, and Alibaba T-head, the “National First-Class Undergraduate Course” in “Embedded Software Design” recognized by the Ministry of Education has incorporated RISC-V teaching content and uses the “D1-H Nezha Development Board” as the designated experimental platform for RISC-V architecture. Collaborating with various universities to … Read more

RISC-V Lab Ecosystem Upgrade: Five Orange Pi Donations from the Jiachen Project and Debian Community System Porting

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RISC-V Lab Ecosystem Upgrade: Five Orange Pi Donations from the Jiachen Project and Debian Community System Porting

Mr. Wu Wei, ambassador of the RISC-V International Foundation and principal of the Jiachen Project, sent five Orange Pi boards to Yingqi Intelligent.The Orange Pi, with its powerful performance and rich features, will provide strong support for Yingqi Intelligent’s research and development work. Yingqi Intelligent has been committed to the development of cutting-edge technologies such … Read more

The Path of Domestic CPUs You Must Know for Embedded Development

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The Path of Domestic CPUs You Must Know for Embedded Development

The Path of Domestic CPUs You Must Know for Embedded Development 1 IntroductionIn May 2019, the Huawei ban on ARM marked the beginning of a heated discussion about domestic chips in China. Suddenly, people everywhere were talking about the necessity for China to have its own chips, and the internet was buzzing, digging up years … Read more