In 2019, Alibaba’s Damo Academy launched the first RISC-V processor, the XuanTie C910. To date, this self-developed processor family has nine products, making it the largest processor IP (Intellectual Property) series in the domestic RISC-V field.Author: Qian Yujuan Cover Image: Tuchong Creative Regarded as the
Click to follow for more exciting content!! 01PARTIntroduction This article provides a brief explanation of the usage of BSCAN based on the Spartan-6 and Kintex-7 series of FPGAs, using the K735 development board and LS-Extended development board; the software used includes riscv-openocd and riscv-gdb (included in the toolchain). Principle Explanation02PART BSCAN stands for JTAG-boundary-scan, which … Read more
The Android operating system supported by Google currently mainly includes ARM and x86 instruction set architectures (ISA). Most smartphones, tablets, smart TVs, and other devices running Android are based on ARM architecture SoCs, as Intel has long abandoned its mobile CPU plans, and support for the MIPS architecture was officially dropped with the release of … Read more
The instruction set architectures from abroad are essentially licensed and paid for, making it difficult to achieve independent domestic development. If the country defines its own instruction set architecture, it would not hold much significance, as processor architectures must be universal and globally supported. Now, with RISC-V, this issue can be effectively addressed; “RISC-V may … Read more
1Introduction In recent years, the rise of RISC-V has drawn attention from the IC industry towards this rapidly developing architecture. However, when it comes to this young architecture, the first things that come to mind are its weak ecosystem and hardware fragmentation. From the very beginning, RISC-V aimed to provide a highly modular and extensible … Read more
On the surface, building a secure foundation using the concept of randomness seems surprising. From the perspective of entropy, randomness can protect data, chips, and systems by generating encryption methods. By leveraging the essence of randomness as the foundation of security systems, it becomes possible to enhance the security of computer systems and protect critical … Read more
👆If you wish to meet often, feel free to star 🌟 and bookmark it~ Source: Content compiled from chipsandcheese, thank you. RISC-V is a relatively young open-source instruction set. So far, it has gained attention in microcontrollers and academic applications. For instance, Nvidia has replaced the Falcon microcontroller in its GPUs with RISC-V based microcontrollers. … Read more
SiFive Launches Advanced Trace and Debug Toolkit – SiFive Insight This toolkit helps users access, observe, and control processor development in real-time, thus accelerating time-to-market for chips. Recently, SiFive, a leading provider of commercial RISC-V processor IP and silicon solutions, announced the launch of SiFive Insight. SiFive Insight is a toolkit that enables faster chip … Read more
With the current chip shortage being a hot topic once again, the blockade of foreign chip supplies and the price surge of domestic MCUs have gradually led to a consensus in the embedded industry regarding the trend of chip localization. Therefore, I would like to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of these two domestic chip … Read more
MIPS is a historic CPU IP core company with a tumultuous business and management history. Under the leadership of new CEO Sameer Wasson, formerly of TI, MIPS is writing a new chapter. Can he resurrect MIPS from obscurity and achieve solid growth? Wasson’s primary task is to explain the current reality of MIPS.Three months after … Read more