BeagleV-Ahead: The World’s First High-Performance RISC-V Development Board

BeagleV-Ahead: The World's First High-Performance RISC-V Development Board

Introduction I am very honored to participate in this development board review, thanks to Hangzhou Pingtouge Semiconductor Co., Ltd. and the Beagle community for their support. I received the world’s first high-performance TH1520 RISC-V SBC development board, BeagleV-Ahead. The BeagleV Ahead development board uses the Pingtouge’s TH1520 as the main control, making it an open-source … Read more

GDB Tool for RISC-V Platform: A Practical Guide

GDB Tool for RISC-V Platform: A Practical Guide

Considering the limited debugging tools for the RISC-V platform, I compiled a version of GDB and GDB server suitable for RISC-V based on the source code from the GDB official website: gdb-12.1. I have verified its functionality on RISC-V terminal devices. The tools have been uploaded to my personal GitHub: https://github.com/season727/gdb_12.1_risc-v Compilation Toolchain: Xuantie-900-gcc-linux-6.6.0-musl64-x86_64-V2.10.2-20240904 Due … Read more

How to Build the RISC-V MCU Ecosystem?

How to Build the RISC-V MCU Ecosystem?

According to authoritative market research institutions, the global microcontroller (MCU) market is expected to reach a total sales of $19 billion in 2021, with shipments exceeding 25 billion units. From 2021 to 2028, the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of MCUs is approximately 10%, increasing to $36 billion by 2028. A report released by IC … Read more

Introduction to Excellent Verilog/FPGA Open Source Projects (35) – TinyML

Introduction to Excellent Verilog/FPGA Open Source Projects (35) - TinyML

Introduction Check out Why FPGA/ADC Communication Prefers GPMC Interface in Industrial Fields? to learn about TinyML~ Today, I will introduce several open-source projects related to TinyML. TinyML Cookbook https://github.com/PacktPublishing/TinyML-Cookbook Overview This book is about TinyML, a rapidly developing field at the unique intersection of machine learning and embedded systems, enabling AI applications on ultra-low-power devices … Read more

Artificial Intelligence TinyML on MCU Chips

Artificial Intelligence TinyML on MCU Chips

Introduction Check out Why FPGA/ADC Communication Prefers GPMC Interface in Industrial Applications? to learn about TinyML~ Today, I will introduce several open-source projects related to TinyML. TinyML Cookbook https://github.com/PacktPublishing/TinyML-Cookbook Overview This book is about TinyML, a rapidly evolving field that lies at the unique intersection of machine learning and embedded systems, enabling AI to be … Read more

Choosing Between General MCU and Edge AI Chips: Arm or RISC-V?

Choosing Between General MCU and Edge AI Chips: Arm or RISC-V?

The development of computing over the past 30 years can be roughly divided into three stages: in 1995, Microsoft Windows ushered in the PC era dominated by x86 architecture CPUs; in 2007, Apple’s iPhone opened the smartphone era dominated by Arm architecture; and in 2012, the success of the convolutional neural network AlexNet based on … Read more

Google TPU and SiFive RISC-V Cores

Google TPU and SiFive RISC-V Cores

At least it won’t let those AI accelerators be designed by Arm. After a tough 2023, the situation for RISC-V chip design company SiFive may be improving, as the company expects strong revenue growth driven by AI in 2024. Documents obtained by Bloomberg this week indicate that the second-generation processors designed for AI servers will … Read more

SiFive Core IP 21G1: Enhanced RISC-V Processor Features

SiFive Core IP 21G1: Enhanced RISC-V Processor Features

This article is sourced from the SiFive Blog, translated and reposted to convey more information related to RISC-V, copyright belongs to the original author. There Is No Best, Only Better – SiFive’s Latest Core IP Product Line Released We are very pleased to announce a comprehensive update to the SiFive RISC-V IP portfolio in the … Read more

SiFive P870 High-Performance CPU: Exploring the Future of RISC-V

SiFive P870 High-Performance CPU: Exploring the Future of RISC-V

At Hot Chips 2023, SiFive introduced the new high-performance P870 RISC-V core and its automotive equivalent, the P870-A core, discussing the overall state of RISC-V, its previous generation cores, and future development directions. The P870 and P870-A RISC-V cores are new additions to SiFive’s Performance series, compatible with the RISC-V RVA23 profile, and are successors … Read more