RISC-V is not only a new trend in the Chinese chip industry but has also stirred a global RISC-V whirlwind. Legendary architecture engineer Jim Keller from AMD and Apple, after developing architectures like Alpha, x86, and Arm, has decided to bet on the RISC-V architecture for AI chips; Qualcomm, which has a long-standing partnership with … Read more
1. News Overview: Why Should We Pay Attention to SiFive’s Move? Recently, SiFive officially launched the second generation of the Intelligence Family, including X160 Gen2, X180 Gen2, X280 Gen2, X390 Gen2, and XM Gen2 a total of five RISC-V AI IPs. They cover a wide range of application scenarios from lightweight IoT sensors to high-performance … Read more
Produced by Zhineng Zhixin SiFive launched a new second-generation smart series processor IP in September, covering everything from compact control cores to large-scale matrix engines. Compared to the previous generation, the new series has improvements in functionality, power consumption control, interface design, and memory management, primarily to meet the rapidly growing demand for AI computing … Read more
Chip startup SiFive has launched four CPU cores optimized for running artificial intelligence models. These new cores, based on the open-source RISC-V architecture, add vector extension capabilities that allow for more efficient parallel processing of multiple data points, significantly accelerating AI model computations. The X160 and X180 are the flagship products, featuring vector processing capabilities … Read more
SiFive is a global leader in RISC-V chip design, founded in 2015 by the inventors of the RISC-V architecture, and headquartered in California, USA. As a core driver of the RISC-V ecosystem, SiFive provides processor IP, toolchains, and customized chip solutions based on the RISC-V instruction set, covering a wide range of application scenarios from … 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
[Image] RISC-V is not just a new trend in the Chinese chip industry; it has also sparked a global RISC-V whirlwind. Legendary architecture engineer Jim Keller, who has worked on Alpha, x86, and Arm architectures, has decided to bet on RISC-V architecture for AI chips. Qualcomm, which has had a long-term partnership with Arm, has … Read more
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