ARM is the most successful microprocessor architecture on the planet, with its licensees shipping billions of chips a year. But a rival has emerged in the past few years called RISC-V, a new kind of ...

In almost every discussion about RISC-V's position in the ecosystem, the instruction set architecture (ISA) is often seen as a direct competitor to Arm. Most people view the two ISAs as being engaged ...

The two companies, both long-time partners of Arm, are extending their collaboration on wearables with a RISC-V Snapdragon Wearable platform to power the next-generation Wear OS solutions. “What about ...

Researchers point to a microprocessor on a space-ready motherboard used in spaceflight applications. SwRI is evaluating reduced instruction set computers (RISC-V or “risk five”) and Advanced RISC ...

As AI drives demand for advanced computing infrastructure, chip architectures are at a crossroads. While proprietary instruction set architectures (ISAs) like x86 and Arm dominate the market, their ...

Five companies that manufacture semiconductors for smartphones, automobiles and more have announced that they will form a company designed to advance the open source RISC-V architecture, in a move ...

The joint venture will first target automotive, with IoT and mobile coming later. Wonder how long before Qualcomm sues to stop other companies from using RISC-V because of some vague as fuck patent ...

SiFive, the RISC-V chip IP firm, raised $400m in an oversubscribed Series G led by Atreides and backed by Nvidia, valuing it ...

U.S. lawmakers are pushing President Joe Biden’s administration to limit American corporate engagement with open-source chip technology RISC-V, alleging that it aids Beijing’s semiconductor goals and ...

Agentic AI is pulling CPUs back to the center of the AI stack, turning them into a renewed battleground for chipmakers. After ...

Codasip RISC-V sale fuels speculation GlobalFoundries could be expanding its processor ambitions ...