ExtremeTech

RISC vs. CISC Is the Wrong Lens for Comparing Modern x86, ARM CPUs

Try to investigate the differences between the x86 and ARM processor families (or x86 and the Apple M1), and you'll see the acronyms CISC and RISC. It's a common way to frame the discussion, but not a ...
Embedded

Startup comes out of stealth with RISC-V processors to challenge Arm and others

Akeana, a well-funded, 150-strong configurable RISC-V processor startup came out of stealth mode earlier this month to challenge the ‘status quo’ of the semiconductor industry, hoping to unseat both ...
Forbes

The ISA Wars Have Ended And The Heterogeneous CPU Era Has Arrived

Discussions about CPUs often frame one instruction set architecture (ISA) against another—x86 vs. Arm, Arm vs. RISC-V, and so on. However, it’s common to use multiple CPU architectures in a single ...
VentureBeat

RISC-V grows globally as an alternative to Arm and its license fees

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 ...
ExtremeTech

RISC rides again: New RISC-V architecture hopes to battle ARM and x86 by being totally open source

A new instruction set by the original creator of MIPS aims to reinvent the ultra-low power, high-efficiency processor -- and to do so with an architecture that's fundamentally open and available to ...
HotHardware

NVIDIA Confirms CUDA Support Is Coming To RISC-V And It's A Huge Deal

Old-timers might recall the idea of "RISC" as a once-upon-a-time processor design ideology. RISC processors were mostly used for servers from Sun Microsystems, DEC, and other companies of a bygone era ...
Benzinga.com

Alibaba Unveils New Processor and Open-Source Laptop Based On RISC-V Processors

Alibaba Group Holding Limited’s (NYSE:BABA) Damo Academy is gearing up to unveil the latest addition to its XuanTie series of RISC-V processors, the C930, this year. This move is part of Alibaba’s ...
Business Wire

LDRA Launches Multicore and Worst-Case Execution Time (WCET) Support for RISC-V-based Processors

WIRRAL, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--LDRA today announced that the LDRA tool suite now supports the hardware-based, multicore mitigation capabilities of RISC-V processors such as Microchip, Synopsys and ...
Electronic Design

Major Player Enters RISC-V Arena

Why Synopsys’ entry into the RISC-V field is significant. What RISC-V families are supported by Synopsys. Synopsys just released its ARC-V family of RISC-V-based processors (see figure). Those ...
Business Wire

proteanTecs and Akeana Announce Joint Initiative to Drive Next-Generation RISC-V Processor Performance

HAIFA, Israel & SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--proteanTecs®, a global leader in deep data solutions for electronics health and performance monitoring, and Akeana, a provider of high-performance ...
Electronic Design

The Rise of RISC-V and ISO 26262 Compliance

Can RISC-V meet ISO 26262 standards and reshape the automotive industry when it comes to functional safety? The latest trends suggest it’s already happening. The pivotal role of RISC-V technology in ...