RISC-V, an open-source processor architecture, disrupts traditional CPU design with flexibility and scalability. Its adoption grows across embedded systems, IoT, and AI applications. Electronics Weekly tracks RISC-V developments, ecosystem growth, and industry partnerships shaping the future of processor innovation and electronics product development.
Alibaba’s research arm, Damo Academy, has launched a Risc-V based CPU for AI inference, which can be customised to a user’s workload and is claimed to be the highest-performing Risc-V processor in the world. Called the XuanTie C950, it is a 5nm, 3.2GHz processor aimed at competing in the worldwide AI chip market. Alibaba CEO Eddie Wu says he is ...
What caught our eye? Taiwan styling itself as 'AI island' at Embedded World in Nuremberg, Ubitium developing a universal embedded Risc-V processor, and RFA moving closer to SaxaVord Spaceport launches...
Ubitium of Dusseldorf, the developer of a universal embedded processor, has taped-out its first silicon. “Our Universal Processor does it all – CPU, GPU, DSP, FPGA – in one chip, one architecture,” says CEO Hyun Shin Cho. Ubitium believes that the wide variety of embedded processors can be replaced by a universal processor. Built on Samsung Foundry’s 8nm process using ...
MIPS unveiled AI neural processor intellectual property based on RISC-V at CES, intended to support transformer and agentic language AI models at the edge. Called MIPS S8200, “it combines tightly coupled AI engines with RISC-V application cores to accelerate both vector and matrix workloads, supporting PyTorch and Tensor frameworks and scaling from tens to hundreds of TOPS via coherent cluster ...
RED Semiconductor has launched Ordo1, a new IP core designed for RISC‑V processors, and announced its membership in RISC‑V International. Ordo1 is a versatile AI and flow control accelerator, based on RED’s VISC architecture, aimed at enabling energy‑efficient, high‑performance edge AI applications across multiple industries. “Ordo1 represents a step-change in delivering high‑performance AI at the edge, where power and efficiency ...
TÜV SÜD has ASIL certified two RISC-V processors for ISO 26262 automotive functional safety: Codasip’s L735 up to ASIL-B, and its L739 up to ASIL-D. “In addition to functional safety certification, both products are also compliant with ISO/SAE 21434, the international standard for cybersecurity in automotive development,” according to Codasip. Both cores have a multi-issue in-order microarchitecture. L735 includes error-correcting ...
Chinese researchers have built a 32-bit RISC-V processor using molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) on sapphire substrate. The researchers generated wafer-scale sheets of MoS2, which is just over one atom thick, on a sapphire substrate. The processor, called RV32-WUJI, has 6000 transistors, operates at KHz speeds and can execute the full RISC-V 32-bit instruction set. We’ve identified a wide range of what ...
Infineon is launching a RISC-V starter kit for a family of automotive microcontrollers to be released “within the coming years”, the company said. “In software-defined vehicles, RISC-V is key to standardisation and ecosystem compatibility,” claimed Infineon’s automotive president Peter Schiefer. The kit will be provided by Synopsys, and is intended to spur the development of virtual MCU prototype for software development ...
Mouser has introduced its RISC-V resource centre to inform design engineers about the latest technology and applications. Through articles, blogs, eBooks, and products, from Mouser’s technical team and trusted manufacturing partners, engineers are equipped with the knowledge required to design RISC-V applications. The content hub explores how RISC-V is pushing machine learning (ML) closer to the edge in a wide ...
Lumissil Microsystems has introduce a speciallist RISC-V microcontroller for touch-controlled LED-based user interfaces, with optional sound feedback. There are two versions: IS31CS9310 for industrial use and AEC-Q100 grade-1 qualified IS32CS9310 for automotive use. An 8 x 12 LED matrix driver is the primary peripheral, with eight PMOS switches and 12 built-in 80mA PWM-controlled current sinks, that allow each LED to ...
