CNET

AMD's SSE5 ends the old RISC vs. CISC debate

Prompted by the chipmaker's announcement of the SSE5 instruction-set extensions, Glaskowsky analyzes the ultimate outcome to this old controversy. Peter N. Glaskowsky is a computer architect in ...
Semiconductor Engineering

General-Purpose 32-bit RISC-V MCU Core Expands Design Freedom

The microcontroller sector is evolving in an exciting direction by providing designers with a growing menu of choices tailored to their performance and power requirements. Unlike the classic 1990s ...
Business Wire

SiFive To Introduce New RISC-V Processor Architecture and RISC-V PC at Linley Fall Virtual ...

SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SiFive, Inc., the leading provider of commercial RISC-V processor IP and silicon solutions, today announced that Dr. Yunsup Lee, CTO of SiFive, and Dr. Krste ...
Ars Technica

A history of ARM, part 1: Building the first chip

RISC is a somewhat misleading term, as a RISC processor doesn't *have* to have fewer instructions in its ISA than a CISC system (Though RISC architectures do tend to try to do so). For example, the ...
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British startup launches low-power RISC-V processor design to address the twin problems of ...

Blueshift’s BlueFive RISC-V processor addresses Memory and Energy Walls BlueFive claims faster calculations, lower energy use via data optimization Validated design integrates memory controller, CPU ...
ZDNet

Intel invests in open-source RISC-V processors, creates billion-dollar fund

RISC-V International, the global open hardware standards organization, has announced that Intel has joined RISC-V at the Premier membership level. Let that sink in for a minute. Intel, which has made ...
PC Magazine

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Fudzilla

Europeans run first successful RISC V processor accelerator

The European Processor Initiative (EPI) has run the successful first test of its RISC-V-based European Processor Accelerator (EPAC). The move is seen as an initial step towards homegrown ...
The Motley Fool

1 Massive Overlooked Risk for Intel and AMD

The semiconductor industry is in for some big changes as new design architectures come to bear. Arm chips made headway in markets traditionally dominated by Intel and AMD, and RISC-V chips could be ...
Reuters

In shift to new era, Wave Computing adopts RISC-V chip architecture

April 19 (Reuters) - Silicon Valley's Wave Computing said on Tuesday it is launching designs for two new microprocessors this year using RISC-V architecture as it sunsets its once-popular MIPS ...