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The SiFive blog is your go-to-source for updates on all things RISC-V including processor IP, chip architecture, software and other innovations. Whether you’re producing the next great consumer device, optimizing a datacenter or building next-generation autos check back often to hear the latest from our experts.

Part 1: Fast Access to Accelerators: Enabling Optimized Data Transfer with RISC-V

Jan 13, 2020

This is the first in a series of blogs about Domain-specific accelerators (DSAs), which are becoming increasingly common in systems-on-chip (SoCs). A DSA provides higher performance per watt than a general-purpose processor by optimizing the specialized function it implements. Examples of DSAs inclu...

SiFive Completes its Global 52-City Tech Symposium/Workshop Tour

Dec 20, 2019

The RISC-V ISA is rapidly becoming the new standard for compute, and has literally spawned a worldwide revolution in the semiconductor industry. At the beginning of 2019, SiFive set out to foster education about SiFive’s RISC-V based technologies and to advance deeper collaboration within the global...

SiFive’s Tech Symposiums and Workshops Throughout South America Included Participation by Both Academia and Industry

Nov 30, 2019

We completed our tour through South America, which included tech symposiums and workshops in São Paulo, Porto Alegre, Montevideo, Buenos Aires and Bucaramanga. We are proud to have co-hosted these events with South America’s most prestigious universities, including the Polytechnic School of the Univ...

Our SiFive Tech Symposiums in Pakistan Drew Over 2,500 Attendees!

Nov 14, 2019

SiFive’s Tech Symposiums in Pakistan were a huge success, with the participation of more than 2,500 people from across the country. One of the symposiums was held at the NED University of Engineering and Technology in Karachi, and the other took place at the University of Engineering and Technology ...

We Just Completed Five Energy-Filled Tech Symposiums and RISC-V Workshops Throughout the Middle East Region

Nov 13, 2019

Our tour through the Middle East region included Istanbul, Amman, Cairo, Abu Dhabi and Dubai. This tour was dedicated to academia, and included presentations, tutorials and hands-on workshops. Attendees primarily consisted of PhD research scholars, professors and engineering students. It was humblin...

The SiFive Tech Symposiums in Portland and Seattle are a Wrap

Nov 08, 2019

Our SiFive Tech Symposiums in Portland and Seattle were a big success, thanks in large part to our co-host, Mentor, a Siemens business; and our partner, Lauterbach, a leader in microprocessor development tools. Many leading OEMs were in attendance, such as Amazon, Facebook, Intel, Microsoft and Goog...

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