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The latest insights, and deeper technology dives, from RISC-V leaders

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.

Three New Core Series Now Available in SiFive Core Designer

Three New Core Series Now Available in SiFive Core Designer

Amy Lindburg | Director of Product Management
Jun 25, 2019
SiFive Core Designer (SCD) unlocks new possibilities by enabling engineers to explore the architectural design space of a CPU. With our Software-as-a Service (SaaS) application, customers can create and customize RISC-V core IP -- from their laptops. Working within a Core Series (a “class” of Core p...

When Hardware Roadmaps Look Like Software Roadmaps

Drew Barbier | Senior Director of Product Marketing
Jun 25, 2019
The traditional cadence for microarchitecture updates is usually tied to process technology nodes or ground-up redesigns. The SiFive Core IP portfolio offers scalable microarchitectures from efficient application multi-core processors capable of running Linux, to tiny, power-sipping cores suitable f...

The RISC-V Revolution is Sweeping Across the APAC Region and Australia

Swamy Irrinki | Senior Director of Marketing at SiFive
Jun 10, 2019
As we make our way around the world meeting and engaging with others in the semiconductor and hardware design community, we are seeing an increased interest in RISC-V based hardware innovation. This is due in large part to the emergence of market-ready RISC-V core IP, development tools and silicon ...
Freedom Studio Version 2019.03

Freedom Studio Version 2019.03

Drew Barbier | Senior Director of Product Marketing
Mar 29, 2019
Ever since we launched Freedom Studio in 2017, it has been a great way to quickly and easily get started writing code for SiFive platforms, whether those platforms are development boards such as the HiFive1 Rev B, Digilent Arty FPGA, or even our testbench, which ships along with SiFive IP deliverab...

Freedom Everywhere — Back for Everyone!

David Lee | Product Manager
Mar 19, 2019
HiFive1 Rev B: The Second Generation HiFive1 Dev Board and the Freedom Everywhere SoC, FE310 When SiFive launched the FE310 and HiFive1 in 2016, the product received a very warm and enthusiastic reception. The project received much more attention and traction than we could have ever hoped for. We we...
The Revolution Evolution Continues - SiFive RISC-V Technology Symposium - Part I

The Revolution Evolution Continues - SiFive RISC-V Technology Symposium - Part I

Camille Kokozaki
Mar 18, 2019
SiFive held a RISC-V Technology Symposium on February 26 at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View. Keith Witek, SiFive SVP Corporate Development and Strategy kicked off the event and introduced the first keynote speaker Martin Fink, Western Digital CTO, at the time acting CEO of the RISC-V Fo...