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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.

Welcome Aboard, Sunil Shenoy!

Mar 01, 2018
As our business continues to grow, the people we hire continue to impact and shape our business more and more. We had a chance to sit down our new VP of hardware engineering, Sunil Shenoy, to find out what attracted him to SiFive, how he hopes to grow the company and change the industry, and what hi...

All Aboard, Part 10: How to Contribute to the RISC-V Software Ecosystem

Feb 20, 2018
We recently announced the HiFive Unleashed, a development board for Freedom U540-C000, the world's first Linux-capable RISC-V ASIC. The announcement of this board roughly lined up with the first upstream releases of Linux and glibc that contain RISC-V support. As a result, our news has driven a lot ...

The SiFive Download - Ringing in 2018 with Fresh Faces and Big Resolutions

Jan 23, 2018
Before we dive into our newsletter, we want to take a moment to talk about the vulnerabilities around Meltdown and Spectre. First off -- and most fortunately -- SiFive’s RISC-V Core IP offerings are not affected by Meltdown and Spectre. Secondly, as the RISC-V Foundation’s statement on these vulnera...

SiFive Statement on Meltdown and Spectre

Jan 05, 2018
The recently disclosed speculation-based timing attacks Meltdown and Spectre have received much attention this week—and rightly so. The vulnerabilities these attacks exploit are not limited to a particular instruction-set architecture, nor are they restricted to a single vendor’s implementations. ...
A Look Back: 7th RISC-V Workshop

A Look Back: 7th RISC-V Workshop

Jan 03, 2018
A new year brings new opportunities. Before we dive into 2018, we wanted to take some time to reflect on some of the excitement we experienced over the last couple of months. At the 7th RISC-V Workshop, we had the honor of partnering with some of the industry’s leading companies and announced the fo...