Vastly customizable core IP.

Get best-in-class core IP developed by the inventors of RISC‑V and customize it to your exact specifications.

Design Core

Here’s how it works.

  • 01. Design

    Customize a SiFive Standard Core to meet the precise needs of your product.

  • 02. Evaluate

    Simulate with fully-functional, synthesizable Verilog RTL. Run your application code on an FPGA.

  • 03. License

    Licensing is straightforward and your custom RISC‑V core IP is available within weeks.

RISC‑V Cores

Start designing.

I want core that runs

E2 Series

Our smallest, lowest power, 32‑bit RISC‑V embedded cores

Compares with Arm

M0, M0+, M3, M4, M23, M33

Area

E3 Series

High performance 32‑bit RISC‑V embedded cores

Compares with Arm

R4, R5

Area

E7 Series

Our high-performance 32-bit RISC-V embedded cores

Compares with Arm

M7, R7, R8

Area
E76-MC Core

S2 Series

Tiny 64-bit embedded core

Area

S5 Series

64‑bit RISC-V embedded performance at 32‑bit price and area

Compares with Arm

R4, R5

Area

S7 Series

Our high-performance 64-bit RISC-V embedded cores

Compares with Arm

M7, R7, R8

Area
S76-MC Core
Core Series

Choose your foundation

Core Series provide powerful capabilities for your product ideas. Choose one of our silicon-proven RISC-V Standard Cores—or customize a core to get the precise results that you need.

Series
Overview

Area
Standard Cores
Arm Comparison
E2 Series
M0, M0+, M3, M4, M23, M33
E6 Series
R4, R5
E7 Series
M7, R7, R8
S2 Series
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S6 Series
R4, R5
S7 Series
M7, R7, R8
U6 Series
A5, A7, A35
U7 Series
A53, A55

What People
are Saying

SiFive’s RISC‑V Core IP was 1/3 the power and 1/3 the area of competing solutions, and gave FADU the flexibility we needed in optimizing our architecture to achieve these groundbreaking products.

Jihyo Lee — CEO, FADU

SiFive’s founders invented the RISC‑V instruction set architecture, which puts them in the driver’s seat for customers who want the benefits that open source hardware development offers.

Drew Wingard — Sonics CTO

SiFive’s cloud-based approach provides flexibility and ease for design teams, and we look forward to exploring its benefits.

Raja Koduri — GM Edge Computing Solutions, Chief Architect, Intel

RISC‑V looks as if it’s on its way to becoming a disruptive force for devices operating at the edge.

Christine Hall — DataCenterKnowledge.com

Like ARM processors, [SiFive’s] U540 sips power, and they already seem capable of doing the type of heavy lifting required of servers.

Christine Hall — DataCenterKnowledge.com

Western Digital

RISC‑V will allow the entire industry to realize the benefits of next-generation architectures while also enabling us to create more purpose-built devices, platforms and storage systems for Big Data and Fast Data applications.

Mike Cordano — President & COO, Western Digital