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6-Series

6-Series

SiFive Essential™ 6-Series cores are mid-range performance real-time CPUs with an 8 stage, single issue pipeline designed for general purpose applications. Ideal for applications that require high performance in a power-constrained environment (e.g., real-time embedded, industrial, and IoT).

  • Highly configurable feature set
  • Scalable performance
  • 32/64-bit embedded or 64-bit rich-OS
  • 8-stage pipeline
  • Single issue
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SiFive Essential 6-Series Features

  • 32-bit or 64-bit RISC-V core 
  • Up to 2.1 DMIPS/MHz, 4.0 CoreMark/MHz 
  • Single Issue, in-order 8-stage Harvard Pipeline 
  • Coherent multicore capable with shared Level 2 cache 
  • Optional SECDED ECC support on Level 1 and Level 2 memories 
  • Up to 47-bit physical addressing 
  • MMU (U6 only)
  • Linux capable (U6 only) 
  • Double, single and half-precision floating point 
  • Advanced security options including WorldGuard 
  • Configurable range of memory and SoC interface options 
    - Flexible and configurable port interfaces including IO coherent interface (front port) 
    - Direct, dedicated core local port for hardware peripheral / accelerator connectivity
    - Industry standard AMBA compliant bus protocols enable easy integration 

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  • Highly configurable feature set
  • Scalable performance
  • 32/64-bit embedded
  • 2-4 stage pipeline
  • Power & area optimized
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  • Highly configurable feature set
  • Scalable performance
  • 32/64-bit embedded or 64-bit rich-OS
  • 8-stage pipeline
  • Dual issue superscalar
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SiFive Automotive™ solutions provide a range of high-end application and real-time processors, delivering industry-leading performance, minimal area, and low power consumption. ISO 21434, ISO26262 ASIL B, ASIL D and split-lock certifications.
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Intelligence embraces a software-first approach to processor design, addressing the future needs of deploying ML and AI at the edge. It provides high-performance, scalable vector and matrix compute capabilities, adaptable to evolving workloads.
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Performance
The SiFive Performance™ family of RISC-V processors is designed for maximum throughput and performance efficiency for a range of application from datacenter workloads, ranging from Web servers and multimedia processing, Networking/Storage to consumer applications like TV, wearables and other smart devices requiring AI functionality.
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