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Core IP Portfolio

Discover the industry’s broadest portfolio of RISC‑V cores, customizable for your specific application needs

Powering Innovation Across Industries

The SiFive® Core IP portfolio consists of four distinct families, each designed to address diverse computing demands: high-performance application processors, low-power embedded microcontrollers, highly scalable vector and matrix processors for AI and modern workloads, and solutions specifically designed for the automotive industry. Built on the RISC-V ISA and supported by flexible software and a global ecosystem, our core IP offers customers world-class performance and versatility.

Automotive

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, SO26262 ASIL B, ASIL D and split-lock certifications.

  • High performance IP for IVI, ADAS and Central Compute
  • Embedded cores for Zonal compute, safety islands, and microcontrollers
  • Intelligence AI cores for all vehicle workloads, including ADAS/AD

Essential

The SiFive Essential™ family offers a wide range of silicon-proven, pre-defined embedded CPU cores or lets you use SiFive Core Designer to build a custom processor configuration tailored to your specific market and needs.

  • Highly customizable to meet exact requirements
  • Scales from 32-bit MCUs to 64-bit dual-issue
  • Proven Innovation: billions of units shipped worldwide

Intelligence

SiFive 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.

  • Scalar + wide vector compute engines
  • High bandwidth bus interfaces to control custom engines
  • Highly scalable matrix computing solutions

Performance

SiFive Performance™ delivers maximum performance and throughput in a range of sizes and power profiles. These cores provide customers with highly efficient, feature-rich RISC-V scalar and vector computing capabilities, tailored for optimal balance and industry-leading results.

  • High Performance 64bit Out of Order scalar engines
  • Full support for RVA23 profile
  • Optional vector compute engines across the portfolio

SiFive Automotive Family

E6-A Series
Automotive
  • 32-bit 8 stage scalar
  • Balanced performance and efficiency
  • ASIL B, D
E7-A Series
Automotive
  • 32-bit superscaler
  • High performance and efficiency
  • ASIL B, D
S7-A Series
Automotive
  • 64-bit superscaler
  • High performance embedded
  • ASIL D

SiFive Essential Family

2-Series
Essential
  • Highly configurable feature set
  • Scalable performance
  • 32/64-bit embedded
  • 2-4 stage pipeline
  • Power & area optimized
6-Series
Essential
  • Highly configurable feature set
  • Scalable performance
  • 32/64-bit embedded or 64-bit rich-OS
  • 8-stage pipeline
  • Single issue
7-Series
Essential
  • Highly configurable feature set
  • Scalable performance
  • 32/64-bit embedded or 64-bit rich-OS
  • 8-stage pipeline
  • Dual issue superscalar

SiFive Intelligence Family

X200 Series
Intelligence
  • 512-bit Vector length
  • Single Vector ALU
  • VCIX (1024-bit)
X300 Series
Intelligence
  • 1024-bit Vector Length
  • Single/Dual Vector ALU
  • VCIX (2048-bit)
XM Series
Intelligence
  • Scalable Matrix Engine
  • 4 X300 cores per cluster
  • 1 Cluster = 16 TOPS (INT8)

SiFive Performance Family

P400 Series
Performance
  • Highly efficient, lowest power cores
  • 3-wide out-of-order core
  • Scalable up to 16 cores
  • RVA22 with 1x128-bit Vectors/vector crypto 
P600 Series
Performance
  • High performance cores for general purpose applications
  • 4-wide out-of-order core
  • Scalable to up to 16 cores
  • RVA22 with 2x128-bit Vectors/vector crypto
P800 Series
Performance
  • Highest single threaded performance cores
  • 6-wide, out-of-order core
  • Scalable to 256 cores
  • RVA23 with 2x128 bit vectors
  • CHI bridge
  • RAS Functionality

Leading the RISC-V Revolution

The History of RISC-V
SiFive was founded by the inventors of RISC-V, an open standard approach to computer architecture, unburdened by legacy constraints and free from vendor lock-in.
Key Markets
RISC-V is already utilized in billions of devices and applications worldwide. Explore how SiFive is powering rapid expansion and innovation across key markets.
Why Choose SiFive
Discover how SiFive’s RISC-V expertise can help you break free from outdated architectures. So you have more freedom to innovate.

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