Google expands support for RISC-V on Android
Google says it's making decent progress with RISC-V compatibility on Android. The company has designated a set of extensions that will allow a RISC-V CPU to run the operating system. Currently it supports only a simple Android Open Source Project (AOSP) application, but it may be a first step towar... Read more
VMware wants to speed up confidential computing adoption
Confidential computing needs more support, VMware believes. With the open-source Certifier Framework for Confidential Computing, it hopes to overcome the obstacles the technology is facing. Samsung, AMD and the RISC-V Keystone community are already there as partners.
One of the most vulnerable e... Read more
Linux Foundation working on RISC-V Software Ecosystem (RISE)
The Linux Foundation is working on RISE, a software ecosystem for RISC-V software. The goal entails expediting the availability of software for powerful and energy-efficient RISC-V cores. This enables the running of advanced operating systems across various market segments. A stellar group of found... Read more
Intel quietly discontinues RISC-V program
Intel recently quietly discontinued its Intel Pathfinder for RISC-V program. This writes The Register. The program launched last year was supposed to promote the use of open-source RISC-V chip designs.
According to the tech website, the program website of the chip giant's Pathfinder for RISC-V s... Read more
Alibaba launches RISC-V chip development platform
The platform aims to help developers build System-on-Chips (SoCs) to support edge applications.
Chinese tech giant Alibaba released a development platform to help engineers build high-performance and silicon-based SoCs on the RISC-V open architecture, according to The Register. Alibaba said the ... Read more
Alibaba is making a cloud OS for multiple chip architectures
Alibaba Cloud, the fourth largest global cloud service, announced that its Apsara operating system compatible with multiple chip processors like ARM, RISC-V, and x86.
The shift from chip servers to cloud technologies
Intel and ARM largely control the global chip market – Intel's x86 dominat... Read more
AI chip startup Tenstorrent will use SiFive’s RISC-V cores
Tenstorrent, a start-up led by several former high-level AMD employees, has entered into a partnership with SiFive. The start-up wants to incorporate the design of the company's Intelligence X280 processor into its own chips for AI applications.
SiFive's X280 cores are based on the RISC-V archit... Read more