VentureBeat

RISC-V grows globally as an alternative to Arm and its license fees

ARM is the most successful microprocessor architecture on the planet, with its licensees shipping billions of chips a year. But a rival has emerged in the past few years called RISC-V, a new kind of ...
TechSpot

Arm and RISC-V: Can there only be one?

In almost every discussion about RISC-V's position in the ecosystem, the instruction set architecture (ISA) is often seen as a direct competitor to Arm. Most people view the two ISAs as being engaged ...
Network World

Chip makers team up to take on Arm with RISC-V

Five companies that manufacture semiconductors for smartphones, automobiles and more have announced that they will form a company designed to advance the open source RISC-V architecture, in a move ...
SpaceNews

SwRI Is Researching ARM, RISC-V Processors For Use As Faster Spaceflight Computers

Researchers point to a microprocessor on a space-ready motherboard used in spaceflight applications. SwRI is evaluating reduced instruction set computers (RISC-V or “risk five”) and Advanced RISC ...
Embedded

RISC-V speaks on options after Nvidia-Arm news

As the embedded industry digests the implications of the proposed acquisition of Arm by Nvidia, while the big licensees have so far remained tight-lipped in talking publicly about their thoughts, RISC ...
Business Insider

Open source chip tech RISC-V could be a major beneficiary of Arm's $40 billion sale to Nvidia

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link US chip maker Nvidia's $40 billion mega-deal to acquire chip designer Arm sent shockwaves through the semiconductor industry when it was announced ...
ZDNet

Nvidia's ownership of ARM could drive customers to RISC-V, other alternatives if not careful, says Xilinx CEO

"If it gets approved and they're [ARM] not a pure-play IP company, I mean, you can count on there'll be new competition," Xilinx CEO Victor Peng told ZDNet in an interview Friday via Zoom. "It's a ...
Ars Technica

Qualcomm—one of Arm’s biggest customers—starts a RISC-V joint venture

The joint venture will first target automotive, with IoT and mobile coming later. Wonder how long before Qualcomm sues to stop other companies from using RISC-V because of some vague as fuck patent ...
Embedded

embedded news: Arm, Intel, and a big week for RISC-V

The big news this week is of Nvidia abandoning its proposed acquisition of Arm, leaving Arm no option but to now pursue an initial public offering (IPO), which it hopes to do by 31 March 2023. To take ...
Ars Technica

Intel’s strategy for outflanking Arm takes shape with bet on RISC-V

Many of Intel’s current woes can be traced to the fact that the company was left out of the iPhone. Whether Intel passed on the opportunity or couldn’t meet the spec is by now a moot point, but ...
Business Wire

Arm and RISC-V Software Development Solution from Ashling: RiscFree™ for Arm & RISC-V

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ashling, a leading provider of embedded development tools, has today announced advanced support for heterogeneous multi-core Arm and RISC-V development within ...