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Alibaba Cloud porting Android to RISC-V
Unable for the US to stop it
Alibaba Cloud has advanced its work to port Android to the RISC-V in a move which will stop the US from preventing China getting its paws on US tech.
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Intel cuddles up to RISC-V
Starts a $1 billion fund
Chipzilla has announced a new $1 billion fund on February 7 to build a foundry innovation ecosystem and will collaborate with several RISC-V standard IC design firms.
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US China embargo could be RISCy
Chinese might move to RISC-V architecture
Analyst firm Counterpoint Research has said that attempts to restrict technology transfer to China could see the RISC-V architecture become more prominent.
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Apple about to invent RISC-V
About time
While it has been around for years, much like the rounded rectangle, RISC-V has been waiting for Apple to invent it and it looks like that will happen.
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MIPS to make RISC-V processors
Risky business
MIPS Technologies, the company that had been synonymous with the MIPS processor architecture, will now be developing processors based on RISC-V architecture.
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BeagleV board announced
RISC-V runs Linux
Seeed Studios have teamed up with well-known SBC vendor BeagleBoard to produce an affordable RISC-V system designed to run Linux.
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Micro Magic comes up with super-efficient CPU
5GHz and 1.1V
Micro Magic has produced a prototype CPU that is several times more efficient than world-leading competitors, while retaining reasonable raw performance.
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SiFive shows there is life in RISC-V
Will 2020 be the year of RISC-V?
SiFive has unveiled a new computer featuring the company's SiFive FU740 processor based on RISC-V architecture.
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RISC-V gaining ground
There really is demand out there
The CEO of the RISC-V Foundation told the assembled throngs at this year's HiPEAC conference that there is a growing demand for the Open Source chip.
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RISC-V Foundation escapes to Switzerland
Avoiding authoritarian US trade embargos
The RISC-V Foundation, which sets standards for the open-sourced CPU architecture and controls who can use the RISC-V trademark on products, says it is escaping the shackles of the Trump regime and escaping to Switzerland. It is not clear if a motorcycle is involved.