Alibaba releases RISC-V development platform
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Edge SoCs coming

Alibaba Cloud has released a development platform to help engineers building high-performance Systems-on-Chip (SoC) silicon based on the RISC-V open architecture.

First RISC-V laptop arrives
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Monday, 04 July 2022 12:17

First RISC-V laptop arrives


It will probably get better

The world’s first RISC-V laptop has just hit the shelves to a collective yawn from reviewers.

Alibaba Cloud porting Android to RISC-V
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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.

Intel cuddles up to RISC-V
Published in PC Hardware
Tuesday, 08 February 2022 11:47

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.

US China embargo could be RISCy
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Wednesday, 15 September 2021 12:14

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.

Apple about to invent RISC-V
Published in PC Hardware
Monday, 06 September 2021 12:40

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.

MIPS to make RISC-V processors
Published in PC Hardware
Tuesday, 09 March 2021 12:49

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.

BeagleV board announced
Published in PC Hardware
Thursday, 14 January 2021 11:59

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.

Micro Magic comes up with super-efficient CPU
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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.

SiFive shows there is life in RISC-V
Published in PC Hardware
Monday, 02 November 2020 11:24

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.