Morning Overview on MSN

Samsung readies PCIe 5.0 QLC SSD with a RISC-V based controller

Samsung is preparing a PCIe 5.0 SSD that pairs quad-level cell (QLC) flash memory with a RISC-V-based controller, a ...

Alibaba debuts its latest RISC-V-based chip amid shift to AI agents

The launch comes as AI agents are becoming the latest battlefield for Chinese tech companies after OpenClaw took the industry ...
Blockonomi

Linea Ends Direct EVM Arithmetization, Moves to RISC-V to Match Ethereum’s Proving Roadmap

Linea, the Ethereum Layer 2 network developed by ConsenSys, is transitioning from direct EVM arithmetization to a RISC-V-based proving architecture. The team spent three years building one of the most ...
Circuit Digest

Alibaba Unveiled XuanTie C950: High-Performance RISC-V Core for Edge AI

Alibaba has introduced the XuanTie C950, a high-performance 64-bit RISC-V processor core designed for demanding workloads ...
Design And Reuse

Switzerland is at the centre of a quiet rebellion in chip design

RISC-V offers an open-source alternative to Intel and ARM chip architectures, aiming to reduce global dependence on proprietary designs. A Swiss-based open-source technology is quietly challenging the ...
Forbes

The RISC-V Architecture Secures Smartwatches With Google And Qualcomm

Today, Google and Qualcomm announced an extension of their partnership to bring RISC-V-based systems-on-chips (SoCs) to market with support for Wear OS, a version of Android for smartwatches and ...

Hong Kong RISC-V Alliance Officially Launched to Foster Industry-Academia-Research-Investment Cross-Border Collaboration Empowering Open-Source Chip Ecosystem, Establishing an ...

The Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited (“Towngas”), together with a number of industry-leading enterprises and institutions, announced the official launch of the Hong Kong RISC-V Alliance (HKRVA) ...

China’s tech self-sufficiency drive reaches new milestone with powerful RISC-V chips

The Xiangshan high-performance processor is the latest effort from China to push the boundaries with RISC-V architecture.
GizChina

What Are RISC-V Chipsets and How Will They Redefine Next-gen Wearable Tech

ARM and x86 are the common names that come up when you’re talking about computer hardware. These architectures have been around for decades and power some of the strong and robust CPUs in the market.
Semiconductor Engineering

Differentiation And Architecture Licenses In RISC‑V

I was discussing with a colleague about the concept of architecture license in RISC-V. I realized that, in the open-source world, it can be a little tricky to grasp. In a traditional processor IP ...
SiliconANGLE

Arm rival SiFive raises $175M to accelerate development of its alternative RISC-V chip architecture

SiFive Inc., a computer chip startup that’s developing processor technology based on the open-source RISC-V instruction set architecture, said today it has raised a hefty $175 million in a late-stage ...
Tom's Hardware on MSN

Samsung preps PCIe 5.0 QLC SSD with a controller based on open-source RISC-V architecture

The BM9K1 reportedly delivers sequential read speeds of up to 11.4 GB/s, which Samsung said is 1.6 times faster than its predecessor, the PCIe 4.0 BM9C1.