RISC-V adaption and it's emergence into the mass markets is a very happening thing
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Sooooo, which article? I have mixed opinions on this. Is it finding its way into devices? Yes. Are they programmable, user-facing cores? Almost never at this point.
Microchip is going good work with PolarFire and that platform will be pretty dominant in mid-range and aerospace. But on the whole I think this is a lot of ‘speak it into existence’.
Have you heard of anyone using RISC-V?
Mr. Mark's talk on the podcast.
Yeah, they're getting adapted a lot there days. Initially a lot of startups built chips with these cores like SiFive(https://www.sifive.com/). Now semicon giants are rallying towards RISC-V. Some news:
- How companies are joining together for the change https://www.nordicsemi.com/Nordic-news/2023/08/leading-semiconductor-industry-players-join-forces-to-accelerate-risc-v
- Nordic's new chip with RISC-V coprocessors https://www.nordicsemi.com/Products/nRF54H20
- Synopsys spinning ARC processor IP so that anyone can plug in one of these in their designs https://news.synopsys.com/2023-11-07-Synopsys-Expands-Its-ARC-Processor-IP-Portfolio-with-New-RISC-V-Family
- AMD put out a new flavor of it's classic Microblaze as Microblaze-V https://www.xilinx.com/products/design-tools/microblaze-v.html
It is very happening with RISC-V
Leading Semiconductor Industry Players Join Forces to Accelerate RI...
Establishing a new company to drive RISC-V ecosystem and hardware development
nRF54H20 - Nordic Semiconductor
nRF54H20 - 4th generation multiprotocol SoC
Synopsys Expands Its ARC Processor IP Portfolio with New RISC-V Family
Next-Generation ARC-V Processor Targets Embedded Automotive, Storage, and IoT Applications
Okay so this partially addresses and partially proves my point.
* The first link is talking about a bunch of companies who want to join forces to support RISC-V to scare Arm
* The second is a bunch of coprocessors around Arm hosts
* The third is IP and the host is scheduled for release in a year
* The fourth is a soft core
I want mainstream silicon with a RISC-V host. Who will give it to me?!
The first point is it all. It's just that how long it will take.
eventually opensource has a good potential when enough people join and contribute.
I agree to an extent. It's a little different when you're dealing with something you can't go back and fix later. But ultimately someone is going to take the leap... I thought it would be Qualcomm but they seem to have pulled back a bit (still can't believe Arm has pushed them this far)
I remember listening when Mark said, we're backed by big corporations, and that makes us special. Then he went on to tell how the LINUX project has succeeded and become a dominating force in the OS market.
I think Mark was trying to say. He wants to repeat the Linux formula in the semiconductor industry. I feel there is the possibility of huge success in years to come. But in my opinion, it will still take time. I remember one YT interview with Eben Upton, who said the maturity of drivers and overall system stability is not quiet there yet. This is when asked questions about, what it means of ARM Vs RISC-V for Raspberry Pi Foundation.
Even though I was very sleepy last night while listening to this podcast. Hope I got it right info.
Thanks for sharing!
Yeah this is a great post @Navadeep. I agree with Umesh that it’s a marathon not a sprint, and the development infrastructure will take years to support. Which is why when they say “it’s everywhere” I am skeptical there is marketing afoot 🙂