RISC-V architecture has made a lot of progress in recent years, but when I write about new RISC-V hardware I often add a note that the platform tends to lag behind x86_64 and ARM when it comes to ...

With Arm slated to start trading on the Nasdaq this week, investors are looking at potential risks for the company. While analysts told CNBC it's not an immediate threat, Arm itself warned that if it ...

Canonical announced today it's collaborating with SpacemiT (Hangzhou) Technology Co., Ltd. in an effort to make Ubuntu run on SpacemiT's RISC-V systems-on-chip (SoCs) that use the RVA23 profile. The ...

Proprietary, closed architectures have traditionally limited companies in a few ways. First, it’s important to consider that for a long time, there were heavy restrictions on customization. Some of ...

Processor vendors have always tried to create a large software ecosystem around their products, because it creates stickiness and it naturally “locks-in” large numbers of customers who have invested ...

In context: The RISC-V chip architecture is just ten years old, while the x86 standard was first introduced in 1978. Yet, someone is trying to bring a somewhat working emulation of Intel's CPU ...