Alibaba delivers RISC-V server chip optimized to run China’s top AI models

Alibaba has revealed a new server chip that it says is the most powerful processor ever to use the RISC-V instruction set.
Design And Reuse

Reliable performance with RISC-V: Why architecture, microarchitecture and compilers must work together

On 15 April, 2026, Elektor is hosting a conference on RISC-V and its increasing significance for embedded and IoT systems. Ahead of the event, we spoke with one of the speakers, Gerard Vink. He is the ...
Semiconductor Engineering

SG2042 64-Core RISC-V CPU Versus Existing RISC-V HW And High Performance x86 CPUs

A technical paper titled “Is RISC-V ready for HPC prime-time: Evaluating the 64-core Sophon SG2042 RISC-V CPU” was published by researchers at University of Edinburgh. “The Sophon SG2042 is the ...
CNX Software

Alibaba XuanTie C950 – A powerful, RVA23-compliant 64-bit RISC-V core for Edge AI computing

Alibaba has introduced the XuanTie C950 high-performance, 64-bit multi-core CPU IP with an out-of-order superscalar microarchitecture, RVA23 profile ...
Liliputing

SiFive Performance P550 is the most powerful RISC-V processor to date

Chip designer SiFive has unveiled two new processor cores featuring RISC-V architecture, including the new SiFive Performance P270 and SiFive Performance P550 processor. The company says the latter is ...
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 ...
EDN

The next RISC-V processor frontier: AI

The RISC-V Summit North America, held on 22-23 October 2025 in Santa Clara, California, showcased the latest CPU cores featuring new vector processors, high-speed interfaces, and peripheral subsystems ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Performance Implications for Multi-Core RISC-V Systems with Dedicated Security Hardware

“The RISC-V instruction set architecture (ISA) is a promising open-source architecture supporting the Open Era of Computing. As RISC-V matures, consumers, industry leaders, and nation states are ...
HotHardware

SiFive HiFive Premier P550 Review: A True RISC-V Dev Kit Platform Emerges

Page 1: SiFive HiFive Premier P550: RISC-V Levels Up On Real Development Hardware SiFive HiFive Premier P550: Everything is Fine, Nothing Is Ruined The HiFive Premier P550 was perfectly trouble-free ...
heise online

RISC-V single-board computer with RVA23 chip for new Linux distributions

SpacemiT delivers one of the first RISC-V processors with RVA23 technology. The eight-core K3 promises decent performance but costs more than a Raspberry Pi 5. Basically, Linux has long been running ...