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Ex-Intel team raise $21.5m to pursue RISC-V for AI

➀ A group of former Intel engineers and executives have raised $21.5 million in seed funding for their RISC-V startup, AheadComputing.

➁ The company, based in Portland, Oregon, is using RISC-V to tackle the processing demands of AI.

➂ Investors include notable figures such as Jim Keller, CEO of RISC-V developer Tenstorrent, and Eclipse Ventures.

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Electronics Weekly Engineering RISC-V Software UKESF open source

EW BrightSparks 2024 profile: Nandni Jamnadas, Royal Holloway / Embecosm

➀ Nandni Jamnadas is a UKESF Scholar and a student at Royal Holloway, University of London, also working as a Software Tool Chain Engineer at Embecosm.

➁ She is a member of the Embecosm GNU compiler team and leads the CORE-V GNU tool chain project.

➂ Her achievements include contributing to GNU, creating tailored tool chains for customers, and implementing new features in the CORE-V tool chain.

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Geekbench 6.4 is Here with Support for Upcoming CPUs

➀ Geekbench 6.4 has been released, featuring support for upcoming CPUs and better support for RISC-V and Arm processors.; ➁ The new version includes support for RISC-V Vector Extensions and improved support for Arm Scalable Matrix Extensions.; ➂ The benchmark now reports the instruction set usage and enhances CPU topology detection, particularly on Linux systems with ARM and RISC-V processors.

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China's SpacemiT develops 64-core RISC-V datacenter CPU — 12nm chip allegedly performs like a 10-year old Xen or Opteron but with higher core count

➀ SpacemiT introduces the VitalStone V100 with up to 64 RISC-V cores; ➁ The processor is based on OpenC910 project design and is made on a 12nm process technology; ➂ Each core achieves a SPEC CINT2006 integer score of 9, placing it on par with older processors like the Intel Xeon E5520 and AMD Opteron 6212 but with a higher core count.

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Imagination quits RISC-V CPU business to focus on GPUs and AI

➀ Imagination exits the RISC-V CPU business; ➁ Focus on GPU and AI IP; ➂ Maintains commitment to the RISC-V ecosystem; ➃ RISC-V CPU IP portfolio limited in scope; ➄ Shift in focus seen as ironic given Imagination's history with MIPS.

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Multicore RISC-V Smart Car automotive processor

Multicore RISC-V Designs for Smart Automotive Apps

➀ A cluster of six MIPS P8700 RISC-V cores can be replicated up to 64 times; ➁ This supports 768 execution threads.

Hacking Microcontroller RISC-V RP2350 Raspberry Pi security

7 months ago

It looks like the Raspberry Pi RP2350 Hacking Challenge has been beaten — Hacker gains access to the OTP secret by glitching the RISC-V cores to enable debugging

➀ Hacker Aedan Cullen gains access to the OTP secret by glitching the RISC-V cores of the RP2350; ➁ The RP2350 was introduced as a successor to the RP2040 with added security features; ➂ The hacking challenge was to uncover a secret hidden in the RP2350's OTP memory.

Ubitium announces development of 'universal' processor that combines CPU, GPU, DSP, and FPGA functionalities – RISC-V powered chip slated to arrive in two years

➀ Ubitium, a RISC-V startup, is developing a universal processor that combines CPU, GPU, DSP, and FPGA functionalities.➁ The processor, based on a workload-agnostic microarchitecture, aims to revolutionize the industry.➂ The chip is scheduled to be released in two years, but the timeline might be more aspirational than concrete.

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RISC-V chiplets performance

RISC-V Chips Not Profitable, Companies Turn to Chiplets

➀ Sales of RISC-V chips are unprofitable for companies, and RISC-V suppliers are discussing chip architectures at SC conferences.

➁ RISC-V's performance is far from comparable to x86 and ARM processors.

➂ RISC-V is highly flexible and suitable for small chips, and can be paired with any type of interconnect, storage, or I/O.

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Mouser introduces RISC-V resource centre

➀ Mouser has launched its RISC-V resource center to educate design engineers on the latest technology and applications. The center provides articles, blogs, eBooks, and products from Mouser’s technical team and manufacturing partners. It discusses how RISC-V is advancing machine learning closer to the edge in various devices.➁ Mouser offers a range of semiconductors and electronic components for RISC-V applications, including Renesas Electronics’ RISC-V MCU Fast Prototyping Board and Raspberry Pi Pico 2.➃ The resource center explores the benefits of RISC-V technology in areas such as consumer electronics, industrial sensors, and healthcare devices.

lowRISC-SCI Sonata duet

➀ lowRISC CIC and SCI Semiconductor collaborate to tape out the Sonata design; ➁ The collaboration aims to move CHERI technology to commercial adoption; ➂ The project is funded by UKRI and focuses on the ICENI device family for OT applications.

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Adding Soft-Core RISC-V to FPGAs Improves Programmability

➀ FPGAs can be made more programmable by integrating a soft-core RISC-V processor; ➁ Loren Hobbs from Bluespec discusses the implementation of this concept; ➂ The benefits of improved programmability are highlighted.

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RISC-V CPU demoed with RX 7900 XTX GPU in Debian Linux — AMD flagship GPU paired with Milk-V Megrez board and SiFive P550 cores

➀ RISC-V firm Milk-V demonstrates compatibility of AMD's RX 7900 XTX GPU with its RISC-V board; ➁ The system runs the glmark2 benchmark on Debian Linux; ➂ Milestone for RISC-V in PCs, though not yet widely adopted.

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AI Digital Transformation RISC-V

First Industry-Level RISC-V Computing Power Ecosystem for Large-Scale Models Debuts

1. China emphasizes digital and intelligent development, focusing on digital economy growth and integration of the internet, big data, AI, and real economy.

2. SimCom Computer Technology Co., Ltd. (SimCom) is a company dedicated to RISC-V-based AI processors, providing a comprehensive solution for digital transformation.

3. SimCom's products include Jiuzhou large model, Xuan Shu data governance platform, and Qingtian intelligent agent development platform, creating an efficient data processing ecosystem.

4. SimCom's RISC-V-based solutions aim to address the AI computing power anxiety and provide a stable and secure computing environment.

Fractile joins Andes for AI inference hardware

➀ Fractile and Andes Technology collaborate to develop AI inference accelerators using in-memory compute for running cutting-edge AI models; ➁ Fractile licenses Andes AX45MPV RISC-V vector processor and plans to integrate it into their first generation data center AI inference accelerator; ➂ Fractile's innovative circuitry enables 99.99% of model inference operations in on-chip memory, improving energy efficiency and reducing latency.

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