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What is RISC-V, and why does Vitalik Buterin want it for Ethereum smart contracts?

RISC-V, pronounced “risk five,” is a modern open-source instruction set architecture (ISA) based on reduced instruction set computer (RISC) principles. In simple terms, it’s like a blueprint that ...
Design And Reuse

Nvidia Enters the Scene. Behind the $400 Million in Financing, RISC-V Ushered in Spring

On April 9, 2026, SiFive announced the completion of a $400 million oversubscribed Series G financing, and NVIDIA appeared on the list of investors. What's more notable is not the financing amount, ...
ITWire

The Risc-V architecture that can shape the future of computing

Open source software rightly gets a lot of attention; open source hardware has its part to play too. One development drawing increasing attention in both technical and executive circles is RISC-V, ...
Android Authority

Android will officially support the RISC-V architecture, and that's a big deal

Google has announced that it will support the RISC-V architecture. This is an alternative computing architecture to Arm, which powers virtually all smartphones. Android only supports two computing ...
Geeky Gadgets

Synopsys unveils innovative RISC-V ARC-V processor IP for next-gen chip design

If you’re closely following the semiconductor space, you will be pleased to know that Synopsys, Inc. has made a significant announcement this week. With the introduction of the new RISC-V ARC-V ...
VentureBeat

RISC-V grows globally as an alternative to Arm and its license fees

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More ARM is the most successful microprocessor architecture on the planet, ...
Semiconductor Engineering

RISC-V Is Thriving: Here’s What You Need to Know

RISC-V, the open-standard Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) conceived by UC Berkeley developers in 2010, is going from strength to strength. The RISC in RISC-V stands for Reduced Instruction Set ...
Liliputing

DC-ROMA’s second RISC-V mainboard for the Framework Laptop delivers up to 50 TOPS of AI performance

RISC-V computer maker DeepComputing has made some of the first laptops, tablets, and other products including a new RISC-V mainboard for Framework’s modular 13 inch laptop. Now DeepComputing is ...
Android Authority

RISC-V support in Android just got a big setback

The Android Common Kernel is about to remove support for the RISC-V architecture. Android Common Kernel is Google’s fork of the upstream Linux kernel but with Android-specific additions. RISC-V is an ...
Hackaday

RISC-V: Why The ISA Battles Aren’t Over Yet

A computer processor uses a so-called Instruction Set Architecture to talk with the world outside of its own circuitry. This ISA consists of a number of instructions, which essentially define the ...
VentureBeat

RISC-V grows globally as an alternative to Arm and its license fees

ARM is the most successful microprocessor architecture on the planet, with its licensees shipping billions of chips a year. But a rival has emerged in the past few years called RISC-V, a new kind of ...