"RISC-V is overwhelm, " separate collective patriarch of RISC-V main inventor of several years, SiFive holds China concurrently presiding framework division Professor Krste Asanovic, the Beijing of forum of technology of China of 2023 SiFive RISC-V that just rang down the curtain satisfactorily recently, Shanghai, Shenzhen when 3 ground itinerate makes a speech, stressed idea of this one core from beginning to end.

Started to had spent original dormancy at the RISC-V framework 2010 period, already realized 10 billion shipment volume 2022, according to Asanovic the professor is forecasted, 5 years RISC-V will greet future swift and violent growth, End the shipment volume of RISC-V processor nucleus will achieve 80 billion 2025, and this still is conservative estimation. "SiFive company sale and business develop senior vice president to just came firm gentleman plaints as much on congress, The membership number of RISC-V international foundation from 3 years half before expanded 435 times when the portion in December 2019 namely already close now 4000, it is the growth of nearly 10 times almost, RISC-V development is too rapid. ..

Graph 1. The future that collective patriarch of RISC-V main inventor, SiFive holds presiding framework division Professor Krste Asanovic concurrently to emphasize RISC-V on forum of technology of China of 2023 SiFive RISC-V is overwhelm

And be in China, RISC-V more great expectations be expressinged, china is the country of the biggest consumption calculating force on the world all the time, but not be powerful nation of production calculating force, the occurrence of RISC-V lets China begin organic meeting to participate in the whole world to calculate the competition of force, the 5G standard that resembles communication period is same. Regard the contriver of RISC-V and leader as the manufacturer, siFive all the time focusing throws RISC-V, with when all gives the range of products with the most entire industry into iteration of research and development. This second forum of 3 ground itinerate is held in China, be in to encircle preach oneself to domestic RISC-V industry namely the ability a collection of illustrative plates of RISC-V domain, pay equal attention to the pound announces SiFive personally the determination of operation China market and business, This also attracts ginseng of public figure of nearly 2500 industries signing up to meet, in all explore China RISC-V develops a major programme of lasting importance, if why collective testimony SiFive leads computation of future of source zoology overlay the storm group of new Fan Shi with his means.

Times of pattern of perpendicular semiconductor business, why does RISC-V framework become inevitable option?

Height of instruction collect framework accords with Matthew effect, at the same time the competition of instruction collect framework is the competition of technical level not merely, more competition that are commercial pattern. Why to say RISC-V is overwhelm, be opposite because of industrial group just about new business pattern, the stability that can be used at all domains to, open source, open instruction collect framework long for.

Professor Asanovic thinks every times can have the instruction market of corresponding dominant, for example the X86 framework of microprocessor times, the ARM framework of mobile interconnection times, in instantly the semiconductor business pattern of more perpendicular depth falls, the industry that is a delegate with apple, tesla is gotten army the company is in the products plan that defines silicon system oneself, the RISC-V framework that opens a source neatly is just about comply with " Vertical Semiconductor " (perpendicular semiconductor) times and unripe.

Graph 2. Professor Asanovic points out to RISC-V chooses to become inevitable trend below Vertical Semiconductor times

More what is more,the rather that, RISC-V is endogenous advantage of instruction collect framework is in apparent with each passing day, exceedingly good PPA (Power/ Performance/Area) function, the more competition that is based on source framework also is stimulating more innovation... high-powered processor and better zoology support middle finger day can be waited for.

Graph 3. RISC-V development is rapid, its ecology group rises abruptly quickly

100% devoted RISC-V+ enlarge Chinese investment, siFive carries range of products of newest all fronts to appear on China

Many 100 spread all over global client; Program of 350 many designs; In the semiconductor big plant of before the whole world 10 8 already spread out collaboration with SiFive; Many 600 employee, 85% above are research and development qualified personnel of relevant high-grade technology, among them many 100 employee all has a doctor's degree, siFive reiterates with a series of data he concerns RISC-V first heart.

Graph 4. SiFive company sale and business develop senior vice president to just stated to firm gentleman SiFive is thrown with all one's strength RISC-V and will personally the determination of cultivated China market

"SiFive from sturdy at the beginning devoted RISC-V, devote oneself to to help the whole world produce industry to quicken each ' RISC-V is changed ' , " just came firm gentleman say, "Our layout the most overall RISC-V IP product. In addition, it is CPU not only, the software zoology of CPU periphery for example Multi-core, Multi-cluster, the software group of our SiFive is in follow-up, quicken be born in order to output a complete plan help client. Quicken be born in order to output a complete plan help client..

Increase Chinese investment, it is forum of technology of China of this SiFive RISC-V the another key to industry official announce. Above sea is Chinese division headquarters, compose builds this locality group and modes of life and relation to their environment of partner of this locality zoology, siFive wants in future of announce of the official on forum personally operation China market, showed the ability a collection of illustrative plates of oneself adequately to Chinese industry group.

Graph 5. SiFive compose built the system of IP product matrix with RISC-V the most comprehensive domain

Only last a period of time 3 years, the product of 5 big CPU IP that the product route chart of SiFive already left from past Essential series, augment arrives to add Automotive, Intelligence, Performance newly the RISC-V industry of many product line is the most entire product matrix.

AI+ is high-powered + the crucial field that the car uses into RISC-V to send force, layout of SiFive all fronts

When talking about what market to will send the focal point of force into RISC-V future, just combed in the spot to firm gentleman at 4 o'clock: One of, have the field of higher demand to power efficiency, move for instance the market, at present the power efficiency photograph of RISC-V can have the promotion of 30%~40% than Arm, in the meantime, gu Ge announces RISC-V becomes the Tier-1 framework platform that Android supports already formally; Secondly, car domain, dynamoelectric change and drive automatically to had overturned thoroughly car line of business, arrive from hardware of software complete shine new will ecbolic a brand-new zoology; Thirdly, namely AI, generated type AI and large linguistic model to promote especially right but the demand of process designing sex; Its 4, specific crucial domain, for example NASA already used RISC-V in large spaceflight and industrial project. These 4 domains will defeat the key of the bureau into RISC-V future not only, it is SiFive takes the lead in more layout with period the important fulcrum of market of race to control.

RISC-V high-powered navigate person SiFive Performance series --According to SiFive chief engineer Mr Wang Kaihuai introduces, the Performance series that goes after computational density is the high-powered navigate in current RISC-V domain person. From simple can apparel the market, the shift that intelligent household product goes to to having higher demand to function and network equipment sphere are the target application of SiFive Performance.

Needing to emphasize P400-Series and P600-Series particularly among them take the lead in according with RVA22 standard. Well-known, the importance of RVA22 standard depends on solving the problem that RISC-V fragment turns, this also asks each application of future needs to accord with this standard. In the meantime, gu Ge is met in the RISC-V Europe peak at the beginning of June went up to also announce to did not come the RISC-V hardware standards that Android 15 of the first edition needs to support, the P400-Series of SiFive and P600-Series are current on market add up to the RISC-V CPU IP of compasses exclusively completely.

Graph 6. The function of SiFive P470 and P670 and Arm product / efficiency contrast pursues

SiFive also was revealed in the real time that exhibit an area turn to latest edition Android, can demonstrate the Demo of the Android 15 inside AOSP, convenient future client goes build more the application of superstratum. Although be a simple development only board, but from the Gu Ge end last year Guan Xuan Android will support RISC-V instruction market, update this edition Demo to SiFive, the couple that can see Android and RISC-V is not difficult, the ode of the support that the most important still is zoology and pattern of business of RISC-V instruction volume can. Disclose according to the expert, can have the most quickly on the market 2024 be based on the city of technical product range with corresponding Android.

Graph 7. SiFive is in chinese mainland head the Demo of beautiful Android 15 On RISC-V

In addition, deep degree of number wisdom CTO Sun Chan (in Chen Xin) the gentleman also is in this second forum spot represents company given Krste Asanovic to teach computer of notebook of a RISC-V -- ROMA. Regard the world as computer of first RISC-V notebook, ROMA takes the lead by RISC-V foundation, count by deepness wisdom development, ancient bronze mirror commentate science and technology is debugged, it is a RISC-V notebook computer that has most advanced function, embarking OpenKylin operating system, aim to let an user experience development of former unripe RISC-V and RISC-V software ecosystem. The birth of ROMA also revealed RISC-V adequately to be in to industrial group the infinite likelihood of China and even whole world, extend RISC-V application indefinitely to industry associate put forward to expect higher.

Graph 8. Deep degree of number wisdom Mr CTO Sun Chan in Shenzhen forum spot given Asanovic teachs ROMA of RISC-V notebook computer

On forum of this second China itinerate, siFive whole world first Guan Xuan P870-A: Highest function represents Automotive series industry --The times feature that defines a car with software is changing quickly automobile industry. "More ADAS functions labor force needs the car on hair ground, according to statistic, come from 2020 2030, the car carries year of compound increase rate of SoC and MCU to be respectively 19% with 9% , " SiFive product sale is advanced say of manager Mr Lin Zongmin. From traditional distributed electron electric framework change controls a framework to region, can unite software development not only, promote considerably truckload the flexibility that digitlization upgrades, right high-powered central computation also raised taller requirement.

Graph 9. Roadmap of SiFive Automotive range of products is revealed

Market of car of SiFive raise the quota, rolled out can expand to high-powered calculative from MCU range of products, include Performance series P870-A of highest function range of products.

Occupy Mr Lin Zongmin to divulge, p870-A is to face drive automatically, the need such as central gateway is high-powered calculative application setting, and the client that this product also is SiFive, car of a gleam of of a whole world uses the hardware standards that SiFive of tendercy of chip big factory owner puts forward to ask. Can say, processor respect P870-A is being used in the car is current on market but the RISC-V processor of accredit IP neutral can be highest.

SiFive Intelligence series: Open mode standard and ability opening a source is the base that makes type AI chip --At the beginning of this year, generate type AI to sweep across the whole world, showed its breathtaking ability on the task that solves Seq-to-seq, and the market that these large models can allow data center to have infinity 20 years in future and future. Focusing instantly, if where to be aimed at the nerve network model that has not invented to design an AI chip to become a key currently, siFive AI/ML product is advanced chief inspector Mr Li Benzhong thinks open mode standard is mixed the source just is the base that makes type AI chip, Agile hardware framework, catenary of stable efficient software development tool, RISC-V, MLIR and LLVM will provide basis of the stablest science and technology to the client.

Graph 10. SiFive AI field is main product X280

It is with X280 exemple, this product already was included Gu Ge inside client of numerous a gleam of introduces the whole world, later period these clients also will open package of relevant tool, software, frame and code library the source comes out benefit and industrial group. X280 also is defined to be RISC-V to be at present in artificial intelligence domain accordingly the most successful processor product.

In forum the corresponding period exhibit on, the figure that SiFive also showed his to be based on X280 product / Demo of solution of article identifying AI/ML. Google already issued complete AI/ML solution OpenXLA at rolling out MLIR frame publicly in Feburary 2023, siFive already succeeded OpenXLA/IREE software inn integrated, siFive Intelligence series also is current the supports OpenXLA RISC-V exclusively software on market and hardware solution. This Demo also is announce to industry SiFive has the capacity that makes a client fast enter AI to use the market each.

Graph 11. The figure that is based on AI/ML solution / article identifying Demo exhibits stage the corresponding period to exhibit in SiFive

"Software! Software! Software! " , siFive carries compose of companionate join forces to build core of RISC-V zoology system

In the seminar link of forum, what is audience spot enquires Asanovic teachs RISC-V future to develop 3 the most crucial essential factor, asanovic teachs an answer: "Software! Software! Software! " really, to RISC-V, a source of only statement collect is far insufficient still, whole industry should realize nimble development, fast iteration, need includes catenary of source processor, tool opening a source, IP opening a source, SoC opening a source, operating system, compile all-around zoology such as support. Face high-powered chip domain especially, RISC-V still needs to unite the support of the software zoology such as operating system, algorithmic library.

Accordingly, engineer of SiFive presiding field application Mr Zhang Yan is introducing RISC-V from embedded when to application processor reachs development tool, emphasized above all, "RISC-V is having the software ecosystem with the rapiddest growth. " the strongest contributor that SiFive can say is RISC-V software tool and operating system, offer from compile implement (GCC, LLVM, poCL) to library of debugging aids, utility program (GDB, binutils, newlib, glibc) to model of Linux kernel port, ISS (QEMU) wait. "Now day, the software tool of all SiFive will be offerred freely, without any licence secret key is controlled. Without any licence secret key is controlled..

Of course, the zoology compose of RISC-V builds the resultant force that needs industry participator, siFive also knows very well this matter is not easy, from what pay attention to zoology system at the beginning compose is built, already spent compose to establish his ecology group in the dimension such as software tool, operating system at present.

Graph 12. SiFive software tool, operating system reachs IP partner give typical examples

On this forum, numerous zoology partner, for exampleSynopsys, Imperas, Sai Erxin, core takes science and technology, IAR, LAUTERBACH, Green Hills Software to appear together, or make a speech through special subject, or reveal through Demo, elaborated what build to RISC-V zoology compose to aid from oneself perspective in succession force and how to spread out collaboration with SiFive. Synopsys arrives from test and verify as what industry precedes the provider that implements IP technology, in the CPU zoology system that in the light of RISC-V this starts anew, will be strengthened and RISC-V zoology is gotten mediumly army for instance SiFive develops the business all-around collaboration, through series collaboration helps a client settle all sorts of challenges among the test and verify that RISC-V CPU uses to be faced with among SoC design and implementation flow quickly jointly. Imperas devotes oneself to to develop RISC-V imitate technology and processor test and verify, also give out soft hardware to develop the series with applicable personnel to emulate a model to leave with SiFive collaboration, further help client reduces development risk, quicken a product to appear on the market flow.

Graph 13. Partner of one numerous zoology exhibits SiFive a likewise fetching attention

And to how realizing RISC-V small an analysis and program of car framework degree are optimized, sai Erxin recommended platform of artisan of god of its Genesis core mainly, in this framework platform, drive network, automatically from radio of aviation electron, software, multimedia, the much territory such as semiconductor, characteristic of itself of software of have the aid of, contain model library of the standard oneself, like aiding force client to resemble building building blocks, compose establishs his framework. Additional, regard a revolutionary much standard chip as platform, does the expert that core brings science and technology also allege its WAVE? Chip platform will change design of base band chip thoroughly, hold the flexibility of the rate that has hardware and software concurrently, will face RISC-V to offer brand-new framework method to design base band ASIC.

RISC-V zoology main forces is being swept across with imagining the acceleration that be less than and come, no less than just was in what sum up in the speech to firm gentleman, "The advantage of RISC-V is cut namely, source, low power comsumption, modular, and sufficient participation and competition can bring RISC-V domain more kinetic energy and vitality, this is the dominant position that other framework cannot compare! This is the dominant position that other framework cannot compare!!

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