Imagination’s first real-time 32-bit RISC-V Catapult CPU: IMG RTXM-2200


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In 2021, Imagination Technologies revealed that it was developing multiple processors based on Catapult’s open RISC-V architecture. IMG RTXM-2200, a 32-bit RISC-V real-time embedded CPU core, is the first addition to the Catapult family introduced by the firm. The latest news found the IMG RTXM-2200 processor is proposed to focus on real-time computing in sensors, […]

Google and SkyWater Technology collaborate to launch an Open-Silicon developer portal


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With the exponential increase in the demand and requirement of silicon-based chips, Google, in partnership with SkyWater Technology, has launched a new platform to encourage and help the developer community to get started with its Open MPW shuttle program. Leveraging SkyWater’s open-source process design kit (PDK), the platform allows developers to submit open-source integrated circuit […]

Esperanto Technologies’ Evaluation Program gives access to the ET-SoC-1 AI inference accelerator


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At the Hot Chips 33 conference, California-headquartered Esperanto Technologies, known for providing high-performance machine learning inference accelerators, unveiled the company’s new ET-SoC-1 “supercomputer-on-a-chip” based on the RISC-V open-standard instruction set architecture. On April 20, 2022, Holly Stump, an Integrated Marketing Consultant with Esperanto Technologies, announced the initial evaluation for its ET-SoC-1 AI inference accelerators with […]

Muse Lab unveils all-new iCESugar-nano FPGA development board with ICE40LP1k and RISC-V core


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Muse Lab has released a compact iCESugar-nano FPGA development board powered by the Lattice Semiconductor iCE40LP1k and a RISC-V core. This is the latest addition to Muse Lab’s iCESugar long list of open-source FPGA development boards that is compatible and supported by yosys, nextpnr, and icestorm– open-source toolchains. The iCE40LP is an ultra-low-power and non-volatile […]

Wemos’ LOLIN C3 Mini Powered by a 32-bit RISC-V processor, priced at $4.10


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Wemos has unveiled a new development board for the LOLIN family, LOLIN C3 Mini is powered by an Espressif ESP32-C3FH4 Wi-Fi and BLE RISC-V microcontroller. The board follows the company’s earlier versions of WEMOS D1 Mini (ESP8266) and LOLIN S2 Mini (ESP32-S2) form factor and is designed to work with the original stacking Wemos D1 […]

Linux Kernel driver support in development for NVIDIA Deep Learning Accelerator


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In 2017, NVIDIA released the Deep Learning Accelerator (NVDLA), a free and open-source technology designed for embedded and IoT applications. Leveraging the scalability and configurability, NVDLA is integrated into the latest NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin module that is priced at $1990. In the latest news found in the Linux Kernel mailing list archive, NVIDIA’s Deep […]

StarFive VisionFive V1 RISC-V Single Board Computer on sale for $179


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After the hype around BeagleBoard Foundation’s BeagleV StarFive RISC-V SBC, the cancellation came as a shock to the embedded developers’ space. However, as an alternative to the original RISC-V single-board computer and continuing most of its features, StarFive unveiled the VisionFive V1 late last year— now available for purchase on ALLNET China. The hardware comes […]

M5Stamp C3U IoT Module Incorporates RISC-V-based ESP32-C3 Microcontroller


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Chinese electronic device manufacturer M5Stack unveiled a RISC-V powered M5Stamp C3U IoT module with advanced wireless connectivity for home and industrial automation. For the implementation of IoT projects that are subject to operate at higher temperatures of up to 230℃, the M5Stamp C3U IoT module is shipped inside a heat-resistant plastic enclosure. At the heart […]

Codasip announces two RISC-V-based embedded cores for AI/ML edge customizations


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Last week, Codasip, known for edge tools and IPs, has announced RISC-V-based embedded cores for AI/ML edge customizations – L31 and L11 RISC-V processor cores. In addition to the existing low-power embedded cores, the L31 and L11 are aimed towards easing the customization process using Codasip Studio tools for deep neural network applications with low-power […]

MangoPi-Nezha MQ Development Board with C906 RISC-V Core


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In the last decade, RISC-V has seen an exponentially increased adoption from manufacturing, designing a wide range of boards under its ecosystem, offering high performance. A Chinese open-source community working on the real-time operating system (RTOS) has designed a RISC-V-based development kit, MangoPi Nezha MQ featuring popular Allwinner D1s (commonly seen as F133 on the […]