Alibaba Speaks More on it’s XT910 RISC-V Core Claimed to be Faster Than An Arm Cortex-A73
https://www.electronics-lab.com/alibaba-speaks-more-on-its-xt910-risc-v-core-claimed-to-be-faster-than-an-arm-cortex-a73/
Alibaba has provided more details on its first RISC-V-based product; A 16-core RISC-V processor called the XT 910. As at the time of its release in July 2019, not much was said about the XuanTie 910 except that it was targeted towards the high-performance end to end 5G, AI, and autonomous driving applications. But during […]
Sipeed Maix Amigo Development Board Based on RV64GC (RISC-V)
https://www.electronics-lab.com/sipeed-maix-amigo-development-board-based-on-rv64gc-risc-v/
Seeed Studio has announced the Sipeed Maix Amigo, which is a portable 64-bit RISC-V development kit powered by Kendryte K210 RISC-V AI processor. The release of the Sipeed Maix Amigo rivals the Wio terminal, Wio terminal is a simple and tiny device to build I/O with the physical world, equipped with a 2.4 inch LCD and […]
PolarFire SoC Icicle Kit features quad core 64-bit RISC-V
https://www.electronics-lab.com/polarfire-soc-icicle-kit-features-quad-core-64-bit-risc-v/
PolarFire SoC Icicle Kit is an affordable development tool for Microchip’s PolarFireSoC, a low-power FPGA fused or integrated with a hardened quad-core 64-bit RISC-V microprocessor subsystem. The Icicle tool is the first development panel for the significant Polarfire SoC, which is the world’s first FPGA and Linux-capable RISC-V system in a single chip. If your […]
Aries Launches RISC-V based PolarFire SoC module
https://www.electronics-lab.com/aries-launches-risc-v-based-polarfire-soc-module/
Aries Embedded has launched a Linux-powered, FPGA-enabled RISC-V SoC from Microchip’s Micro semi unit, called the M100PFS. It is one of the first compute modules equipped with the PolarFire SoC. The M100PFS features an identical 74 x 42mm footprint as Aries’ similar M100PF module, which is equipped with the PolarFire FPGA without the Linux-ready RISC-V […]
Espressif Next Gen ESP32-S2 SoC and family goes into Mass Production
https://www.electronics-lab.com/espressif-next-gen-esp32-s2-soc-family-goes-mass-production/
Back in 2019, Espressif announces the launch of ESP32-S2 SoC, which was an upgrade of the regular of ESP32 but targetted for security-focused applications. Unlike the typical ESP32, this new SoC comes with an array of new features. Fasttrack to February 2020, Espressif has announced that the ESP32-S2 SoCs have now been cleared for mass […]
ONiO.zero RISC-V Microcontroller Functions On Harvested Energy
https://www.electronics-lab.com/onio-zero-risc-v-microcontroller-functions-harvested-energy/
ONiO, a Norwegian healthcare-focused Internet of Things (IoT) expert has unveiled ONiO.zero, an ultra-low-power RISC-V-based microcontroller capable of operating solely from harvested energy — without needing a battery, capacitor, or any other means of energy storage. The company says “ONiO.zero is an ultra-low-power wireless MCU that uses energy harvesting technology.” This indicates that the ONiO.zero […]
SEGGER Releases Floating-Point Library to Support RISC-V
https://www.electronics-lab.com/segger-releases-floating-point-library-support-risc-v/
Comprehensive array of arithmetic functions, hand-coded & optimized in assembly language. SEGGER‘s stand-alone Floating-Point Library has now been extended to include an assembly-optimized variant for RISC-V implementations. The library contains a complete set of high level mathematical functions that have been written in C, and uses advanced algorithms to maximize performance levels. All of the […]
New GAP9 IoT offers five times lower power consumption than GAP8
https://www.electronics-lab.com/new-gap9-iot-offers-five-times-lower-power-consumption-gap8/
Last year, GreenWaves Technologies launched the GAP8 multi-core RISC-V microcontroller, aimed at artificial intelligence (AI) at the edge at ultra-low power consumption. Results from the GAP8 IoT SoC shows it performs inference at 3.7mA against 60mA for the same workload on STM32F7 Arm Cortex-M7 MCU. As a result of this performance, the company has now expanded […]
SparkFun RED-V RedBoard – SiFive RISC-V
https://www.electronics-lab.com/sparkfun-red-v-redboard-sifive-risc-v/
The SparkFun RED-V (pronounced “red-five”) RedBoard is a low-cost, development board featuring the Freedom E310 SoC which brings with it the RISC-V instruction set architecture (ISA). The RED-V RedBoard comes in the familiar Arduino Uno R3 form factor and includes the SiFive Freedom E310 core, 32MB of QSPI flash, an NXP K22 ARM Cortex-M4 for […]
New Wio Lite RISC – V WiFi Board with ESP8266 Module for WiFi connectivity Launches for $6.9
https://www.electronics-lab.com/new-wio-lite-risc-v-wifi-board-esp8266-module-wifi-connectivity-launches-6-9/
Recently, there was a lot of buzz as the 32bit general purpose GigaDevice GD32V which is based on RISC-V open architecture as well as the Longan Nano development board with LCD display were launched into the board market. Compared to the formerly released GD32 Arm Cortex-M3 microcontroller, the GD32V RISC-V MCU is expected to deliver […]