{"id":11906,"date":"2023-01-06T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-07T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/?p=11906"},"modified":"2022-06-09T17:54:12","modified_gmt":"2022-06-10T01:54:12","slug":"risc-v-an-open-source-challenger-to-x86-arm-architectures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/risc-v-an-open-source-challenger-to-x86-arm-architectures\/","title":{"rendered":"RISC-V: An Open-Source Challenger to x86, ARM Architectures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">RISC-V is an open-source 32-bit chip architecture that provides a small and efficient processor architecture.  It is an open-source instruction set that does not require a fee to use.  The project started at UC Berkeley in 2010 and now has contributers and volunteers working on the project thoughout the world.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11907\" width=\"599\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image-1.png 800w, https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image-1-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image-1-768x429.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/venturebeat.com\/2021\/12\/02\/risc-v-grows-open-source-processor-membership-130-in-2021\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/venturebeat.com\/2021\/12\/02\/risc-v-grows-open-source-processor-membership-130-in-2021\/\">From VentureBeat\/Tractica<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To gain access to and to use the RISC-V code, it is necessary to join RISC-V International.  The number of members has grown from about 600 memebers at the start of 2020 to more than 2400 today.  Estimates are that there will be more than 80 billion RISC-V chips on the market by 2025, nearly 14 percent of the entire CPU market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/heavenstone\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/heavenstone\/\">Mark Himelstein<\/a>, CTO at RISC-V, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techrepublic.com\/article\/risc-vs-open-chip-processors-expected-to-double-in-2022-and-double-again-in-2023\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.techrepublic.com\/article\/risc-vs-open-chip-processors-expected-to-double-in-2022-and-double-again-in-2023\/\">said that<\/a> &#8220;many companies are taking advantage of RISC-V to create custom processors designed to handle the power and performance requirements of newer workloads for AI (artificial intelligence) and ML (machine learning), IoT (Internet of Things), and VR (virtual reality) and AR (augmented reality) applications.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/zdenek-prikryl\/?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Egoogle%2Ecom%2F&amp;originalSubdomain=cz\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/zdenek-prikryl\/?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Egoogle%2Ecom%2F&amp;originalSubdomain=cz\">Zdenek Prikryl<\/a>, CTO of Codasip, <a href=\"https:\/\/semiengineering.com\/risc-v-will-there-be-other-open-source-cores\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/semiengineering.com\/risc-v-will-there-be-other-open-source-cores\/\">said that<\/a> &#8220;we will see RISC-V in more and more designs and products. In other words, the adoption of RISC-V will keep growing. We are starting to see RISC-V in new domains now, such as HPC, server and even automotive, which means more advanced and robust designs. It\u2019s not just about the embedded domain anymore. One day, and it\u2019s not that far away, we will see the first mobile phone that is RISC-V-based. 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