Exciting new research from VDC reveals how embedded processor ISA alternative RISC-V is not only revolutionizing hardware design, it’s cracking a new commercial market wide open. Companies long prized for their proprietary architectures, like ARM, Intel, and others, suddenly have to contend—and compete—with nascent open source hardware companies driving a new way of thinking and building.
One stark piece of evidence for this is VDC’s forecast of global shipments of RISC-V processors through 2023. The chart, shown below, predicts a staggering increase in RISC-V demand.
And as with so many who see a bright future for RISC-V, VDC also highlights the two biggest needs for companies looking to design with RISC-V: reliable cores and reliable solutions—both of which create an ecosystem for hardware and software designers to design safely and efficiently, particularly when it comes to RISC-V verification. In their annual survey of the IoT & embedded engineering community, ‘CPU Performance’ and ‘Programming Tools Available’ ranked as the most important characteristics when choosing an embedded processor for engineers and developers currently considering RISC-V for their projects.
For Bluespec, this is another reminder of why we’re working so hard to provide best-in-class RISC-V cores and RISC-V tools for hardware and software developers to ensure their success.
‘CPU Performance’ and ‘Programming Tools Available’ ranked as the most important characteristics when choosing an embedded processor for engineers and developers currently considering RISC-V for their projects.
VDC RESEARCH. (2020) RISC-V Driving the Open-Source Hardware Revolution to the Edge & IoT
Check out the full article from VDC here.
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