EDN

Development kit pairs RISC-V and FPGA

The PolarFire SoC Discovery Kit from Microchip makes RISC-V and FPGA design accessible to a wider range of embedded engineers. This low-cost development platform allows students, beginners, and ...
EDN

FPGA prototyping harnessed for RISC-V processor cores

FPGA-based prototyping solutions provider S2C has teamed up with RISC-V processor IP supplier Andes Technology to enhance prototyping capabilities for system-on-chip (SoC) designs. This collaboration ...
Embedded

Microchip launches $500 RISC-V based FPGA development kit

Microchip Technology has launched what it says is the industry’s first RISC-V based system-on-chip (SoC) field programmable gate array (FPGA) development kit, available for under $500. The rising ...
Electronic Design

RISC-V FPGA Design Leaps Forward with Mi-V

A longtime supporter of the RISC-V (pronounced RISC Five) instruction set architecture (ISA), Microsemi provides tools and RISC-V soft cores for its various FPGA lines, including the recently unveiled ...
TweakTown

Ubitium announces 'universal processor': combines CPU, GPU, DSP, FPGA in a single RISC-V chip

TL;DR: Ubitium is developing a Universal Processor that combines CPU, GPU, DSP, and FPGA into a single chip, aiming to revolutionize the market by reusing every transistor for multiple functions.
Electronic Design

Secure FPGA RISC-V SoC Forgoes Heatsink

How a cool FPGA needs so little power. The importance of a smaller RISC-V SoC FPGA. What the PolarFire SoC means to RISC-V developers. Why security and reliability are key to PolarFire’s success. Very ...
Geeky Gadgets

New BeagleV-Fire FPGA and RISC-V Single Board Computer

BeagleBoard, a prominent player in the field of single-board computers (SBCs), has recently unveiled its latest product, the BeagleV-Fire. This advanced SBC is powered by Microchip’s PolarFire ...
Semiconductor Engineering

FPGA-Proven RISC-V System With Hardware Accelerated Task Scheduling

A technical paper titled “Enabling HW-based Task Scheduling in Large Multicore Architectures” was published by researchers at Barcelona Supercomputing Center, University of Campinas, University of Sao ...
Semiconductor Engineering

FPGA-Based HW/SW Platform For Pre-Silicon Emulation Of RISC-V Designs (Barcelona Supercomputing Center)

A technical paper titled “Makinote: An FPGA-Based HW/SW Platform for Pre-Silicon Emulation of RISC-V Designs” was published by researchers at Barcelona Supercomputing Center and Universitat ...
Liliputing

BeagleV-Fire is a $150 single-board PC with a RISC-V processor featuring FPGA fabric

The BeagleV-Fire is a new single-board computer from BeagleBoard, the company behind the BeagleBone and BeaglePlay line of boards, among others. What makes this $150 board stand out is that it’s ...
Design News

Is Platypus from Zero ASIC the FPGA equivalent to RISC-V?

Before I tell you what I’m about to tell you, let’s first refresh our minds as to RISC-V processors. Why? Well, because even though what I’m about to tell you has nothing to do with RISC-V per se, in ...
Hackaday

Gigantic FPGA In A Game Boy Form Factor, 2019 Supercon Badge Is A Hardware Siren Song

Look upon this conference badge and kiss your free time goodbye. The 2019 Hackaday Superconference badge is an ECP5 FPGA running a RISC-V core in a Game Boy form factor complete with cartridge slot ...