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Upbeat Technology’s RISC-V MCU Takes Flight With Near-Threshold Computing

Upbeat Technology’s RISC-V MCU Takes Flight With Near-Threshold Computing

Developed with SiFive, the dual-core SoC uses patented error correction to achieve a record 16.8 µW/MHz/DMIPS, targeting next-gen wearables, drones, and IoT sensors.


News Oct 17, 2025 by Dale Wilson
Exclusive Interview—AMD Discusses Edge AI, Embedded x86, Adaptive SoCs, and More

Exclusive Interview—AMD Discusses Edge AI, Embedded x86, Adaptive SoCs, and More

In this exclusive Embedded World 2025 interview, we talk to AMD’s Kirk Saban about edge AI, ASICs vs. FPGAs, Adaptive SoCs, embedded x86, and the outlook ahead.


News Mar 21, 2025 by Jeff Child
RISC-V Summit Europe News—Processor IP, Verification Tools, and More

RISC-V Summit Europe News—Processor IP, Verification Tools, and More

At every point in the design process, RISC-V developers can make use of the advancements presented at RISC-V Summit Europe.


News Jun 26, 2024 by Aaron Carman
RISC-V Rollouts Abound at This Week’s North America RISC-V Summit

RISC-V Rollouts Abound at This Week’s North America RISC-V Summit

Reporting a “banner year” for adoption, these RISC-V developments show the versatility of the ISA.


News Nov 10, 2023 by Aaron Carman
Codasip’s New RISC-V Processor Family Dials In on Custom Compute

Codasip’s New RISC-V Processor Family Dials In on Custom Compute

The latest RISC-V IP makes processing power customizable for a wide span of embedded applications.


News Oct 23, 2023 by Aaron Carman
SiFive Rolls Out RISC-V Cores Aimed at Generative AI and ML

SiFive Rolls Out RISC-V Cores Aimed at Generative AI and ML

SiFive has released two new processors, one to target machine learning applications, and one to target general-purpose HPC.


News Oct 16, 2023 by Jake Hertz
Chipmakers, Researchers, and Hobbyists Show Off the Many Faces of RISC-V

Chipmakers, Researchers, and Hobbyists Show Off the Many Faces of RISC-V

In this roundup, we review the ways RISC-V is making its mark in the computing world—from small-scale gaming projects to large-scale corporate initiatives.


News Sep 23, 2023 by Abdulwaliy Oyekunle
Gowin and Andes Team Up on First 22 nm SRAM FPGA With RISC-V Core

Gowin and Andes Team Up on First 22 nm SRAM FPGA With RISC-V Core

FPGA vendor Gowin Semiconductor has teamed with RISC-V IP developer Andes Technology to develop an SRAM FPGA SoC with a hard-instantiated RISC-V core.


News Sep 11, 2023 by Duane Benson
Highlights From RISC-V Summit Europe Point to More RISC-V Abstraction

Highlights From RISC-V Summit Europe Point to More RISC-V Abstraction

New innovations from the RISC-V Summit Europe are poised to streamline the design process for open-source processors.


News Jun 09, 2023 by Aaron Carman
Axelera AI Raises $50 Million to ‘Mainstream’ Edge AI

Axelera AI Raises $50 Million to ‘Mainstream’ Edge AI

Leveraging its proprietary in-memory compute scheme and RISC-V dataflow technology, Axelera AI seeks to “democratize” artificial intelligence (AI).


News May 31, 2023 by Jake Hertz
SiFive Gives its WorldGuard Security Model to the RISC-V Community

SiFive Gives its WorldGuard Security Model to the RISC-V Community

SiFive hopes to strengthen the RISC-V community with the contribution of its WorldGuard model.


News May 30, 2023 by Jake Hertz
5G Base-Station-on-a-Chip Company EdgeQ Closes $75M in Series-B Funding

5G Base-Station-on-a-Chip Company EdgeQ Closes $75M in Series-B Funding

With its 5G base-station-on-a-chip SoC leading the way, EdgeQ has closed a $75 million round of investment funding.


News Apr 19, 2023 by Jeff Child
Two Firms Collaborate to Reimagine the Role of the Secure Element

Two Firms Collaborate to Reimagine the Role of the Secure Element

The new architecture has the secure element as the Master, while the CPU serves as the Subordinate.


News Apr 18, 2023 by Jake Hertz
Bluespec Teams Up with Synopsys for RISC-V Core Verification Effort

Bluespec Teams Up with Synopsys for RISC-V Core Verification Effort

With their collaboration, the firms hope to enable faster and improved functional verification testing for Bluespec’s RISC-V cores.


News Jan 24, 2023 by Jake Hertz
Andes Unveils Details of its Entry Level D23 RISC-V Processor Core

Andes Unveils Details of its Entry Level D23 RISC-V Processor Core

With the new processor, the company hopes to bring a feature-rich set of functions to the RISC-V community.


News Jan 12, 2023 by Jake Hertz
From RISC-V to 3D NAND Technology—Looking Back at the Trends of 2022

From RISC-V to 3D NAND Technology—Looking Back at the Trends of 2022

Catch up on some of the technology and industry trends we’ve noticed from 2022.


News Dec 31, 2022 by Kimber Wymore
Server-class RISC-V Core Unveiled by Ventana at RISC-V Summit

Server-class RISC-V Core Unveiled by Ventana at RISC-V Summit

In a bid to bring RISC-V to the high-performance, data center computing space, Ventana announced their Veyron family, a series of processors positioned to offer the flexibility needed to drive innovation.


News Dec 19, 2022 by Aaron Carman
“RISC-V is Inevitable”—A Tale of Two RISC-V Summit Keynotes

“RISC-V is Inevitable”—A Tale of Two RISC-V Summit Keynotes

At the annual summit, leaders in the RISC-V community had much to say about RISC-V taking over the world.


News Dec 16, 2022 by Jeff Child
Solutions Disclosed at RISC-V Summit: Security, Verification, and More

Solutions Disclosed at RISC-V Summit: Security, Verification, and More

At this year’s RISC-V Summit, stakeholders rolled out solutions revolving around verification, security, and software-defined SoCs.


News Dec 15, 2022 by Jake Hertz
With its New RISC-V Processors, SiFive Bets on Compute Density

With its New RISC-V Processors, SiFive Bets on Compute Density

Aiming to usurp Arm processors in size-constrained, compute hungry designs like wearables, SiFive has expanded its RISC-V “Performance” line of processors.


News Nov 01, 2022 by Jeff Child