Semiconductor Engineering

RISC-V Custom Instruction Flow Application Note

How to validate an application on a RISC-V processor with custom instructions, analyze the application execution, and optimize the custom instruction implementation and its documentation. A RISC-V ...
Business Wire

Imperas and Metrics Collaborate to Jump Start RISC-V Core Design Verification Using Open Source Instruction Stream Generator

ZURICH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Imperas Software Ltd., the leader in virtual platforms and high-performance software simulation, today announced the collaboration with Metrics, working on the verification ...
Design-Reuse

RISC-V source class riscv_asm_program_gen, the brain behind assembly instruction generator

CHIPS Alliance has developed an open-source riscv-dv random instruction generator for RISC-V processor verification. This article focuses on the class riscv_asm_program_gen.sv and its various ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Manage Your Risk In RISC-V

Adoption of RISC-V processors is accelerating. This technology, like everything, comes with benefits and risks. The open standard means freedom for many developers, but success depends on the ...
Hackaday

RISC-V: Why The ISA Battles Aren’t Over Yet

A computer processor uses a so-called Instruction Set Architecture to talk with the world outside of its own circuitry. This ISA consists of a number of instructions, which essentially define the ...