ExtremeTech

RISC vs. CISC Is the Wrong Lens for Comparing Modern x86, ARM CPUs

Try to investigate the differences between the x86 and ARM processor families (or x86 and the Apple M1), and you'll see the acronyms CISC and RISC. It's a common way to frame the discussion, but not a ...
Design-Reuse

RISC-V: The Open-Source Revolution in CPU Architecture

RISC-V is an open-source Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) that rapidly transforms the CPU design and development landscape. Unlike proprietary ISAs, RISC-V allows free access to architecture ...
Geeky Gadgets

RISC-V Revolution: How Open Processors Are Changing the CPU Market

RISC-V, an open instruction set architecture (ISA), is reshaping the global computing landscape. Unlike proprietary ISAs such as x86, widely used by Intel and AMD, or ARM, which dominates mobile and ...
HowToGeek on MSN

Fedora Linux Now Supports RISC-V Processors

The Fedora Linux project is “jumping on the RISC-V train,” joining other Linux distributions in supporting the emerging CPU ...
Forbes

The ISA Wars Have Ended And The Heterogeneous CPU Era Has Arrived

Discussions about CPUs often frame one instruction set architecture (ISA) against another—x86 vs. Arm, Arm vs. RISC-V, and so on. However, it’s common to use multiple CPU architectures in a single ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Increasing Design Flexibility With RISC-V-Based Processor IP

The semiconductor industry increasingly needs more flexible and scalable processor architectures, driving the growing adoption of RISC-V. Originally developed at the University of California, Berkeley ...
CRN

Qualcomm Acquires RISC-V Chip Designer Ventana To Boost CPU Efforts

Qualcomm said Wednesday that it has acquired Ventana Micro Systems, a startup that was focused on developing server CPU ...
SiliconANGLE

RISC-V chip startup AheadComputing raises $21.5M to fix CPU bottlenecks

The newly minted chipmaking startup AheadComputing Inc. said today it has raised $21.5 million in seed funding to develop and commercialize a new artificial intelligence chipset based on the ...
Hackaday

Why X86 Needs To Die

As I’m sure many of you know, x86 architecture has been around for quite some time. It has its roots in Intel’s early 8086 processor, the first in the family. Indeed, even the original 8086 inherits a ...
ExtremeTech

Western Digital Announces Plans for Its Own RISC-V Processor

RISC-V hasn't been a huge topic for us at ExtremeTech, but the fully open-source CPU instruction set architecture (ISA) has been building momentum in the industry over the past few years as more ...
The Motley Fool

1 Massive Overlooked Risk for Intel and AMD

The semiconductor industry is in for some big changes as new design architectures come to bear. Arm chips made headway in markets traditionally dominated by Intel and AMD, and RISC-V chips could be ...
Android Authority

Arm vs x86: Instruction sets, architecture, and all key differences explained

The Android operating system is built to run on three different types of processor architecture: Arm, Intel x86, and MIPS. The former is today’s ubiquitous architecture after Intel abandoned its ...