Charlie Su, President and CTO of Andes Technology, delivered a compelling keynote at the 2025 RISC-V Summit North America, asserting that RISC-V is primed to drive the burgeoning field of Intelligent General Computing. This emerging paradigm integrates AI and machine learning into everyday computing devices, from AI-enabled… Read More
Semiconductor Intellectual Property
Journey Back to 1981: David Patterson Recounts the Birth of RISC and Its Legacy in RISC-V
In a warmly received keynote at the RISC-V Summit, computer architecture legend David Patterson took the audience on a captivating trip back to 1981, using scanned versions of his original overhead transparencies to recount the birth of Reduced Instruction Set Computing (RISC) at UC Berkeley.
Patterson began with humor, noting… Read More
Google’s Road Trip to RISC-V at Warehouse Scale: Insights from Google’s Martin Dixon
In an engaging presentation at a recent RISC-V summit, Martin Dixon, Google’s Director of Data Center Performance Engineering, took the audience on a metaphorical “road trip” to explore the company’s vision for integrating RISC-V into its massive warehouse-scale computing infrastructure. Drawing… Read More
Bridging Embedded and Cloud Worlds: AWS Solutions for RISC-V Development
In a compelling keynote at the RISC-V Summit North America 2025, Jeremy Dahan from AWS explored the challenges of embedded systems development and how cloud technologies can bridge the gap between local hardware tinkering and scalable, shareable environments. Drawing from his experience as an engineer, Dahan highlighted … Read More
Navigating SoC Tradeoffs from IP to Ecosystem
Building a complex SoC is a risky endeavor that demands careful planning, strategic decisions, and collaboration across hardware and software domains. As highlighted in Darren Jones’ RISC-V Summit presentation from Andes Technology, titled “From Blueprint to Reality: Navigating SoC Tradeoffs, IP, and Ecosystem,”… Read More
S2C, MachineWare, and Andes Introduce RISC-V Co-Emulation Solution to Accelerate Chip Development
MachineWare, and Andes Technology today announced a collaborative co-emulation solution designed to address the increasing complexity of RISC-V-based chip design. The solution integrates MachineWare’s SIM-V virtual platform, S2C’s Genesis Architect and Prodigy FPGA Prototyping Systems, and Andes’ high-performance… Read More
Aerial 5G Connectivity: Feasibility for IoT and eMBB via UAVs
In the evolving landscape of telecommunications, uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) are emerging as innovative platforms for extending 5G networks, particularly in areas lacking terrestrial infrastructure. Dr. Jyrki T. J. Penttinen’s paper, presented at the First International Conference on AI-enabled Unmanned … Read More
WEBINAR: Why Network-on-Chip (NoC) Has Become the Cornerstone of AI-Optimized SoCs
By Andy Nightingale, VP of Product Management and Marketing
As AI adoption accelerates across markets, including automotive ADAS, large-scale compute, multimedia, and edge intelligence, the foundations of system-on-chip (SoC) designs are being pushed harder than ever. Modern AI engines generate tightly coordinated, … Read More
Podcast EP322: A Wide-Ranging and Colorful Conversation with Mahesh Tirupattur
Daniel is joined by Mahesh Tirupattur, chief executive officer at Analog Bits. Mahesh leads strategic planning to develop and implement Analog Bits’ vision and mission of enabling the silicon digital world with interfacing IP to the analog world. Additionally, Mahesh oversees all aspects of Analog Bits’ operations to ensure… Read More
CAST’s Breakthrough in Automotive IP: The MSC-CTRL Microsecond Channel Controller
In a significant advancement for automotive electronics, Semiconductor intellectual property provider CAST has unveiled the MSC-CTRL Microsecond Channel Controller IP core. This new core empowers ASIC and FPGA designers with a deterministic, microsecond-precise serial interface for connecting to smart power and sensor… Read More


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