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S2C Targets Faster RISC-V Bring-Up With Prototyping and AI

S2C Targets Faster RISC-V Bring-Up With Prototyping and AI
by Daniel Nenni on 10-27-2026 at 6:00 am

S2C advances RISC V FPGA development

S2C showcased FPGA prototyping and AI-assisted debugging at the sixth RISC-V Summit China, outlining how developers can validate complex processor designs and begin software development before first silicon. Its demonstrations connected three stages of that effort: running substantial RISC-V systems on FPGA hardware,… Read More


CEO Interview with Lisa Spelman of Cornelis

CEO Interview with Lisa Spelman of Cornelis
by Daniel Nenni on 10-25-2026 at 6:00 am

Lisa Spelman The network as compute

Lisa Spelman is CEO of Cornelis, where she leads the company’s efforts to advance high-performance networking for AI and HPC infrastructure. She brings more than 20 years of experience across AI, cloud, enterprise infrastructure, data center operations, product strategy, and go-to-market leadership.

Before joining Cornelis,… Read More


The $9.5 Billion Design IP Market: Shifting Boundaries, Arm’s Monopoly, and the RISC-V Response

The $9.5 Billion Design IP Market: Shifting Boundaries, Arm’s Monopoly, and the RISC-V Response
by Kalar Rajendiran on 09-04-2026 at 6:00 am

2025 Design IP Sub Categories Market Share Pie Chart

While semiconductor design intellectual property (IP) is a $9.45 billion market, it acts as the absolute architectural bottleneck for the entire global semiconductor value chain. The choices made at the IP layer today dictate the cost, power, and security of a downstream technology economy rapidly marching toward a trillion… Read More


RISC-V at Sixteen: From Modular ISA to Standardized Platforms at Hot Chips 2026

RISC-V at Sixteen: From Modular ISA to Standardized Platforms at Hot Chips 2026
by Admin on 08-24-2026 at 12:00 pm

RISC V at 16 Hot Chips

RISC-V has evolved from a Berkeley research architecture into a global instruction-set standard spanning embedded controllers, application processors, accelerators, and emerging servers. Its defining technical characteristic is not merely openness, but disciplined modularity. Four ratified base ISAs—RV32I, RV64I,… Read More


CEO Interview with Sumeet Kumar of Innatera

CEO Interview with Sumeet Kumar of Innatera
by Daniel Nenni on 08-20-2026 at 8:00 am

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Dr. Sumeet Kumar is CEO of Innatera, the pioneering Dutch neuromorphic processor company. Dr. Kumar was previously with Intel and Indrion Technologies, and has spent his career in microprocessor development. He co-founded Innatera in 2018 as a spin off from the Delft University of Technology.

Tell us about your company?

When… Read More


Hot Chips 2026: Architectures for the Agentic Computing Era

Hot Chips 2026: Architectures for the Agentic Computing Era
by Daniel Nenni on 08-19-2026 at 2:00 pm

Hot Chips 2026 Agentrys Quadric SemiWiki

Hot Chips 2026, formally the thirty-eighth Symposium on High Performance Chips, arrives at Stanford’s Memorial Auditorium from August 23 through 25 with a program that captures a decisive shift in computer architecture. Peak arithmetic throughput remains important, but the conference is increasingly about system balance:… Read More


CEO Interview with Jerry Chen of Upbeat Technology

CEO Interview with Jerry Chen of Upbeat Technology
by Daniel Nenni on 08-13-2026 at 10:00 am

Jerry Chen CEO Founder Upbeat Technology

Jerry Chen, CEO and Founder of Upbeat Technology, received his Master of Science in ECE from the University of Texas at Austin. Started working as an IC design engineer in Silicon Valley at Intel, Lucent, Apple, and Procket Network since 1995. Later transitioned into Technical Marketing roles, serving as Director of Marketing… Read More


Podcast EP359: The Benefits of the SiFive Smart Flow™ Technology with David Kravitz

Podcast EP359: The Benefits of the SiFive Smart Flow™ Technology with David Kravitz
by Daniel Nenni on 08-07-2026 at 10:00 am

Daniel is joined by David Kravitz, Senior Principal Engineer at SiFive, the pioneer of the RISC- V computing revolution. A veteran silicon architect with decades of experience designing high-performance processors ranging from VAX and Alpha to MIPS and ARM, David led the team behind some of the most critical breakthroughs in… Read More


How Fast Can a Performance Model Actually Be Built?

How Fast Can a Performance Model Actually Be Built?
by Admin on 07-26-2026 at 4:00 pm

SimplEx MicroCircuitSutra Performance Model 2026 07 20 Fig

By Thang Tran, CEO of Simplex Micro and Umesh Sisodia, CEO of CircuitSutra

Performance models have a reputation problem. They’re often treated as a long-lead, high-effort undertaking — something a design team commits to early and then waits on for months before it’s useful. The development of SimplEx Micro’s… Read More


RISC-V Advantage in Accelerator Control Highlights System Verification Challenges

RISC-V Advantage in Accelerator Control Highlights System Verification Challenges
by Bernard Murphy on 07-22-2026 at 6:00 am

Breker synthesis engine

When considering best-fit applications for RISC-V, the appeal of extending the instruction set and competitive pricing for storage and edge applications has been pretty clear. But I have always struggled to understand the appeal in head-on competition with Arm in premium applications such as servers and infrastructure systems.… Read More