Connecting the Dots: Why RISC-V System Design Is Entering a New Era

Connecting the Dots: Why RISC-V System Design Is Entering a New Era
by Kalar Rajendiran on 05-04-2026 at 10:00 am

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At the recent RISC-V Now event hosted by Andes, the discussion underscored the fact that RISC-V is no longer just about instruction set architecture advantages or customizable cores. The real focus has moved up the stack to system-level design. This is where connectivity, integration, and security define whether an innovation… Read More


RISC-V Now! — Where Specification Meets Scale!

RISC-V Now! — Where Specification Meets Scale!
by Daniel Nenni on 03-31-2026 at 8:00 am

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In forty plus years as a semiconductor professional I have never seen a semiconductor design ecosystem build as fast and as strong as RISC-V. As a result, RISC-V Now! has emerged as a pivotal gathering, a conference with a clear and ambitious mission: To transform the open, modular, and flexible RISC-V ISA from an exciting specificationRead More


Pushing the Packed SIMD Extension Over the Line: An Update on the Progress of Key RISC-V Extension

Pushing the Packed SIMD Extension Over the Line: An Update on the Progress of Key RISC-V Extension
by Daniel Nenni on 01-20-2026 at 6:00 am

Pushing the Packed SIMD Extension Over the Line Andes RISCV Summit

The rapid growth of signal processing workloads in embedded, mobile, and edge computing systems has intensified the need for efficient, low-latency computation. Rich Fuhler’s update on the RISC-V Packed SIMD extension highlights why scalar SIMD digital signal processing (DSP) instructions are becoming a critical architectural… Read More


RISC-V: Powering the Era of Intelligent General Computing

RISC-V: Powering the Era of Intelligent General Computing
by Daniel Nenni on 12-29-2025 at 8:00 am

Andes RISC V Summit 2025 Charlie Su

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


S2C, MachineWare, and Andes Introduce RISC-V Co-Emulation Solution to Accelerate Chip Development

S2C, MachineWare, and Andes Introduce RISC-V Co-Emulation Solution to Accelerate Chip Development
by Daniel Nenni on 12-16-2025 at 10:00 am

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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


Enabling RISC-V & AI Innovations with Andes AX45MPV Running Live on S2C Prodigy S8-100 Prototyping System

Enabling RISC-V & AI Innovations with Andes AX45MPV Running Live on S2C Prodigy S8-100 Prototyping System
by Daniel Nenni on 06-24-2025 at 6:00 am

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Qualifying an AI-class RISC-V SoC demands proving that wide vectors, deep caches, and high-speed I/O operate flawlessly long before tape-out. At the recent Andes RISC-V Conference, Andes Technology and S2C showcased this by successfully booting a lightweight large language model (LLM) inference on a single S2C Prodigy™ S8-100… Read More


proteanTecs at the 2025 Design Automation Conference #62DAC

proteanTecs at the 2025 Design Automation Conference #62DAC
by Daniel Nenni on 06-05-2025 at 8:00 am

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Discover how proteanTecs is transforming health and performance monitoring across the semiconductor lifecycle to meet the growing demands of AI and Next-Gen SoCs.

Stop by DAC booth #1616 to experience our latest technologies in action, including interactive live demos and explore our full suite of solutions — designed to boost… Read More


Andes Technology: Powering the Full Spectrum – from Embedded Control to AI and Beyond

Andes Technology: Powering the Full Spectrum – from Embedded Control to AI and Beyond
by Kalar Rajendiran on 05-27-2025 at 6:00 am

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As the computing industry seeks more flexible, scalable, and open hardware architectures, RISC-V has emerged as a compelling alternative to proprietary instruction set architectures. At the forefront of this revolution stands Andes Technology, offering a comprehensive lineup of RISC-V processor solutions that go far beyond… Read More


Andes RISC-V CON in Silicon Valley Overview

Andes RISC-V CON in Silicon Valley Overview
by Daniel Nenni on 04-18-2025 at 6:00 am

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RISC-V conferences have been at full capacity and I expect this one will be well attended as well. Andes is the biggest name in RSIC-V. The most notable thing about RISC-V conferences is the content. Not only is the content deep, it is international from the top companies in the industry. It is hard to find a design win these days without… Read More