RVA23 Ends Speculation’s Monopoly in RISC-V CPUs

RVA23 Ends Speculation’s Monopoly in RISC-V CPUs
by Jonah McLeod on 03-04-2026 at 8:00 am

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RVA23 marks a turning point in how mainstream CPUs are expected to scale performance. By making the RISC-V Vector Extension (RVV) mandatory, it elevates structured, explicit parallelism to the same architectural status as scalar execution. Vectors are no longer optional accelerators bolted onto speculation-heavy cores.… Read More