SiFive
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| Industry | Semiconductor Design[1] |
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| Founded | 2015[1] |
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| Headquarters | |
Key people | Naveed Sherwani (Chief Executive Officer) [1] |
| Website | www |
SiFive is a fabless semiconductor company that produces computer chips based on the RISC-V instruction set architecture (ISA).[2] SiFive's products include SoCs and development boards.[3]
SiFive is the first company to produce a chip that implements the RISC-V ISA.
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History[edit]
SiFive was founded in 2015 by Krste Asanović, Yunsup Lee, and Andrew Waterman, three researchers from the University of California Berkeley.[2][3] On November 29, 2016, SiFive released the Freedom Everywhere 310 SoC and the HiFive development board,[3] making SiFive the first company to produce a chip that implements the RISC-V ISA, although universities have produced earlier RISC-V processors.[3][4]
In August 2017, SiFive hired Naveed Sherwani as CEO.[5] In October, SiFive did a limited release of its U54-MC, reportedly the world’s first RISC-V based 64-bit quad-core CPU to support fully featured operating systems like Linux.[6][7]
In February 2018, SiFive released the HiFive Unleashed, a development board containing a 64-bit SoC with four U54 cores.[8][9]
In April 2018 SiFive received $50.6 million series C funding including a major amount from Intel Capital.[10]
Products[edit]
SiFive's business model is based on designing custom computer chips for other businesses.[2][3] SiFive also produces the FE310 microcontroller and development boards.
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d "SiFive, Inc.: Private Company Information". Bloomberg. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ^ a b c Shilov, Anton (2016-07-18). "SiFive Unveils Freedom Platforms for RISC-V-Based Semi-Custom Chips". AnandTech. Retrieved 2017-03-17.
- ^ a b c d e Takahashi, Dean (2017-11-29). "SiFive launches open source RISC-V custom chip". VentureBeat. Retrieved 2017-03-17.
- ^ McLellan, Paul (2015-05-21). "RISC-V Available in Silicon". Cadence. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
- ^ "Custom processor maker SiFive appoints Intel veteran as CEO | VentureBeat". venturebeat.com. 2017-08-15. Retrieved 2017-10-12.
- ^ Verma, Adarsh (2017-10-09). "Linux Gets Its First Multi-Core, RISC-V Based Open Source Processor". Fossbytes. Retrieved 2017-10-12.
- ^ Farrell, Nick. "2018 will be the year of the RISC V Linux processors". Retrieved 2017-10-12.
- ^ "SiFive Introduces RISC-V Linux-Capable Multicore Processor". Hackaday. 2018-02-04. Retrieved 2018-02-05.
- ^ "SiFive Introduces HiFive Unleashed RISC-V Linux Development Board (Crowdfunding)". www.cnx-software.com. Retrieved 2018-02-05.
- ^ "SiFive secures Investment from Intel Capital". Private Equity Wire. 2018-05-09.
