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Yeah, I've been following SiFive for a while now, especially since their announced tool for custom "ASICs" and I know they're a huge driver for RISC-V. I just h
by syntaxing 7y ago
Yeah, I've been following SiFive for a while now, especially since their announced tool for custom "ASICs" and I know they're a huge driver for RISC-V. I just haven't seen their MCUs used much and curious what advantage they have over other competitors.
- nickik 7y agoTheir value proposition is basically that you can get to market with a costum chip cheaper then with anybody. They argue that their chips are lower energy then use less space. They are more configurable, and the RISC-V tooling is build around this as well. They do seem to quite a few costumers but their current growth is VC funded. There is nice stuff coming down the pipe as well, the RISC-V Vector extension and hopefully finally some linux boards. RISC-V SoC with FPGA is going to be a product. But hardware product cycles are just long and a takes a while.