Japan’s government will reportedly allocate roughly $13 billion to boost its semiconductor industry. Part of this money is expected to be used to support TSMC and the recently founded Japanese foundry venture Rapidus. Let’s now move to the other news, which this week includes some announcements from Risc-V Summit North America.
Risc-V updates
Synopsys has extended its ARC Processor IP portfolio to include new Risc-V ARC-V Processor IP. The new Risc-V family includes the 32-bit ARC-V RMX embedded processor IP, scheduled to be available in Q2 of 2024; and the 32-bit ARC-V RHX real-time processor IP and 64-bit ARC-V RPX host processor IP, both scheduled to be available in the second half of 2024. Synopsys also announced it has joined the Risc-V International Board of Directors and Technical Steering Committee.
Ventana has announced the second generation of its Veyron family of datacenter Risc-V processors. According to the company, the new Veyron V2 is the highest performance Risc-V processor available today. It is offered in the form of chiplets and IP. Besides datacenters, V2 targets automotive, 5G, AI, and client applications.
