Calista Redmond CEO of RISC-V International
The RISC-V era of computing is here. Today there are more commercial IP providers working on RISC-V than any other architecture. Adoption is growing quickly, as reflected in a Wilson Research Group/Siemens double-blind 2020 study, which found that 23% of ASIC and FPGA projects incorporated RISC-V in at least one processor. The free and open standard RISC-V ISA is the perfect base for the multitude of specialized processors we see today and is growing to meet new workload demands due to the incredible design flexibility and modular approach of RISC-V that enables a proliferation of design options for designers.
In 2021 and beyond, open source collaboration will continue to grow with RISC-V appearing in consumer devices such as wearables, home appliances, robotics, autonomous vehicles, factory equipment and more. We are working on expanding learning opportunities for a broader audience to teach and learn about the ISA helping to further accelerate adoption and use of RISC-V across industries. RISC-V also anticipates the Q1 2021 public review for our Vector, Bit Manipulation, Scalar Cryptography, Packed SIMD, Secure PMP and Virtual Memory extensions to make it even easier for companies to build innovative RISC-V solutions. We have made incredible progress over the past few years, and we look forward to seeing it continue in 2021.
