At present, the x86 architecture dominates the global high-performance computing field, while ARM dominates mobile computing.RISC-V has become the third largest chip architecture, with shipments of just over 10 billion, but it is developing faster and is expected to reach 60 billion shipments in 2025.
Jack Kang, a high-level executive of SiFive, a new startup that promotes RISC-V, said recently that due to the Sino-US trade war, licensing fees and other factors, more and more Chinese, Japanese, Indian, and American semiconductor companies tend to use RISC-V open source architecture. The design of the chip drives the vigorous development of RISC-V applications. The performance of the chip is becoming more and more powerful, and the supported systems and software are also more abundant.
It is reported that, compared with most instruction sets, the RISC-V instruction set can be freely used for any purpose, allowing anyone to design, manufacture and sell RISC-V chips and software without paying any company royalties.
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