Incredibly Scalable High-Performance RISC-V Core IP

By _Sifive Blog

October 28, 2019

Introducing the new SiFive U8-Series Core IP

SiFive is pleased to introduce the SiFive U8-Series Core IP, an incredibly scalable high-performance microarchitecture for modern SoC designs. The SiFive U8-Series is the highest performance RISC-V ISA based Core IP available today, based on a superscalar out-of-order pipeline with configurable pipeline depth and issue queue width. SiFive U8-Series Core IP is designed for use in performance- and latency-sensitive markets, such as automotive, datacenter attach, and edge or end point deep learning SoCs.

The needs of the modern world to solve problems using deep learning and real-time low latency processing are increasing compute workloads in the enterprise, and migrating tasks into the edge and end point. Domain specific SoCs are being used to localize compute to reduce latency, improve workload performance, and increase efficiency. The requirements of modern SoCs include scalable processor cores that span current process technology, enabling configurable designs, and permit customization.

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