Andes Technology Empowers RISC-V Developers with Its New Streamlined IDE, RVBuilder

A Powerful VS Code Plugin for Seamless Toolchain and Debugger Integration

Hsinchu, Taiwan – August 20, 2026 – Andes Technology (TWSE: 6533), a leading supplier of high-efficiency, low-power 32/64-bit RISC-V processor cores and a Founding Premier member of RISC-V International, today announced the launch of RVBuilder. Based on Visual Studio Code (VS Code), it is integrated, lightweight, and designed to streamline the development experience by bringing Andes’ industry-leading toolchain and advanced debugging capabilities directly into the most popular integrated development environment (IDE).

As the RISC-V ecosystem accelerates into increasingly complex SoC designs, developers demand modern, AI-assisted, flexible, and cross-platform tools. To meet this need, RVBuilder seamlessly integrates the robust performance of Andes’ software stacks into the intuitive VS Code interface. Working alongside the comprehensive Andes AndeSight IDE—which provides industry-proven toolchains, advanced multicore and trace debugging, analysis, and OS-aware support—RVBuilder leverages cutting-edge AI to significantly boost development productivity for the RISC-V AndesCore community.

Elevating the Developer Experience

RVBuilder provides a comprehensive suite of features tailored for the Andes RISC-V community:

• Integrated Toolchain Management: Seamlessly configure and utilize Andes’ high-performance C/C++ toolchains for compiling and building embedded applications.
• State-of-the-Art Debugging Integration: Efficiently bridge AndesCore’s RISC-V debug infrastructure with the VS Code ecosystem, bringing advanced innovation to the forefront. This provides the community with real-time execution control, granular breakpoint management, and register inspection directly within a modern UI.
• Cross-Platform Consistency: Available on Windows and Linux, ensuring a unified development workflow regardless of the operating system.
• AI Agent Support with MCP Servers: Adds support for AI agents via MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers to provide intelligent development assistance and tiered automation within RVBuilder. This enables developers to seamlessly import sample projects, optimize compiler configurations for performance or code size, query complex flags, and gain enhanced debugging control through natural language interactions—eliminating the need to constantly check the user manual.

“With the release of RVBuilder, we are responding to the community’s demands for more accessible and modern development environments,” said Dr. Charlie Su, President and CTO of Andes Technology. “By bringing our professional-grade toolchain to the VS Code ecosystem, we are fostering a more inclusive RISC‑V community and ensuring that the latest advancements is accessible to every developer pushing the boundaries of open architecture.”

Availability

The Andes RVBuilder plugin is available for download here.

Explore Andes IP:

• RVA23, Multi-cluster, Hypervisor and Android
• 32-bit 8-stage superscalar processor that supports RISC-V specification, including GCNP and Linux

About Andes Technology

As a Founding Premier member of RISC-V International and a leader in commercial CPU IP, Andes Technology (TWSE: 6533; SIN: US03420C2089; ISIN: US03420C1099) is driving the global adoption of RISC-V. Andes’ extensive RISC-V Processor IP portfolio spans from ultra-efficient 32-bit CPUs to high-performance 64-bit Out-of-Order multiprocessor coherent clusters. With advanced vector processing, DSP capabilities, the powerful Andes Automated Custom Extension (ACE) framework, end-to-end AI hardware/software stack, ISO 26262 certification with full compliance, and a robust software ecosystem, Andes unlocks the full potential of RISC-V, empowering customers to accelerate innovation across AI, automotive, communications, consumer electronics, data centers, and mobile devices. Over 20 billion Andes-powered SoCs are driving innovations globally. Discover more at www.andestech.com.