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RISC-V annual review, including RVA23 silicon, AI, RISC-V in automotive, and an interview with RISC-V International CEO Andrea Gallo.
If you like this video, you may also be interested in the following ExplainingComputers episodes:
"Why RISC-V Matters": youtube.com/watch?v=4TmHSsIU1ns
"RISC-V 2025 Update": youtube.com/watch?v=9s8hPmCZ0mk
"RISC-V 2024 Update": youtube.com/watch?v=f6mPK3QCrBo
"DC-ROMA RISC-V Laptop II": youtube.com/watch?v=3mhd98AGNXQ
"Milk-V Jupiter RISC-V PC Build": youtube.com/watch?v=LX9Pz1TmEww
And you can find all of the ExplainingComputers RISC-V videos on this page: explainingcomputers.com/riscv_videos.html
KEY REFERENCES
RISC-V International Annual Report: riscv.org/about/annual-report
“Building a RISC-V Core” and other free training courses: riscv.org/community/training
FULL REFERENCES BY VIDEO SEGMENT
INTRO:
Scaleaway RISC-V cloud services: labs.scaleway.com/en/em-rv1
RISC-V PROGRESS:
SHD Group predictions: static.sched.com/hosted_files/riscvsummit2025/44/Richard.pdf
Meta acquires Rivos: lw.com/en/news/latham-watkins-advises-meta-in-acquisition-of-rivos
Qualcomm acquires Ventana: qualcomm.com/news/releases/2025/12/qualcomm-acquires-ventana-micro-systems--deepening-risc-v-cpu-ex
Arm stock falls following Qualcomm Ventana purchase: techradar.com/pro/arm-sheds-billions-in-market-capitalization-after-qualcomm-hints-at-risc-v-adoption-with-ventara-micro-acquisition
First RISC-V International annual report: riscv.org/about/annual-report
RISC-V on path for ISO: riscv.org/blog/risc-v-jtc1-pas-submitter
RISC-V & AI:
Meta MTIA v1: ai.meta.com/blog/meta-training-inference-accelerator-AI-MTIA
Meta MTAI March 2026: ai.meta.com/blog/meta-mtia-scale-ai-chips-for-billions
SiFive Intelligence Family Second Generation: sifive.com/press/new-x100-series-second-gen-intelligence-family
Semidynamics: semidynamics.com/ai-systems
Esperanto Generative AI Appliance: esperanto.ai/products
Google Coral NPU: developers.google.com/coral/guides/architecture
RVA23 SILICON:
RVA23 Ratified: riscv.org/blog/risc-v-announces-ratification-of-the-rva23-profile-standard
Spacemit K3: spacemit.com/products/keystone/k3
Akeana RVA23 tapeout: akeana.com/akeana-tapes-out-highest-performance-rva23-alpine-test-chip
Tenstorrent Ascalon availability: tenstorrent.com/vision/tenstorrent-announces-availability-of-tt-ascalon
Spacemit: spacemit.com
K3 datasheet: cdn-resource.spacemit.com/file/chip/K3/K3_brief_en.pdf
Milk-V Jupiter-II: milkv.io/jupiter2
DC Roma RISC-V Laptop Mainboard III: deepcomputing.io/dc-roma-risc-v-mainboard-iii-unveiled-at-fosdem-powered-by-spacemit-k3-for-framework-laptop-13
Tenstorrent Ascalon X datasheet: cdn.sanity.io/files/jpb4ed5r/production/ffe5aee223d2bd8c4d44611a902ff62a5474e122.pdf
T-Head C950: https://www.xrvm.cn/product/xuantie/C950
C950 Datasheet: regmedia.co.uk/2026/03/25/supplied_xuantie_c950_spec_sheet.pdf
RISC-V & LINUX:
RISE Project: https://riseproject.dev/
Ubuntu RISC-V: ubuntu.com/blog/tag/risc-v
Red Hat RISC-V: developers.redhat.com/products/rhel-riscv
Debian RISC-V: wiki.debian.org/RISC-V
Fedora RISC-V: fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/RISC-V
OpenSUSE RISC-V: en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:RISC-V
Arch Linux RISC-V: https://archriscv.felixc.at/
Bianbu OS: spacemit.com/community/document/info?lang=zh&nodepath=software/SDK/bianbu/root_overview.md
RISC-V, RISE & Yocto: riscv.org/blog/risc-v-international-and-the-rise-project-join-forces-for-yocto-project-support
Yocto Project: yoctoproject.org
More videos on computing and related topics can be found at:
youtube.com/@ExplainingComputers
And more videos on film and other making, plus retro tech, can be found on my Christopher Barnatt channel: youtube.com/@ChristopherBarnatt
Chapters:
00:00 Titles & Intro
01:46 RISC-V Progress
04:24 RISC-V in Automotive
07:23 RISC-V & AI
10:29 RVA23 Silicon
16:06 RISC-V & Linux
18:02 Exciting Times
#risc-v #riscv #rva23 #ai #automotive #cloud #k3 #spacemit #ExplainingComputers
RISC-V annual review, including RVA23 silicon, AI, RISC-V in automotive, and an interview with RISC-V International CEO Andrea Gallo.
If you like this video, you may also be interested in the following ExplainingComputers episodes:
"Why RISC-V Matters": youtube.com/watch?v=4TmHSsIU1ns
"RISC-V 2025 Update": youtube.com/watch?v=9s8hPmCZ0mk
"RISC-V 2024 Update": youtube.com/watch?v=f6mPK3QCrBo
"DC-ROMA RISC-V Laptop II": youtube.com/watch?v=3mhd98AGNXQ
"Milk-V Jupiter RISC-V PC Build": youtube.com/watch?v=LX9Pz1TmEww
And you can find all of the ExplainingComputers RISC-V videos on this page: explainingcomputers.com/riscv_videos.html
KEY REFERENCES
RISC-V International Annual Report: riscv.org/about/annual-report
“Building a RISC-V Core” and other free training courses: riscv.org/community/training
FULL REFERENCES BY VIDEO SEGMENT
INTRO:
Scaleaway RISC-V cloud services: labs.scaleway.com/en/em-rv1
RISC-V PROGRESS:
SHD Group predictions: static.sched.com/hosted_files/riscvsummit2025/44/Richard.pdf
Meta acquires Rivos: lw.com/en/news/latham-watkins-advises-meta-in-acquisition-of-rivos
Qualcomm acquires Ventana: qualcomm.com/news/releases/2025/12/qualcomm-acquires-ventana-micro-systems--deepening-risc-v-cpu-ex
Arm stock falls following Qualcomm Ventana purchase: techradar.com/pro/arm-sheds-billions-in-market-capitalization-after-qualcomm-hints-at-risc-v-adoption-with-ventara-micro-acquisition
First RISC-V International annual report: riscv.org/about/annual-report
RISC-V on path for ISO: riscv.org/blog/risc-v-jtc1-pas-submitter
RISC-V & AI:
Meta MTIA v1: ai.meta.com/blog/meta-training-inference-accelerator-AI-MTIA
Meta MTAI March 2026: ai.meta.com/blog/meta-mtia-scale-ai-chips-for-billions
SiFive Intelligence Family Second Generation: sifive.com/press/new-x100-series-second-gen-intelligence-family
Semidynamics: semidynamics.com/ai-systems
Esperanto Generative AI Appliance: esperanto.ai/products
Google Coral NPU: developers.google.com/coral/guides/architecture
RVA23 SILICON:
RVA23 Ratified: riscv.org/blog/risc-v-announces-ratification-of-the-rva23-profile-standard
Spacemit K3: spacemit.com/products/keystone/k3
Akeana RVA23 tapeout: akeana.com/akeana-tapes-out-highest-performance-rva23-alpine-test-chip
Tenstorrent Ascalon availability: tenstorrent.com/vision/tenstorrent-announces-availability-of-tt-ascalon
Spacemit: spacemit.com
K3 datasheet: cdn-resource.spacemit.com/file/chip/K3/K3_brief_en.pdf
Milk-V Jupiter-II: milkv.io/jupiter2
DC Roma RISC-V Laptop Mainboard III: deepcomputing.io/dc-roma-risc-v-mainboard-iii-unveiled-at-fosdem-powered-by-spacemit-k3-for-framework-laptop-13
Tenstorrent Ascalon X datasheet: cdn.sanity.io/files/jpb4ed5r/production/ffe5aee223d2bd8c4d44611a902ff62a5474e122.pdf
T-Head C950: https://www.xrvm.cn/product/xuantie/C950
C950 Datasheet: regmedia.co.uk/2026/03/25/supplied_xuantie_c950_spec_sheet.pdf
RISC-V & LINUX:
RISE Project: https://riseproject.dev/
Ubuntu RISC-V: ubuntu.com/blog/tag/risc-v
Red Hat RISC-V: developers.redhat.com/products/rhel-riscv
Debian RISC-V: wiki.debian.org/RISC-V
Fedora RISC-V: fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/RISC-V
OpenSUSE RISC-V: en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:RISC-V
Arch Linux RISC-V: https://archriscv.felixc.at/
Bianbu OS: spacemit.com/community/document/info?lang=zh&nodepath=software/SDK/bianbu/root_overview.md
RISC-V, RISE & Yocto: riscv.org/blog/risc-v-international-and-the-rise-project-join-forces-for-yocto-project-support
Yocto Project: yoctoproject.org
More videos on computing and related topics can be found at:
youtube.com/@ExplainingComputers
And more videos on film and other making, plus retro tech, can be found on my Christopher Barnatt channel: youtube.com/@ChristopherBarnatt
Chapters:
00:00 Titles & Intro
01:46 RISC-V Progress
04:24 RISC-V in Automotive
07:23 RISC-V & AI
10:29 RVA23 Silicon
16:06 RISC-V & Linux
18:02 Exciting Times
#risc-v #riscv #rva23 #ai #automotive #cloud #k3 #spacemit #ExplainingComputers
