RISC-V 2025 Update

ExplainingComputers April 20, 2025
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RISC-V 2025 annual review, exploring key developments from the past 12 months. If you like this video, you may also be interested in the following ExplainingComputers episodes: Why RISC-V Matters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TmHSsIU1ns RISC-V 2024 Update: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6mPK3QCrBo DC-ROMA RISC-V Laptop II: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mhd98AGNXQ Milk-V Jupiter RISC-V PC Build: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LX9Pz1TmEww HiFive Premier P550: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KTbi8dJjzQ Banana Pi BPI-F3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZGryhBnkV0 RISC-V NAS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpOy9ydKmPs Sipeed Lichee Pi 3A: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEalTrbwlnA More information on RISC-V can be found on this page: https://explainingcomputers.com/riscv.html REFERENCES (in order of citation): RISC-V International Website: https://riscv.org/about/ 10 billion RISC-V Cores Shipped: https://riscv.org/ecosystem-news/2022/07/europe-steps-up-as-risc-v-ships-10bn-cores-nick-flaherty-ee-news-europe/ Seagate Mozaic 3+: https://www.seagate.com/gb/en/resources/what-is-mozaic-3plus-how-does-it-work-and-what-can-it-do-for-my-data-center/ NVIDIA 1 billion RISC-V Cores Shipped: https://riscv.org/blog/2025/02/how-nvidia-shipped-one-billion-risc-v-cores-in-2024/ NVIDIA RISC-V Keynote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5A9z_Yk0KA&list=PL85jopFZCnbMtoFoKAFgimCIq9hCJ2jdo&index=4 SiFive Automotive Security Certification: https://www.sifive.com/blog/sifive-becomes-first-ip-supplier-to-achieve-automo SiFive Automotive Safety Certification: https://www.sifive.com/blog/sifive-enhances-risc-v-automotive-safety-leadershi Codasip Automotive Certifications: https://www.engineering.com/codasip-unveils-l730-automotive-grade-embedded-risc-v-core/ Quintaris Automotive RISC-V Profile: https://www.quintauris.eu/quintauris-launches-first-riscv-profile-real-time-automotive/ Quintaris Automotive Pages: https://www.quintauris.eu/automotive/ Omdia Forecasts: https://omdia.tech.informa.com/pr/2024/may/risc-v-adoption-will-be-accelerated-by-ai-according-to-new-omdia-research SiFive P850V datacentre RISC-V Core: https://www.sifive.com/press/sifive-announces-high-performance-risc-v-datacenter-processor-for-ai-workloads Veyron V2 platform to start shipping: https://www.ventanamicro.com/ventana-announces-2025-shipments-of-veyron-v2-platform-with-broad-market-adoption/ Alibaba C930 Announced: https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-war/article/3300584/alibabas-research-arm-launches-new-risc-v-processor-high-performance-computing RiVAI Lingyu Processor (TMT Post): https://www.tmtpost.com/7519579.html RiVAI Lingyu Processor (Tech Power Up): https://www.techpowerup.com/335026/chinas-rivai-technologies-introduces-lingyu-risc-v-server-processor RiVAI website: https://rivai-ic.com.cn/overview RISC-V International AI Pages: https://riscv.org/industries/artificial-intelligence/ Meta RISC-V AI Training Chip Report: https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/meta-is-reportedly-testing-its-first-rsic-v-based-ai-chip-for-ai-training Scaleaway RISC-V cloud servers: https://labs.scaleway.com/en/em-rv1/ RVA23 Ratification: https://riscv.org/riscv-news/2024/10/risc-v-announces-ratification-of-the-rva23-profile-standard/ Framework Laptop 13 RISC-V Mainboard: https://deepcomputing.io/product/dc-roma-risc-v-mainboard/ RISE Project website: https://riseproject.dev/ RISC-V Optimization Guide: https://riscv-optimization-guide.riseproject.dev/ China RISC-V Policy: https://www.reuters.com/technology/china-publish-policy-boost-risc-v-chip-use-nationwide-sources-2025-03-04/ More videos on film and other making, plus retro tech, can be found on my Christopher Barnatt channel: http://www.youtube.com/@ChristopherBarnatt Chapters: 00:00 Titles & Intro 01:35 Embedded RISC-V 05:15 Data Center RISC-V 08:39 End-User RISC-V 13:56 The Global Context #RISC-V #RISCV #RVS23 #ExplainingComputers