embedded processor

Intel's Pathfinder for RISC-V is intended to boost the use of the architecture among a wider range of SoC design teams.

Siemens has expanded its Nucleus ReadyStart program to the RISC-V architecture.

Graphics and AI specialist nVidia has been confirmed as the buyer of Arm from Softbank Vision Fund in a transaction worth up to $40bn, with the fund retaining a 10 per cent share in Arm if the deal completes.

Arm has introduced a licensing model that makes it easier to try out cores during a design before committing to production.

ES Design West aims to help integrate the supply chain but also has plenty of engineering content aimed at low power, security, embedded and more.

UltraSoc has donated to the RISC-V Foundation a specification for processor trace to try to provide the ecosystem with a common way of exporting runtime data to software tools.

Ceva's latest iteration of its XC architecture aims at the intensive DSP required for 5G basestations.

AMD has stepped back into the market for embedded processors with a quad core design derived from its desktop APUs, which combine a general-purpose x86 subsystem with a GPU.