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The RISC-V workshop in California at the end of November 2017 provided the opportunity for Western Digital to commit its own work on processors for internal use to the open-source architecture and for the ecosystem of off-the-shelf cores and tools to expand.

Minima Processor is working on the first processor cores that will be customized to use its timing-control technology to push supply voltages into the near-threshold zone.

Maxim has used its own mismatch-based PUF technology to support a new line of low-cost security devices.

Arm is putting together a security framework that the company is assembling to support, at least initially, IoT devices based on the Cortex v8M architecture.

Microsemi has set up an ecosystem program around the RISC-V soft cores the company has designed for its FPGAs.

Intel and GlobalFoundries will talk about their post-14nm finFET-based processes at December's IEDM.

Synopsys' line-up at next week's ARM TechCon includes joint presentations with Huawei and Nvidia.

Mentor will present seven papers during the ARMTech Con and a dedicated session, and exhibit at Booth #606.

GlobalFoundries intends to offer a 12nm FinFET process as a stepping stone from its 14nm process.

EEMBC has released a benchmark and initial results that analyze peripheral performance on microcontrollers.