Semiconductor companies Robert Bosch GmbH, Infineon Technologies AG, Nordic Semiconductor, NXP Semiconductors, and Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., have come together to jointly invest in a company. This aims at advancing adoption of RISC-V (reduced instruction set computer-five) globally by enabling hardware development.
Formed in Germany, this company will aim to accelerate the commercialisation of future products based on the open-source RISC-V architecture. The company will be a single source to enable compatible RISC-V based products, provide reference architectures, and help establish solutions used in the industry. Initial application focus will be automotive, but with an eventual expansion to include mobile and IoT (internet of things).
At its core, RISC-V encourages improvement, allowing any company to develop customized hardware based on an open-source instruction set. Further adoption of the RISC-V technology will promote even more diversity in the electronics industry reducing the barriers to entry for smaller and emergent companies and enabling increased scalability for established companies.
The company calls on industry associations, providers, and governments, to join forces in support of this initiative which will help increase the resilience of the broader semiconductor ecosystem.
The company formation will be subject to regulatory approvals in various jurisdictions.
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