RISC-V (pronounced “risk-five”) is a modern Reduced Instruction Set Computer (RISC) architecture that has emerged as one of the most important developments in computer architecture in recent decades. Unlike traditional instruction set architectures such as x86 or ARM, RISC-V is open, royalty-free, and extensible, allowing anyone to design processors, experiment with new ideas, or build commercial products without licensing restrictions. Originally developed at the University of California, … [Read more...]