MPW Run and Final Campaign Extension
We're moving full speed ahead toward a test wafer run, sponsorship to fund Open-V is still a real (if slowly evolving) possibility, and we're extending the campaign one final time, without impacting the main production schedule. Read the full update.
A Taste of Chip Design
As we work at full speed toward the May tapeout to qualify several blocks on 180 nm CMOS, we figured it would be a good time to pause just for a moment to give you a taste of what's required to accomplish this kind of project. Read the full update.
Sponsorship Possibility and 30-day Extension
We're extending the Open-V campaign by 30 days in the hope that by then we will have official sign-off on a grant from a very large organization to provide the remaining funds needed to make the Open-V microcontroller a reality. Read on for details and what this means to backers. Read the full update.
Arduino Compatibility
In this update, we'll describe the Open-V microcontroller's Arduino compatibility, what it took to get there, and what it means for our backers. Read the full update.
Collaboration with SiFive
Today, we're excited to announce a collaboration with SiFive, a company founded by the creators of RISC-V and dedicated to open source silicon. In the rest of this update, we'll describe the collaboration in detail, what it means for the Open-V microcontroller, and what it means to you, our supporters. Read the full update.
Campaign Extension
To make a long story short, we're extending the Open-V campaign by 45 days and hope to release some exciting news very soon to justify this extension. Read the full update.
Open True Random Number Generator
The Open-V has the potential to greatly boost and democratize hardware security. As a concrete step toward realizing this potential, we’re happy to announce today that the Open-V will include, at no additional cost, a fully open, state-of-the-art, thermal noise-based true random number generator (TRNG) peripheral. Read the full update.
Live Demos Over the Internet
You can now program real Open-V dev boards from anywhere in the world and see the results on a live video feed! Here's our first demo - blinking the dev board LEDs. Read the full update.
5th RISC-V Workshop
We (Elkim and Ckristian) spent last week in the Bay Area attending the 5th RISV-V Workshop and meeting with a bunch of people in the industry. This first update reports some of the interesting things to came out of this trip. Read the full update.