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RISC-V open-source hardware / software is a chance
for semiconductor industries
• Mainstream CPU is x86 / Arm
• But license fees are a problem while ever more money is required to use the latest process
technology.
• IP, EDA, Wafer manufacturing, packaging...
• It is good to increase choices
• We want to concentrate our “original” technologies, and reduce the effort for other parts (SoC, control CPU ...)
• RISC-V is a good choice
• Your own CPU core is hard to maintain only by yourself
• GCC, Linux, toolchains, ...
• Cutting costs by introducing RISC-V, including software ecosystem.
• And RISC-V can solve the patent worries for your in-house developed CPU architecture.
• Minimizing development cost of center of your SoC, the CPU
• There are many other areas that require attention, not only the CPU.
• We want to focus on the original and valuable parts in chips.