SAN MATEO, Calif., Aug. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- SiFive, the
first fabless provider of customized, open-source-enabled
semiconductors, today announced it will partner with Rambus,
(NASDAQ: RMBS), a leader in digital security, semiconductor and IP
products and services, to make Rambus cryptography technology
available for the SiFive Freedom platforms. To speed time to market
and remove the barriers that traditionally have blocked smaller
players from developing custom silicon, leading companies in the
semiconductor ecosystem have developed a new DesignShare concept,
which offers IP at a reduced cost.
The DesignShare model gives any company, inventor or maker the
ability to harness the power of custom silicon, enabling an
entirely new range of applications. Companies like SiFive, Rambus
and other ecosystem partners provide low- or no-cost IP to emerging
companies, lowering the upfront engineering costs required to bring
a custom chip design based on the SiFive Freedom platform to
realization.
"To fulfill our mission to democratize access to custom silicon
and upend the stagnant semiconductor industry, SiFive is committed
to recruiting leading-edge companies like Rambus to help us
revolutionize SoC design," said Naveed
Sherwani, CEO of SiFive. "The growing ecosystem of
DesignShare IP providers ensures that aspiring system designers
have a catalog of IP from which to choose when designing their SoC.
We're thrilled that Rambus has joined us in enabling innovation
through DesignShare, and we look forward to future success
together."
Rambus will collaborate with SiFive to provide critical security
components such as cryptographic cores, hardware root-of-trust, key
provisioning and high-value services that are enabled by
design.
"Rambus and SiFive share a similar philosophy of easing the path
to designing innovative and cost-effective SoCs," said Martin Scott, senior vice president and general
manager of Rambus Security Division. "SiFive and Rambus have agreed
to partner with an intent of providing chip-to-cloud-to-crowd
security solutions that easily integrate with the SiFive Freedom
platform and support the open and growing RISC-V hardware
ecosystem. Our security cores embedded in Freedom Platform SOCs
will enable secure in-field device connection and attestation for
updates and diagnostics."
SiFive was founded by the inventors of RISC-V – Yunsup Lee,
Andrew Waterman and Krste Asanovic – with a mission to democratize
access to custom silicon. In its first six months of availability,
more than 1,000 HiFive1 software development boards have been
purchased and delivered to developers in over 40 countries.
Additionally, the company has engaged with multiple customers
across its IP and SoC products, started shipping the industry's
first RISC-V SoC in November 2016 and
announced the availability of its Coreplex RISC-V based IP earlier
this month. SiFive's innovative "study, evaluate, buy" licensing
model dramatically simplifies the IP licensing process, and removes
traditional road blocks that have limited access to customized,
leading edge silicon.
About SiFive
SiFive is the first fabless provider of customized
semiconductors based on the free and open RISC-V instruction set
architecture. Founded by RISC-V inventors Andrew Waterman, Yunsup Lee and Krste Asanovic, SiFive democratizes access to
custom silicon by helping system designers reduce time-to-market
and realize cost savings with customized RISC-V based
semiconductors. SiFive is located in Silicon Valley and has venture
backing from Sutter Hill Ventures, Spark Capital and Osage
University Partners. For more information, visit
www.sifive.com.
MEDIA CONTACTS
Jack Kang
SiFive
(510) 673-1309
jack@sifive.com
Alex Trulio
SHIFT Communications for SiFive
(415) 591-8452
atrulio@shiftcomm.com
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