Lattice and SiFive Announce Collaboration to Allow Lattice FPGA Developers Easy Access to RISC-V Processors
December 11 2019 - 4:00PM
Business Wire
Scalable Processor Core IP Running on Low
Power, Small Form Factor FPGAs Could Power Millions of Smart
Devices at the Edge
SiFive, Inc., the leading provider of commercial RISC-V
processor IP and silicon solutions, and Lattice Semiconductor
Corporation (NASDAC: LSCC), the low power programmable leader,
today announced they have agreed to collaborate to enable easy
availability of SiFive scalable Core IP for developers using
Lattice FPGA product families, including Lattice’s new 28 nm
CrossLink-NX™ FPGAs.
The need for intelligent processing at the Edge and endpoint is
increasing, with new AI/ML applications in industrial, automotive,
and consumer IoT being developed to reduce latency, power, and
cost. Performing AI/ML processing outside of the data center
reduces bandwidth and privacy concerns while increasing
responsiveness through lower latency. These factors combine to
drive the increasing need for embedded intelligence in an
anticipated more than 64 billion new devices1 at the Edge and
endpoint in the coming decade. Lattice low power FPGAs utilizing
SiFive RISC-V implementations are well-positioned to create
embedded solutions that enable a smart, secure, and connected
world.
Enabling Low Power Solutions
SiFive’s scalable approach to processor core design enables
Lattice to create application targeted Core IP, focused on the
features and performance requirements of the workload. Lattice and
SiFive plan to collaborate on delivering new, optimized processor
cores using SiFive IP based on the free and open RISC-V ISA. SiFive
E2 Core IP will power Lattice FPGA solutions for a diverse array of
use cases and markets, from control plane processing in
communications infrastructure to data path processing in Edge
applications.
“Lattice is pleased to be collaborating with SiFive to enable
easy customer access to the SiFive Core IP on our small form
factor, low power FPGAs,” said Esam Elashmawi, Chief Marketing
& Strategy Officer, Lattice Semiconductor. “SiFive’s flexible
and scalable RISC-V based Core IP running on our FPGAs will provide
developers with a compelling hardware solution for emerging
applications such as embedded vision and AI processing on Edge
devices.”
“The collaboration with Lattice is a great moment for SiFive,”
said Dr. Naveed Sherwani, President & CEO of SiFive. “The
simple and rapid creation of smart new products requires a flexible
solution to scalable IP design that SiFive is perfectly positioned
to provide. The ability for Lattice FPGAs to support RISC-V
applications is expected to drive the production of millions of
innovative, efficient solutions.”
About SiFive
SiFive is the leading provider of market-ready processor core IP
and silicon solutions based on the free and open RISC-V instruction
set architecture. Led by a team of seasoned silicon executives and
the RISC-V inventors, SiFive helps SoC designers reduce
time-to-market and realize cost savings with customized,
open-architecture processor cores, and democratizes access to
optimized silicon by enabling system designers in all market
verticals to build customized RISC-V based semiconductors. With 15
offices worldwide, SiFive has backing from Sutter Hill Ventures,
Qualcomm Ventures, Spark Capital, Osage University Partners,
Chengwei, Huami, SK Hynix, Intel Capital, and Western Digital. For
more information, www.sifive.com. You can also follow SiFive via
LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube.
About Lattice Semiconductor
Lattice Semiconductor (NASDAQ: LSCC) is the low power
programmable leader. We solve customer problems across the network,
from the Edge to the Cloud, in the growing communications,
computing, industrial, automotive and consumer markets. Our
technology, long-standing relationships, and commitment to
world-class support lets our customers quickly and easily unleash
their innovation to create a smart, secure and connected world.
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1 - Semico forecasts strong growth for RISC-V, predicting the
market will consume 62.4 billion RISC-V CPU cores by 2025 -
https://riscv.org/2019/11/9679/
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