linuxgizmos.com, Aug. 03, 2021 –
[Updated: Aug. 3] – SiFive announced a 11 percent faster "21G2" release of its Essential 7-series cores, including the Linux-ready U74. In other RISC-V news, Canaan is launching a dual-core, 3-TOPs Kendryte K510 CPU that is debuting on a quadruped robot.
SiFive has announced a 21G2 update to its RISC-V architecture Essential 7-series. We also take a look at the new RISC-V-based Kendryte K510 CPU, which will debut on a dog-like XGO-Mini Pro robot (see farther below).
The Essential series is the new name for the processors that preceded SiFive's SiFive Intelligence X280, equipped with the RV64GCV ISA with vector extensions that enable AI. More recently, SiFive announced a Cortex-A75 like U8-series SiFive Performance P550, which will appear on an Intel Horse Creek SoC.