Starting with RF chips, Samsung embraces RISC-V architecture
According to Anand Tech reports, Samsung disclosed at the recent RISC-V summit that its first RISC-V-based RF test chip has been taped out in 2017, and has matured after more than three years of testing. Next year, 5G mobile phones will be officially equipped with 5G millimeter-wave RF chips based on RISC-V architecture.
Samsung stated that the millimeter-wave RF chip is only the first step in commercializing the RISC-V architecture. In the future, the RISC-V architecture will also be gradually introduced in areas such as image processors, security management chips, and automotive autonomous driving.
It is understood that before Samsung, major customers of ARM, Western Digital, Nvidia and Qualcomm have publicly stated that they will start using the open source RISC-V architecture, Western Digital will be used in SSDs and HDDs, and Nvidia will be used in GPU memory control In the device, Qualcomm will be used in mobile SoCs.
According to a report provided by market research agency Semico Research, the number of chips using the RISC-V architecture is expected to increase to 62.4 billion by 2025, of which the industrial sector is expected to be the largest market with a consumption of 16.7 billion.
RISC-V architecture is becoming more and more popular, and local manufacturers such as Pingto and Xinlai Technology are following the trend. Calista Redmond, the CEO of the RISC-V Foundation, once told JWEI that China ’s enthusiasm for technological innovation is actually higher than any other country. China is even more convinced that new technologies can help change the world. From all levels of support for technological development, she believes that China is very suitable for the development of new technologies such as RISC-V.
Samsung stated that the millimeter-wave RF chip is only the first step in commercializing the RISC-V architecture. In the future, the RISC-V architecture will also be gradually introduced in areas such as image processors, security management chips, and automotive autonomous driving.
It is understood that before Samsung, major customers of ARM, Western Digital, Nvidia and Qualcomm have publicly stated that they will start using the open source RISC-V architecture, Western Digital will be used in SSDs and HDDs, and Nvidia will be used in GPU memory control In the device, Qualcomm will be used in mobile SoCs.
According to a report provided by market research agency Semico Research, the number of chips using the RISC-V architecture is expected to increase to 62.4 billion by 2025, of which the industrial sector is expected to be the largest market with a consumption of 16.7 billion.
RISC-V architecture is becoming more and more popular, and local manufacturers such as Pingto and Xinlai Technology are following the trend. Calista Redmond, the CEO of the RISC-V Foundation, once told JWEI that China ’s enthusiasm for technological innovation is actually higher than any other country. China is even more convinced that new technologies can help change the world. From all levels of support for technological development, she believes that China is very suitable for the development of new technologies such as RISC-V.