Hackaday

Checking In On The ISA Wars And Its Impact On CPU Architectures

An Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) defines the software interface through which for example a central processor unit (CPU) is controlled. Unlike early computer systems which didn’t define a ...
EurekAlert!

RVAM16: A low-cost multiple-ISA processor based on RISC-V and ARM thumb

The increasing demand in the embedded field has led to the emergence of several impressive Instruction Set Architectures (ISAs). However, when processors migrate from one ISA to another, software ...
Hackaday

RISC-V: Why The ISA Battles Aren’t Over Yet

A computer processor uses a so-called Instruction Set Architecture to talk with the world outside of its own circuitry. This ISA consists of a number of instructions, which essentially define the ...
Business Insider

Learn About the RISC-V ISA with Two Free Training Courses from The Linux Foundation and RISC-V International

SAN FRANCISCO, March 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- EMBEDDED WORLD – The Linux Foundation, the non-profit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, and RISC-V International, a non-profit ...
Liliputing

Chinese chip maker Loongson has designed its own CPU instruction set architecture (ISA)

Chinese chip maker Loongson used to make processors based on MIPS architecture, but MIPS isn’t what it used to be and the company that developed the technology has even pivoted to making chips using ...