Explaining RISC-V: An x86 & ARM Alternative

RISC-V is an alternative microprocessor technology to x86 and ARM, with its instruction set architecture (ISA) being open rather than closed. This video explains what RISC-V is all about, including its origins, key market players, hardware, applications, intellectual property (IP), and the likely role of global politics and international trade barriers in determining RISC-V’s success.

Note that I have posted a "RISC-V 2024 Update" video here:    • RISC-V 2024 Update: RISE, AI Accelera...   -- and a "RISC-V 2023 Update" video here:    • RISC-V 2023 Update: From Embedded Com...  

My previous review of the VisionFive RISC-V SBC that can run a Linux OS is here:
   • VisionFive RISC-V Linux SBC  

And my review of the Nezha RISC-V SBC that can also run a Linux OS is here:
   • Nezha RISC-V Linux SBC  

REFERENCES
Specific sources included in the video are as follows:

RISC-V International: https://riscv.org/

The first RISC-V Instruction Set Manual (from 2011):
https://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/T...

SiFive website: https://www.sifive.com/ and RISC-V core IP: https://www.sifive.com/risc-v-core-ip

SiFive development boards: https://www.sifive.com/boards

Samsung to use SiFive RISC-V cores: https://riscv.org/news/2019/12/samsun...

T-Head Xuantie product overview: https://www.t-head.cn/product/overview

Alibaba (T-Head) open sources Xuantie RISC-V cores:
https://pandaily.com/alibaba-announce...

Western Digital RISC-V: https://www.westerndigital.com/en-gb/... -- the technology brief pdf is particularly interesting: https://documents.westerndigital.com/...

Chinese Academy of Sciences release Xiangshan RISC-V processor: https://min.news/en/tech/022cca805cb0...

Russia to Build 8-Core RISC-V CPUs for Laptops, Government Systems: https://www.extremetech.com/computing...

India selects RISC-V for semiconductor self-sufficiency contest: https://www.theregister.com/2020/08/1...

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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:26 Open & Closed ISAs
03:55 RISC-V Origins
05:15 Market Players
08:43 Entering the Mainstream
10:34 The Third Platform

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