SiFive announces 4th generation of Essential RISC-V chips

SiFive considers itself the gold standard for RISC-V computing and it is unveiling the fourth generation of its SiFive Essential product family.

Revealed at the RISC-V Summit Europe 2024, the SiFive Essential Gen4 products are available today. . Developed over a decade, the field-proven Essential IP is already in use in billions of products including mobile phones, sensors, SSDs, FPGA platforms, surveillance cameras, smart watches and more. SiFive and the RISC-V family of open-standard chips have been gaining on market leader Arm.