lowRISC

lowRISC is creating a fully open-sourced, Linux-capable, RISC-V-based SoC, that can be used either directly or as the basis for a custom design. They aim to tape out their first volume chip this year.

Their open-source SoC (System-on-a-Chip) designs will be based on the 64-bit RISC-V instruction set architecture. Volume silicon manufacture is planned as is a low-cost development board.

lowRISC is a not-for-profit organisation working closely with the University of Cambridge and the open-source community.

http://www.lowrisc.org/

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Because compiler writers are retards, and the hardware can do it better when you consider that a compiler will make optimizations for one model that won't apply to another. If we can finally toss out x86 (eat my anus, Cudder), might as well do it right. We don't need another toy arch like MIPS. CISC is the way to go, and the compiler can't be trusted. It should stick to more general optimizations on the AST and focus on small executable output.