ItsPerformance P650 designcomes with a 50% speed boost over theP550that arrived in June.
“I think we have an excellent shot at the phone.”
Unlike with x86 and Arm, the RISC-V instruction set can be used and modified for free.
SiFive develops RISC-V chip designs and licenses them to customers.
Customers can start evaluating the design in the first quarter of 2022, SiFive said.
RISC-V Summit for RISC-V chip fans
SiFive announced its chip shortly before theRISC-V Summitbegins Monday.
Arm chips also are RISC designs.
Chip challenges
AnIntel chip called Horse Creek uses SiFive’s P550.
ButIntel’s attempt to acquire SiFive fizzled, Bloomberg reported.