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• Bluespec Unveils Groundbreaking "RISC-V Factory" - Empowering Open Source Hardware Developers to Build Faster and More Efficiently (Monday Dec. 23, 2019)
  From developers to embedded systems engineers and beyond, those working in the RISC-V field now have a brand new resource at their fingertips that enables them to become RISC-V power users and design with RISC-V open source cores far more safely and efficiently.
  
  
• CEVA Puts Intuitive Motion Control in the Palm of Your Hand with New Sensor Fusion Solution for Consumer Handheld Devices (Thursday Dec. 19, 2019)
  Hillcrest Labs MotionEngine™ Air algorithms and full software stack enable precise motion-based gesture control, 3D motion tracking and pointing for a wide variety of wireless handheld controllers
  
  
• Wind River Announces RISC-V Support for VxWorks RTOS (Wednesday Dec. 18, 2019)
  Wind River today announced RISC-V open architecture support for its industry-leading VxWorks® real-time operating system (RTOS).
  
  
• Renesas Electronics Collaborates with Xilinx on Versal ACAP Reference Designs (Tuesday Dec. 17, 2019)
  Renesas today announced that its power solutions, as well as timing solutions from IDT, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Renesas, support the Xilinx Versal adaptive compute acceleration platform (ACAP) devices featured on the Xilinx VCK190 evaluation kit and the Renesas VERSALDEMO1Z power reference board.
  
  
• INSPECTOR diagnostic and debug platform passed the PCIe 4.0 compliance (Friday Dec. 13, 2019)
  PLDA’s INSPECTOR diagnostic and debug tool for PCIe 4.0 passed all Gold and Interoperability tests for systems with CEM slots
  
  
• Aldec's new FPGA-based NVMe Data Storage Solution Targets High Performance Computing Applications (Friday Dec. 13, 2019)
  TySOM embedded systems development platforms and stackable non-volatile memory express FPGA mezzanine cards combination is ideal for applications requiring high-bandwidth, low-latency access to SSDs within a reprogrammable system architecture.
  
  
• MediaTek selects Nucleus RTOS for next-generation modem technology (Thursday Dec. 12, 2019)
  Mentor, a Siemens business, today announced that MediaTek, a world leading fabless semiconductor company has selected the ReadyStart™ edition of the Nucleus™ RTOS platform for the development of its next-generation modem chipsets.
  
  
• Hex Five Announces General Availability of MultiZone Security for Linux - The First Commercial Enclave for RISC-V processors (Tuesday Dec. 10, 2019)
  Hex Five Security Inc. announces the general availability of MultiZone™ Security for Linux, the industry-first enclave specifically designed to bring security through separation to embedded systems.
  
  
• Andes Technology and Deeplite, INC. Join Forces To Deploy Highly Compact Deep Learning Models Into Daily Life (Tuesday Dec. 10, 2019)
  Andes Technology and AI startup Deeplite today announced the results of their joint collaboration to deploy highly optimized deep learning models on Andes RISC-V CPU cores based on AndeStar™ V5 architecture .
  
  
• Andes Corvette-F1 N25 Platform Becomes one of the first RISC-V Platforms Qualified for Amazon FreeRTOS (Monday Dec. 09, 2019)
  Andes Technology today announced its Corvette-F1 N25 platform is one of the first RISC-V platforms qualified for Amazon FreeRTOS. Amazon FreeRTOS is an open source operating system for microcontrollers from Amazon Web Services (AWS) that makes small, low-power edge devices easy to program, deploy, secure, connect, and manage.
  
  
• Andes certifies Imperas models and simulator as reference for new Andes RISC-V Vectors Core with lead customers and partners (Thursday Dec. 05, 2019)
  Imperas Software today announced with Andes Technology, the close collaboration with lead customers for the latest Andes Vectors Core NX27V, which addresses the requirement for advanced ML (machine learning) and AI (artificial intelligence) applications.
  
  
• Neoverse N1 makes debut in new AWS cloud instances (Wednesday Dec. 04, 2019)
  Today, in his opening keynote at AWS re:Invent, CEO Andy Jassy announced the next-generation Arm Neoverse-based Graviton processor, Graviton2, which will power a new generation of instances in the AWS general purpose (M), compute optimized (C), and memory optimized (R) portfolios.
  
  
• SiFive Learn Inventor Development System Now AWS Qualified (Tuesday Dec. 03, 2019)
  SiFive nnounced today the SiFive Learn Inventor Development System is now recognized as an Amazon FreeRTOS-qualified device, one of the leading-edge RISC-V based devices to receive this status.
  
  
• Imperas delivers highest quality RISC-V RV32I compliance test suites to implementers and adopters of RISC-V (Tuesday Nov. 26, 2019)
  Imperas Software Ltd., the leader in virtual platforms and high-performance software simulation, today announced the release of the latest update to the RISC-V compliance test suite for RV32I base RISC-V configuration.
  
  
• Aldec's Latest Embedded Development Platform is First to Feature Largest PolarFire and SmartFusion2 FPGAs on a Single Board (Tuesday Nov. 26, 2019)
  Aldec’s HES-MPF500-M2S150 Development Kit supports the early co-development and co-verification of hardware and software in projects targeting FPGAs from Microchip’s PolarFire and SmartFusion2 families.
  
  
• Expanding Universe for HPC, NVIDIA CEO Brings GPU Acceleration to Arm (Tuesday Nov. 19, 2019)
  Broadening support for GPU-accelerated supercomputing to a fast-growing new platform, NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang Monday introduced a reference design for building GPU-accelerated Arm servers, with wide industry backing.
  
  
• ArchiTek Select SiFive and DTS-Insight To Enable Next-Generation AI Solution Development (Monday Nov. 18, 2019)
  SiFive announced today a new partnership with ArchiTek Corporation, a leading embedded technology designer, in collaboration with DTS-Insight, a leading embedded platform software developer.
  
  
• Aerendir Mobile Inc. and SiFive Inc. Collaborate to Accelerate the Adoption of AI-Enabled Processors (Tuesday Nov. 12, 2019)
  Aerendir Mobile Inc. will merge its mathematical deep learning cores and AI infrastructure with innovative SiFive, Inc., RISC-V Core IP to enable a new low-cost board format for deep learning. This combined, unique approach will radically decrease the cost of true AI, allowing it to be enabled at the IoT Edge and End Point, inside affordable devices.
  
  
• Abaco Announces Industry's First 6U VPX Solution to Feature New Xilinx RF System-on-Chip Technology (Thursday Nov. 07, 2019)
  Abaco Systems today announced the industry's first 6U VPX implementation of the transformational Xilinx® 16x16 RF system-on-chip (RFSoC) technology combined with the Xilinx Ultrascale+™ FPGA with High Bandwidth Memory (HBM).
  
  
• IAR Systems delivers development from device to cloud through integration with Amazon Web Services (Tuesday Nov. 05, 2019)
  IAR Systems®, the future-proof supplier of software tools and services for embedded development, launches a new edition of IAR Embedded Workbench® for Arm® that provides integration with Amazon Web Services (AWS).
  
  
• AdaCore Introduces Support for C++ Embedded Environments (Tuesday Nov. 05, 2019)
  AdaCore today announced that its GNAT Pro product line now supports the development of embedded software written in C++.
  
  
• Xilinx Alveo Accelerators Power SK Telecom's Real-Time AI-based Physical Intrusion and Theft Detection Service (Monday Nov. 04, 2019)
  Xilinx and SK Telecom today announced that SK Telecom has adopted Xilinx® Alveo™ Datacenter Accelerator cards to power a real-time AI-based physical intrusion and theft detection service.
  
  
• Hex Five Adds MultiZone Security Isolation with Micron's Authenta Flash (Tuesday Oct. 29, 2019)
  Hex Five Security Inc. today announced the availability of MultiZone™ Security Trusted Execution Environment for Micron’s Authenta™-enabled flash technology.
  
  
• Micron Introduces Industry's First Silicon-Based Security-as-a-Service Platform for IoT Edge Devices (Friday Oct. 25, 2019)
  Micron Technology today introduced the industry’s first silicon-based security-as-a-service platform for protecting internet of things (IoT) edge devices. The new Micron® Authenta™ Key Management Service (KMS) platform enables a cloud-first deployment model for a broad set of industrial and automotive applications.
  
  
• Micron Introduces Comprehensive AI Development Platform (Friday Oct. 25, 2019)
  Micron Technology today announced a powerful new set of high-performance hardware and software tools for deep learning applications with the acquisition of FWDNXT, a software and hardware startup.
  
  
• Gidel Provides 3x Acceleration of FPGA and ASIC Development and Validation for Vision and Image Processing (Friday Oct. 25, 2019)
  Gidel, a technology leader in cutting-edge Vision and Imaging solutions based on FPGAs, today announced the newest addition to its robust developer’s kit, CertifEye, which provides a comprehensive development, debug, and validation solution.
  
  
• TensorFlow gets native support for PowerVR GPUs via optimised open-source SYCL libraries (Thursday Oct. 24, 2019)
  Imagination Technologies announces that developers working with TensorFlow will be able to target PowerVR GPUs directly thanks to newly optimised open source SYCL neural network libraries. The first release will be available in November 2019.
  
  
• Arm and silicon partners collaborate on IoT development through new Mbed OS Partner Governance model (Tuesday Oct. 08, 2019)
  For nearly 30 years the Arm ecosystem of more than 1,000 partners collaborated thanks to an underlying shared success model to deliver more than 150 billion chips. This ecosystem has been described as the oxygen that fuels this collective engagement and makes development as simple as breathing.
  
  
• Arm Announces Custom Instructions for embedded CPUs and Mbed OS Partner Governance (Tuesday Oct. 08, 2019)
  Arm Custom Instructions will initially be implemented in Arm Cortex®-M33 CPUs starting in the first half of 2020 at no additional cost to new and existing licensees, enabling SoC designers to add their own instructions for specific embedded and IoT applications without risk of software fragmentation.
  
  
• Los Alamos National Laboratory Teams with Arm to Develop Tailored, Efficient Processor Architectures (Thursday Oct. 03, 2019)
  Los Alamos National Laboratory and Arm are teaming up to make efficient, workload-optimized processors tailored to the extreme-scale computing requirements of the Laboratory’s national-security mission.