Ars Technica

Instruction Set Architecture (ISA)

Back in the early days of computing, manufacturers didn’t build a whole line of software-compatible computer systems where each system was aimed at a different price/performance point. Instead, each ...
Design-Reuse

Synopsys TileLink Interconnect Verification IP for RISC-V SoCs

Reduced Instruction Set Computer Architecture (RISC) is an instruction set architecture (ISA) which implies a basic bridge between hardware and software. RISC enables the communication between an ...
Semiconductor Engineering

What Does RISC-V Stand For?

RISC-V (pronounced “risk-five”) stands for ‘reduced instruction set computer (RISC) five’. The number five refers to the number of generations of RISC architecture that were developed at the ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Instruction Set Architecture (ISA)

An instruction set architecture (ISA) defines the set of basic operations a computer must support. This includes the functional definition of operations and precise descriptions of how to invoke and ...