Brno company kodacip Collaboration begins with Intel Corporation. Codasip has become part of a new project called Intel Pathfinder. As part of that, Intel offers a tool that chip designers (SoCs) can use for design and subsequent testing. The software specializes in the open architecture (Instruction Set) RISC-V, a license-free alternative to ARM, on which Codasip builds processor cores.
Within Pathfinder, it is possible to choose cores and other components from several partner companies. Then simulations can be run or an FPGA prototype can be started and applications and operating systems can be tested. Intel offers two versions of Pathfinder. The Starter Edition is free and can be used by schools, researchers or hobbyists. The professional edition, which also includes Codasip, is intended for both professional and commercial use.
Codasip offers a 32-bit RISC-V kernel as part of the software L31 Support for the RV32IMCB instruction set. The use is mainly aimed at Internet of Things or edge computing. Codasip became a major European player in RISC-V. It has development centers in, for example, Cambridge, France, Spain or Greece And hire a number of experienced managers from ARM and other companies.
Other companies and organizations included in Pathfinder are: Andes Technology, Cadence, Check Point, Chips Alliance, Codeplay Software, Crypto Quantique, Fraunhofer IMS, Imperas Software, IOTech Systems, MIPS, OpenHW Group, RISC-V International, Siemens EDAA, SiFive, SoCOne and STMicroelectronics and Terasis.
The Intel Pathfinder for RISC-V is another step for Intel to enter RISC-V as a promising area of development. The organization is also becoming more interested in ARM. You want to combine x86, ARM, and RISC-V. Among other things, for the reason that it will become a custom chip manufacturer in the style of TSMC or Globalfoundries. RISC-V can also catch up at the start so it doesn’t lag behind like ARM. The latter has left him outside of mobile phones and the Internet of Things, but now he is also entering for PC whose servers.
Intel has become more interested in entering RISC-V in the past couple of years. For $2 billion, he wanted to buy the American company SiFive, which appears to be the biggest player in RISC-V. The deal did not work out, but Intel joined RISC-V International.
Later, with the Barcelona Supercomputing Center, it announced an investment of 400 million euros in the development of RISC-V processors in Spain. It is designed to run in future supercomputers with one or more zettaflops performance. Intel also launched a $1 billion fund to support startups focused on RISC-V.
In Brno, Intel is also close to the domestic company Phonexiawhich he obtained for voice recognition. Thanks to the acquisition, it also operates a research and development center in Moravia.
