Open Source Processor IP for High Volume Production SoCs : CORE-V Family of RISC-V cores

This Technical Track session will describe barriers to adoption of open-source processor IP and opportunities to overcome these barriers.

This session will provide a brief overview of the RISC-V instruction set architecture and describe the CORE-V family of open-source cores that implement the RISC-V ISA.  RISC-V (pronounced “risk-five”) is an open, free ISA enabling a new era of processor innovation through open standard collaboration. Born in academia and research, RISC-V ISA delivers a new level of free, extensible software and hardware freedom on architecture, paving the way for the next 50 years of computing design and innovation.

CORE-V is a series of RISC-V based open-source processor cores with associated processor subsystem IP, tools and software for electronic system designers. The CORE-V family provides quality core IP in line with industry best practices in both silicon and FPGA optimized implementations. These cores can be used to facilitate rapid design innovation and ensure effective manufacturability of production SoCs.

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  Rick O’Connor

  President and CEO, OpenHW Group

  

Rick O’Connor

President and CEO, OpenHW Group

Technical Track Presentation: Open Source Processor Ip for high volume production socs: core-v family of risc-v cores

Rick O’Connor is Founder and serves as President & CEO of the OpenHW Group a not-for-profit, global organization driven by its members and individual contributors where hardware and software designers collaborate on open-source cores, related IP, tools and software projects.  The OpenHW Group Core-V Family is a series of RISC-V based open-source cores with associated processor subsystem IP, tools and software for electronic system designers. Previously Rick was Co-Founder and Executive Director of the RISC-V Foundation.  RISC-V (pronounced “risk-five”) is a free and open ISA enabling a new era of processor innovation through open standard collaboration. Founded by Rick in 2015 with the support of over 40 Founding Members, the RISC-V Foundation currently comprises more than 235 members building an open, collaborative community of software and hardware innovators powering processor innovation. Born in academia and research, the RISC-V ISA delivers a new level of free, extensible software and hardware freedom on architecture, paving the way for the next 50 years of computing design and innovation. Throughout his career, Rick has continued to be at the leading-edge of technology and corporate strategy and has held executive positions in many industry standards bodies.  Also, with many years of Executive level management experience in semiconductor and systems companies, Rick possesses a unique combination of business and technical skills and was responsible for the development of dozens of products accounting for over $750 million in revenue.  With very strong interpersonal skills, Rick is a regular speaker at key industry forums and has built a very strong professional network of key executives at many of the largest global technology firms including: AMD, ARM, Cadence, Dell, Ericsson, Facebook, Google, Huawei, HP, IBM, IDT, Intel, Microsoft, Nokia, NXP, RedHat, Synopsys, Texas Instruments, Western Digital, Xilinx and many more. Rick lives in Ottawa, Canada and holds an Executive MBA degree from the University of Ottawa and is an honors graduate of the faculty of Electronics Engineering Technology at Algonquin College.

“The roll out of 5G and next generation networks requires new architectural approaches to realize ever increasing processing throughput within smaller and smaller power envelopes for devices connected at the edge and throughout the network.  Open source hardware building blocks will be the next innovation frontier allowing the ecosystem to deliver these edge computing platforms.”