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This interview traces RISC-V’s evolution from a "clean slate" academic summer project at UC Berkeley designed to overcome the limitations of proprietary ISAs to a global ecosystem challenging the dominance of other ISAs. Dr. Asanović details the strategic pivots that led to the founding of SiFive and the establishment of RISC-V International to prevent fragmentation through unified standards like the RVA23 profile. In this interview we cover the architecture's inherent scalability from microcontrollers to high-performance data centers, the specific design choices behind Vector extensions for AI workloads, and the future trajectory of open hardware innovation. [00:00] Introduction [01:14] Sponsor spot: https://www.asm.com [01:48] The Origin of RISC-V: Why Create a New ISA? [05:08] The "Clean Slate" Summer Project [08:08] Realizing the World Was Watching [10:18] "Instruction Sets Want to be Free" [12:15] Founding SiFive: From Chips to IP [16:02] The Importance of Development Boards [18:35] Creating the RISC-V Foundation [22:33] RVA23 and Preventing Fragmentation [24:16] AI, Vectors, and Cray Influence [27:18] Scaling from Microcontrollers to Supercomputers [28:40] Addressing the "Fragmentation" Criticism [35:30] SiFive's Market Strategy [38:26] The Long Road from Announcement to Silicon [40:04] Motivation and Academic Roots ----------------------- Need POTATO merch? There's a chip for that! http://merch.techtechpotato.com http://more-moore.com : Sign up to the More Than Moore Newsletter https://www.patreon.com/TechTechPotato : Patreon gets you access to the TTP Discord server! Follow Ian on Twitter at http://twitter.com/IanCutress Follow TechTechPotato on Twitter at http://twitter.com/TechTechPotato If you're in the market for something from Amazon, please use the following links. TTP may receive a commission if you purchase anything through these links. Amazon USA : https://geni.us/AmazonUS-TTP Amazon UK : https://geni.us/AmazonUK-TTP Amazon CAN : https://geni.us/AmazonCAN-TTP Amazon GER : https://geni.us/AmazonDE-TTP Amazon Other : https://geni.us/TTPAmazonOther Ending music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2N0tmgau5E4 ----------------------- Welcome to the TechTechPotato (c) Dr. Ian Cutress Ramblings about things related to Technology from an analyst for More Than Moore #techtechpotato #riscv #krsteasanovic ------------ More Than Moore, as with other research and analyst firms, provides or has provided paid research, analysis, advising, or consulting to many high-tech companies in the industry, which may include advertising on the More Than Moore newsletter or TechTechPotato YouTube channel and related social media. The companies that fall under this banner include AMD, Applied Materials, Armari, ASM, Ayar Labs, Baidu, Dialectica, Facebook, GLG, Guidepoint, IBM, Impala, Infineon, Intel, Kuehne+Nagel, Lattice Semi, Linode, MediaTek, NordPass, NVIDIA, ProteanTecs, Qualcomm, SiFive, SIG, SiTime, Supermicro, Synopsys, Tenstorrent, Third Bridge, TSMC, Untether AI, Ventana Micro.