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Pixilica Licenses SiFive's RISC-V Embedded Processor IPSAN MATEO, Calif., May 29, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- SiFive, the leading provider of commercial RISC-V processor IP, today announced that Pixilica has licensed SiFive's Series 2 RISC-V embedded processors for use in Pixilica's embedded systems designs. Pixilica leverages open-source technologies to create compelling embedded systems for use in medical equipment devices, environmental monitoring systems, high-performance computing and low-cost computing systems for the education market. "SiFive's Series 2 processors deliver their hallmark efficiency, configurability and silicon-proven IP for embedded systems," said Atif Zafar, CEO of Pixilica. "We chose SiFive for the ability of our engineers to easily and quickly configure a SiFive RISC-V processor that provides exactly the optimal performance, power and area we need to deliver our innovative solutions to our customers in a timely manner." Pixilica develops embedded systems that are used in products that range from ultra-low power, battery-operated IoT sensors, to leading-edge medical analysis devices, to high-performance portable computing systems. All product development projects come with the critical need to optimize its hardware, and thus every open-source RISC-V ISA provies Pixilica with a significant advantage over its competitors, which use embedded processors that cannot be modified. "SiFive welcomes Pixilica to our fast-growing customer base, and we look forward to supporting the product development efforts of this promising embedded systems startup," said Naveed Sherwani, CEO of SiFive. "SiFive has created an extensive portfolio of RISC-V embedded processors and an innovative suite of web-based tools that are ideally suited to the diverse requirements of Pixilica." About SiFive About Pixilica View original content to download multimedia:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/pixilica-licenses-sifives-risc-v-embedded-processor-ip-300858069.html SOURCE SiFive |