Luis E. Rueda G. - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Not Harvard architecture? (Score 1) 101

by Luis E. Rueda G. on Sunday November 27, 2016 @12:50PM (#53371645) Attached to: Own An Open Source RISC-V Microcontroller

Double-gate (EEPROM) is expensive by license and by fabrication. We are diving deep to solve this, by doing an extra effort on designing our own NVRAM cells (single poly) and try to virtualize RAM with the limited NVRAM possible. NVRAM is area expensive and if we reach the goal of $500k plus an additonal $200k you would see speed that you cannot see on regular micros. This is the reason of open source, work around things and do better than closed commercial chips.

Submission + - Own an Open Source RISC-V micro-controller (crowdsupply.com)

Submitted by hamster_nz on Saturday November 26, 2016 @02:09PM

hamster_nz writes: By now you have come across Arduino, the popular Open Source micro-controller platform. Did you ever think it would be great if hardware was open to the transistor level, not just the chip level? If so Crowd Supply is running the project for you!

With a completely open ISA and no license fees for the CPU design, the RISC-V architecture is well positioned to take the crown as the 'go to' design for anybody needing a 32-bit in their silicon, and Open-V are crowd-sourcing their funding for an initial manufacturing run of 70,000 chips, offering options from a single chip to a seat in the design review process.

This project is shaping up to be milestone for the coming Open Source Silicon revolution, and they are literally offering a seat at the table. Even if you don't end up backing the project, it makes for very interesting reading.

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