Business giants Bosch, Infineon, Nordic Semiconductor, NXP Semiconductors, and Qualcomm Applied sciences have lastly named the corporate they collectively based final yr with a view to boosting adoption of the free and open supply RISC-V instruction set structure (ISA): Quintauris.
“This can be a very thrilling alternative for Quintauris and for the industries we’ll serve,” says Alexander Kocher, named because the newly-formed firm’s chief government officer. “We’ll convey game-changing innovation and scalability to the following era of {hardware} growth, with an emphasis on combining the perfect components of RISC-V in a unified, commercialized proposition.”
A five-strong consortium of trade giants has formally opened its RISC-V-focused three way partnership: Quintauris. (📷: Bosch et al)
“We’re lucky to have the backing of among the most established gamers within the semiconductor trade, which reveals our ambition for Quintauris to be a long-term, sustainable supply,” Kocher continues. “We completely consider within the energy of collaboration with the RISC-V neighborhood, and as we proceed to scale our firm, we stay up for partaking with the ecosystem to hurry growth and improve the resilience of the broader semiconductor ecosystem.”
The three way partnership was introduced again in August final yr, when the 5 firms confirmed a collaboration targeted on RISC-V {hardware} and suitable software program concentrating on the automotive market with a deliberate enlargement to the Web of Issues (IoT) and cell gadgets to comply with. On the time, although, no formal opening date for the corporate was given — and it was left unnamed.
The corporate’s preliminary focus can be on automotive, with plans to develop to cowl the IoT and cell. (📷: CHUTTERSNAP)
Following the receipt of regulatory approvals, Quintauris was formally established to function a single supply for RISC-V-based gadgets and the software program which drives them — one thing joint-venture member Nordic Semi has been at pains to level out will function “a complimentary various to Arm, and never a risk” to the shut relationship between Arm with its proprietary ISA and Nordic and the opposite founding members of Quintauris.
Extra info on the newly-formed firm is accessible on the Quintauris web site; so far, it has not unveiled any merchandise.
