SiFive’s P870 Takes RISC-V Further
I&#x27;m bullish on RISC-V, but sort of bearish on SiFive.  The last <i>several</i> systems I&#x27;ve used have been StarFive systems (which is distinct from SiFive.) They (SiFive) seem to be more of a custom IP shop, where you go when you want to spin some custom silicon but not pay ARM.  But now that we&#x27;ve broken with China re: chip production, is there anyone on this side of the pacific I can get catalog parts from?<p>So... their cores are great, but if I&#x27;m only going to see them if I write a very large check to SiFive, they&#x27;re sort of irrelevant to my world.  I would love to have SiFive IP that <i>doesn&#x27;t</i> use Rocket&#x2F;Scala&#x2F;Chisel and <i>does</i> produce catalog parts.<p>That could be just me.  I enjoy getting my hands dirty.