SiFive unveils Gen2 RISC-V IP for AI across edge and data centers
RISC-V-based hardware and software solutions provider SiFive rolled out its new 2nd Generation Intelligence family consisting of five new products, the first series of RISC-V-based processors designed to power intensive workloads for AI processing and edge computing across multiple markets.
The new products improve scalar, vector and matrix processing performance, and are designed to meet the requirements of applications in automotive, robotics, industrial infrastructure and IoT infrastructure.
The X160 Gen 2 and X180 Gen 2 are designed for far-edge and IoT use cases and allow high throughput in small, power-constrained environments.
“AI is catalyzing the next era of the RISC-V revolution,” says Patrick Little, CEO of SiFive. “We’re seeing strong traction including adoption of the new X100 series by two Tier 1 U.S. semiconductor companies. Our new 2nd Generation Intelligence IP builds on this momentum, adding new features and configurability to accelerate our customers’ designs and time to market.”
SiFive’s RISC-V vector-based IPs enhance the performance of AI models with reduced power and area, with solutions that are well suited for edge AI. The entire X-Series IP family is capable of Accelerator Control Units (ACU) operation, reducing software stacks and enabling platform-level data processing differentiation.
SiFive is tackling the need for AI by enabling extreme performance computing, with AI edge computing experiencing tremendous growth (78% anticipated growth). Licensing for the new products is available now, with first silicon in Q2 2026.
This product release represents a major step toward unifying compute architectures for AI at the edge, delivering scalable, power-efficient performance from microcontrollers at the far edge to accelerators in the data center.
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AI hardware | data center | edge AI | edge computing | RISC-V | semiconductor | SiFive
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