Electronic design automation (EDA) giant Synopsys Inc. has extended its ARC processor portfolio of intellectual property (IP) to include RISC-V technology.
Called ARC-V, the IP is built on the company’s microarchitecture of existing ARC processors but with the added benefit of the expanding RISC-V software ecosystem. The software cores work with high-performance, mid-range and ultra-low power designs for a range of application workloads.
The ARC-V IP is supported by Synopsys’ MetaWare development toolkit that generates efficient code.
"The increasing numbers of chips in automotive systems demand resilience in the semiconductor ecosystem, and to that end the industry is pushing for the adoption of open standards like RISC-V," said Thomas Boehm, senior vice president of automotive microcontroller at Infineon. "By developing safety-certified RISC-V based processor IP, Synopsys is supporting us to expand the architecture choices with an open standard to build high-performance automotive systems with the highest levels of functional safety, and we look forward to continuing to partner with them in our future products."
Tools and technologies are available to support design and verification of system-on-chips using Synopsys RISC-V ARC-V processor IP like:
- Synopsys.ai – A full stack artificial intelligence EDA suite
- Synopsys Fusion QuickStart implementation kits
- Synopsys verification solutions
- Synopsys Cloud SaaS platform
Additionally, Synopsys said it has joined the RISC-V international board of directors as well as the technical steering committee to support adoption of RISC-V instruction set architecture and plan for future of computing architecture standards.