2015
Founded as the RISC-V Foundation.
About Us
The Global Home of RISC-V
RISC-V International is the global non-profit home of the open standard RISC-V Instruction Set Architecture (ISA), related specifications, and stakeholder community.
RISC-V members across the globe contribute and collaborate to define RISC-V open specifications as well as convene and govern related technical, industry, domain, and special interest groups.
At a Glance
A Non-Profit, Open Standard
Switzerland
Incorporated today as the RISC-V International Association.
Royalty-Free
An open standard ISA, free for anyone, anywhere to build on.
Non-Profit
No commercial interest in products or services.
Why RISC-V
What the Community Gains
RISC-V enables the community to share technical investment, contribute to the strategic future, create more rapidly, enjoy unprecedented design freedom, and substantially reduce the cost of innovation.
Shared Technical Investment
Share the cost and effort of core architecture work across the whole community instead of duplicating it in isolation.
A Voice in the Roadmap
Contribute to the strategic future of the ISA through open technical, industry, domain, and special interest groups.
Faster Time to Innovation
Build on a mature, modular base and create more rapidly than starting from scratch.
Unprecedented Design Freedom
A modular technical approach lets you take only what you need and extend it however your design demands.
Substantially Lower Cost
An open, royalty-free ISA removes licensing barriers and substantially reduces the cost of innovation.
Our Approach
Open by Design, Global by Nature
Open and Royalty-Free
RISC-V combines a modular technical approach with an open, royalty-free ISA – meaning that anyone, anywhere can benefit from the IP contributed and produced by RISC-V. As a non-profit, RISC-V does not maintain any commercial interest in products or services. As an open standard, anyone may leverage RISC-V as a building block in their open or proprietary solutions and services.
Global and Neutral
RISC-V does not take a political position on behalf of any geography. We are proud to see organizations from around the world working together in this new era of processor innovation. RISC-V was founded in 2015 as the RISC-V Foundation and is incorporated today as RISC-V International Association in Switzerland.
Go Deeper
Learn More About RISC-V
Find out more in the blog celebrating 15 years of RISC-V, and see how RISC-V applies to your industry or research area.
