The momentum of RISC-V over this past year has been incredible, and it’s clear that the pace of RISC-V adoption will continue to accelerate at breakneck speed into 2023. RISC-V is inevitable. There are already billions of RISC-V cores on the market, and we’ll see that number multiply in the coming years. One key driver of growth has been the community’s focus on building out hardware, software, and tools for RISC-V designs. The rapid uptake of the hardware and software ecosystem is a testament to the portability to RISC-V and the design freedom and flexibility that allow companies to beat performance metrics.
In terms of specific industries, some of the biggest areas for RISC-V growth in 2023 will be the datacenter market, telecom and communications, and consumer IoT devices. We’ve already seen some big announcements from companies bringing RISC-V solutions to the automotive and aerospace markets as well as high-performance computing (HPC), and we anticipate many more high-profile announcements by year-end. What’s exciting is that there’s no one breakout market for RISC-V. RISC-V is truly everywhere: from the edge to the cloud and from tiny devices to supercomputers and spaceships.
From a technical standpoint, RISC-V vectors are playing a pivotal role in the RISC-V ecosystem where we have seen acceleration across all levels of the stack. Companies know that RISC-V is here to stay, and they aim to bring out capabilities at every level. You’ll also see RISC-V International announce some newly ratified specifications and extensions to meet the evolving needs of our community.