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5 open-source projects I’ll happily open my wallet for

Much of the world runs on open-source software that is free to deploy, adapt, and incorporate into other projects. Even though this software is offered at no charge (or has a significant free option), ...
Geeky Gadgets

The future of open-source computing: How RISC-V is changing the PC industry

The RISC-V architecture is making significant strides in the PC industry, signaling a new era of innovation and competition. While its performance currently trails behind older Intel processors and ...
Yahoo

Hong Kong embraces RISC-V open-source chip design to secure spot in China semiconductors

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hong Kong is betting on the RISC-V open-source chip architecture to drive innovation and secure a position in China's ...
Geeky Gadgets

Framework RISC-V Mainboard Launches for Modular Laptop 13 – $199

The DeepComputing DC-ROMA RISC-V Mainboard is built around the open-source RISC-V instruction set architecture (ISA), providing a platform for experimentation and customization. Its modular design and ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Open-Source RISC-V Platform Trains Chip Designers From RTL To Silicon (ETH Z., lowRISC, U of Bologna)

Researchers from ETH Zurich, lowRISC, and University of Bologna published a technical paper titled “Croc: Training the Next Generation Chip Designers on Domain-Specific End-to-End Open Source Silicon.
Reuters

Chinese RISC-V Chipmaker SpacemiT Launches K3 AI CPU, Highlighting the Rise of Open-Source Hardware in Intelligent Computing

HANGZHOU, China, January 30, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- As the global technology industry accelerates its shift toward open architectures and on-device artificial intelligence, Chinese RISC-V chip company ...
Liliputing

Dabao is a $10 dev board with an open source Baochip-1x RISC-V microcontroller (crowdfunding)

The Dabao Evaluation board is a tiny new single-board computer with a USB 2.0 Type-C port, a 20-pin GPIO header, and a custom RISC-V chip called the Baochip-1x. It’s that last bit that makes this ...
Detroit Free Press

Tenstorrent Unveils TT-QuietBox(TM) 2, the First RISC-V AI Workstation With a Fully Open-Source Stack to Deliver Teraflop-Class Inference

Liquid-Cooled Desktop System Runs Models up to 120B Parameters Locally With a Fully Open-Source Stack, Starting at $9,999 SANTA CLARA, CA / ACCESS Newswire / March 11, 2026 / Tenstorrent, the AI ...
TechSpot

Framework unveils $199 RISC-V laptop mainboard for open-source devs

Why it matters: The laptop makers at Framework are at it again, pushing the limits of what's possible with their modular and repairable machines. This time, they've partnered with DeepComputing to ...
Liliputing

Lilbits: Android Open Source Project isn’t dead, Nothing Phone (3) will be available in the US, and a tiny new RISC-V board

Earlier this year Google revealed that while it will continue to support the Android Open Source Project by releasing source code for each new build of the operating system, the actual development ...
ExtremeTech

Western Digital Announces Plans for Its Own RISC-V Processor

RISC-V hasn't been a huge topic for us at ExtremeTech, but the fully open-source CPU instruction set architecture (ISA) has been building momentum in the industry over the past few years as more ...
Yahoo

Chinese government shifts focus from x86 and Arm CPUs, gov't promoting RISC-V chips heavily

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: RISC-V Foundation ...