Energy Efficiency
RISC-V cores are designed with streamlined instruction sets that reduce power consumption, making them ideal for battery-powered and energy-sensitive embedded applications
Scalability
The modular ISA architecture allows RISC-V to scale from small microcontrollers to high-performance processors, providing flexibility across a wide range of embedded use cases
Advanced Security Features
RISC-V includes optional extensions and a clean-slate design that supports enhanced Security mechanisms, critical for Safety- and Security-sensitive domains like Aerospace and Automotive
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Open-Source: Transparency and Flexibility
RISC-V’s open ISA model reduces vendor lock-in, lowers development costs, and promotes full transparency. Its scalability makes it suitable for everything from low-power IoT nodes to complex Aerospace and Industrial Automation platforms.
Highly customizable
RISC-V’s modular ISA combined with PikeOS’s partitioning enables highly tailored systems — from the instruction set to the OS configuration. Support for RISC-V extensions like "H" (Hypervisor mode) allows flexible deployment of multiple isolated guest OSes on a single hardware platform.
Safety & Security
RISC-V supports features like memory isolation, PMP (Physical Memory Protection), and error detection. Together with PikeOS’s certified Safety and Security architecture, the platform is ideal for regulated domains like Aerospace, Automotive, and Industrial Automation.
Future-Proof Technology
Driven by a global ecosystem of academia and industry, RISC-V evolves rapidly. Our products ensure early integration of RISC-V advancements, keeping your embedded systems aligned with the latest Security and performance features.
Simplified Certification Path
When combined with PikeOS and ELinOS, RISC-V-based platforms benefit from modular, certifiable components. This reduces integration and verification complexity in domains requiring DO-178C, ISO 26262, or IEC 61508 certification.
Unified Toolchain & Development Ecosystem
Through SYSGO’s CODEO IDE and integrated cross-compilation toolchains, RISC-V targets can be developed, debugged, and deployed using the same streamlined process as ARM or x86, accelerating developer onboarding and system bring-up.
Optimized for Real-Time & Mixed-Criticality Systems
PikeOS supports deterministic scheduling and time-partitioning, critical for real-time RISC-V applications. This enables safe integration of real-time, Safety-critical, and non-critical workloads on a single SoC.
Edge and AI/ML Readiness
Many new RISC-V cores target Edge AI, vector processing, and accelerators. With PikeOS and ELinOS support, these hardware capabilities can be integrated into secure, real-time workloads in IoT, Industrial, and Defense Edge deployments.
Vendor Independence & Multi-Sourcing
RISC-V’s open standard allows you to choose from a growing number of chip vendors and silicon designs — avoiding proprietary lock-in and enabling long-term sourcing strategies and easier End-of-Life (EOL) planning.