VentureBeat October 17, 2023
Qualcomm and Google have partne red to develop a RISC-V wearable solution for use with smart watches based on the Wear OS by Google.
The companies announced an expansion of their partnership to develop the tech based on RISC-V, a relatively new chip architecture based on an open standard in competition with rivals such as the Arm architecture.
RISC-V, a royalty-free open-standard instruction set architecture (ISA), allows companies to develop custom cores, fostering innovation and competition in the marketplace. Its openness, flexibility, and scalability benefit the entire value chain, from silicon vendors to OEMs, end devices, and consumers.
This collaboration aims to reduce time to market for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) looking to launch smartwatches with advanced features such as...