Buɗaɗɗen tushe da software kyauta wani abu ne da ya daɗe damu a cikinmu, amma buɗe-tushen ko kayan aikin kyauta kyauta wani abu ne wanda har yanzu shekaru ne masu nisa idan aka gwada shi da duniyar software. Akwai gine-ginen kayan aikin kyauta da ayyuka da yawa (kawai ku zagaya opencores.org don ganin wasu misalai), amma har yanzu yana buƙatar babban haɓaka don duka mu fa'idantu da shi. Babban fata shine RISC-V, buɗaɗɗiyar ISA kuma daga wacce wasu ayyukan masu sarrafawa kyauta ko SoCs ke ciyarwa.
Da kyau, bayar da wannan motsi shine abin da aikin ke niyya CHIPS Alliance a ƙarƙashin laimar Linux Foundation. CHIPS na tsaye ne don Kayan Kayan Aiki don Musaya, Gudanarwa da Tsarin Mulki, ma'ana, kayan aikin gama gari don musaya, masu sarrafawa da tsarin. An yi niyya don inganta tsarin kayan buɗewa ko kyauta don haɓaka kwakwalwan kwamfuta na gaba bisa ga abin da aka ambata ISA RISC-V.
Bayan Allianceungiyar CHIPS ba kawai Linux Foundation ba ce, wacce ke tallafa musu, amma akwai manyan kamfanoni kamar su Google, SiFive, Western Digital, Fasahar Esperanto, da dai sauransu Kun riga kun san cewa SiFive sanannen kamfani ne wanda ya riga ya ƙaddamar da shahararrun kwakwalwan kwamfuta ko sarrafawa bisa ga RISC-V. Kamar yadda kuka sani, wannan ISA ta dogara ne akan ƙirar RISC, amma an buɗe kuma ana samun ci gaba ta sanannun sanannun kamfanoni a ɓangaren.
RISC-V, kun riga kun san cewa yana bi da bi ne a ƙarƙashin ƙungiyar RISC-V Foundation, wanda ke da adadi mai yawa na kamfanoni masu haɗin gwiwa kamar yadda kuka sani. Daga nan ne kawai suke jagorantar kirkirar umarnin da suka kunshi ISA, wasu kuma suna kula da aiwatar da microarchitectures don gudanar da ISA din. Yanzu, tare da CHIPS Alliance, a daidaitaccen guntu zane kuma an buɗe wayoyin hannu, PC da kuma kayan masarufi da IoT.
Ina fata ya balaga nan ba da daɗewa ba kuma mun ga wasu ICs fiye da yadda suke yanzu… Hakanan, kun riga kun san cewa RISC-V shine goyan bayan kernel na Linux tun sigar 4.15.