RISCV is an alternative microprocessor technology to x86 and ARM, with its instruction set architecture (ISA) being open rather than closed. This video explains what RISCV is all about, including its origins, key market players, hardware, applications, intellectual property (IP), and the likely role of global politics and international trade barriers in determining RISCV’s success.

Note that I have posted a "RISCV 2023 Update" video here:    • RISCV 2023 Update: From Embedded Com...  

My previous review of the VisionFive RISCV SBC that can run a Linux OS is here:
   • VisionFive RISCV Linux SBC  

And my review of the Nezha RISCV SBC that can also run a Linux OS is here:
   • Nezha RISCV Linux SBC  

REFERENCES
Specific sources included in the video are as follows:

RISCV International: https://riscv.org/

The first RISCV Instruction Set Manual (from 2011):
https://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/T...

SiFive website: https://www.sifive.com/ and RISCV core IP: https://www.sifive.com/riscvcoreip

SiFive development boards: https://www.sifive.com/boards

Samsung to use SiFive RISCV cores: https://riscv.org/news/2019/12/samsun...

THead Xuantie product overview: https://www.thead.cn/product/overview

Alibaba (THead) open sources Xuantie RISCV cores:
https://pandaily.com/alibabaannounce...

Western Digital RISCV: https://www.westerndigital.com/engb/... the technology brief pdf is particularly interesting: https://documents.westerndigital.com/...

Chinese Academy of Sciences release Xiangshan RISCV processor: https://min.news/en/tech/022cca805cb0...

Russia to Build 8Core RISCV CPUs for Laptops, Government Systems: https://www.extremetech.com/computing...

India selects RISCV for semiconductor selfsufficiency contest: https://www.theregister.com/2020/08/1...

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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:26 Open & Closed ISAs
03:55 RISCV Origins
05:15 Market Players
08:43 Entering the Mainstream
10:34 The Third Platform

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