I-MIPS Technologies iyayeka uphuhliso lwe-architecture ye-MIPS kunye nokutshintshela ekudaleni iinkqubo ezisekelwe kuyilo lwe-RISC-V. Kwagqitywa ekubeni kwakhiwe isizukulwana sesibhozo soyilo lwe-MIPS kuphuhliso lweprojekthi evulekileyo ye-RISC-V.
Kwi-2017, i-MIPS Technologies yaba phantsi kolawulo lwe-Wave Computing, isiqalo esivelisa i-accelerators kwiinkqubo zokufunda ngomatshini usebenzisa iiprosesa ze-MIPS. Kunyaka ophelileyo, i-Wave Computing yaqala inkqubo yokungabinamali, kodwa kwiveki ephelileyo, ngokuthatha inxaxheba kwengxowa-mali ye-Tallwood, yavela kwi-bankruptcy, yahlengahlengiswa kwaye yazalwa ngokutsha phantsi kwegama elitsha - i-MIPS. Inkampani entsha ye-MIPS iyitshintshe ngokupheleleyo imodeli yayo yeshishini kwaye ayizukuphela kwiprosesa.
Ngaphambili, i-MIPS Technologies yayibandakanyeka kuphuhliso loyilo kunye nelayisenisi yepropathi enomgangatho ophezulu wokuqonda enxulumene neeprosesa ze-MIPS, ngaphandle kokuzibandakanya ngokuthe ngqo kwimveliso. Inkampani entsha iya kuvelisa iitshiphusi, kodwa ngokusekwe kuyilo lwe-RISC-V. I-MIPS kunye ne-RISC-V ziyafana kwingcamango kunye nefilosofi, kodwa i-RISC-V iphuhliswa ngumbutho ongenzi nzuzo iRISC-V International ngegalelo loluntu. I-MIPS yagqiba ekubeni ingaqhubeki nokuphuhlisa i-architecture yayo, kodwa ukujoyina intsebenziswano. Kuyaphawuleka ukuba i-MIPS Technologies sele ililungu le-RISC-V International, kunye ne-CTO ye-RISC-V International ngumsebenzi wangaphambili we-MIPS Technologies.
Khumbula ukuba i-RISC-V ibonelela ngenkqubo yomyalelo womatshini ovulekileyo kunye noguquguqukayo ovumela ukuba i-microprocessors yakhelwe usetyenziso olungenasizathu ngaphandle kokufuna imali yokuhlawula okanye ukubeka iimeko zokusetyenziswa. I-RISC-V ikuvumela ukuba wenze ii-SoCs ezivuleleke ngokupheleleyo kunye neeprosesa. Okwangoku, ngokusekwe kwinkcazo ye-RISC-V, iinkampani ezahlukeneyo kunye noluntu oluphantsi kweelayisensi ezahlukeneyo zasimahla (BSD, MIT, Apache 2.0) ziphuhlisa iindidi ezininzi ze-microprocessor cores, ii-SoCs kunye neechips esele zenziwe. Inkxaso ye-RISC-V ikhona ukususela ekukhutshweni kwe-Glibc 2.27, i-binutils 2.30, i-gcc 7, kunye ne-Linux kernel 4.15.
umthombo: opennet.ru