The first such complete core is ideal for protected sensor/processor communication and joins CAST’s industry-leading set of ISO 26262 and other automotive cores

Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey. Recently, CAST and KiviCore announced a collaboration to deliver IP cores for post-quantum cryptographic hardware engines. With large-scale quantum computing on the horizon, the idea of post-quantum cryptography (PQC) is evolving to provide secure data solutions resistant to quantum-based cyber threats.

During this year’s RISC-V Summit, CAST will be in booth S13 demonstrating its processors offered in ASICs or FPGAs for embedded systems, Internet of Things edge devices, industrial control systems, automotive, and aerospace applications. CAST’s RISC-V IP core line features processors focused on competitive 32-bit solutions in Functional Safety and Ultra-Low Power.

RISC-V Summit, Santa Clara, California. According to CAST, Ubilite, Inc. has licensed a RISC-V IP core for its next generation of Wi-Fi chipsets with an ultra-low power consumption rivaling Bluetooth Low Energy. Peter Gammel, Chief Executive Officer, Ubilite said, “We expect the RISC-V processor core we’ve licensed from CAST to help us maintain — and extend — the advantages of our low-power Wi-Fi SoCs over competing IoT products.”

Winners have been chosen based on a 15-point rubric that considers solutions’ Design Excellence (5 points), Relative Performance (5 points), and Market Impact/Disruption (5 points).

The EMSA5-FS is a 32-bit, in-order, single-issue, five-stage pipeline processor supporting the open standard RISC-V ISA. Its fail-safe features include built-in triple or double modular redundancy, error correction code bus protection, a configurable memory protection unit, privileged operation modes, and Reset and Safety Manager Modules.

All the technological advancements in developing efficient processor cores have led several semiconductor players to design processor IP using open-source instruction set architecture.