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SiFive hires big core engineer

by on16 December 2024


Andre Seznec, a star of branch prediction

After decades of dominance of X86 in the big core area, Arm cores from Arm, Apple, and now Qualcomm are making a big entrance to the market. As an alternative, it looks like SiFive, a leader in high-performance RISC-V cores is building a big core. It ought to be the highest performance Risc V core and a star engineer Andre Seznec has been hired as a Fellow to help out. Andre Seznec, a prominent figure with a branch prediction, has joined the company to help build the new core.

Most recently Andre worked at Intel but also Arm, AMD, Apple, and Qualcomm. That is quite a resume. The current highest-performance family big core provides 64-bit, Out of Order (OoO) Cores for a range of design points based on workload requirements. These range from 3-wide to 6-wide OoO cores with 2 dedicated vector engines for AI workloads.

Naturally, the highest performing P870-D is a Six-wide, out-of-order core with RVA23, CHI bridge, and RAS Functionality. It can scale all the way to 256 cores for high-performance markets. The performance processor family is delivering superior compute density and performance for modern workloads in an energy-efficient area footprint. It is targeting Mobile, Consumer, Datacenter and Edge Infrastructure markets.

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The one that the company is currently building is aiming for significantly higher performance. On the eve of a big trial where Arm and Qualcomm are about to go to the most prominent tech trial for the last half-decade, alternatives are welcomed.

 

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