Getting Started with RISC-V Munich

Battery operated IoT sensors have, until now, been restricted to simple data sources such as temperature and humidity. But there is increasing interest in processing richer data sources such as images, sounds, and vibrations. These applications require significant processing on the edge device to remain compatible with low power IoT wireless networks such as LoRa, Sigfox, NB-IOT, and BLE. GreenWaves has used the extensibility of the RISC-V ISA and other architectural innovations to produce GAP8, a flexible, programmable IoT Application Processor designed to enable AI in devices at the very edge of the network. The architecture of GAP8 will be reviewed showing how innovation in core design and the use of open hardware can enable companies to address new markets on the internet of things.