Quintauris

Quintauris is a European joint company specialized in development of RISC-V based technologies. Currently located in Germany, the company aims to support and standardize RISC-V commercially.[2]

History

On August 4, 2023, 5 semiconductor companies Robert Bosch GmbH, Infineon Technologies AG, Nordic Semiconductor, NXP Semiconductors, and Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. have announced the foundation of a joint company aimed at advancing the adoption of RISC-V as an ISA, commercializing it and setting industry standards.[3][4] The company has been formally established and dubbed Quintauris on 22 December of the same year.[5][6] On 29 August 2024, STMicroelectronics announced they join Quintauris as the sixth shareholder.[7][8][9]

See also

  • European Processor Initiative
  • SiFive
  • lowRISC

References

  1. Five Leading Semiconductor Industry Players Incorporate New Company, Quintauris, to Drive RISC-V Ecosystem Forward www.businesswire.com, 2023-12-22, retrieved 2024-04-11^
  2. RISC-V hardware ecosystem gets strong industry support - Qualcomm joins with four other industry players to form Quintauris Tom's Hardware, 2023-12-23, retrieved 2024-05-12^
  3. Ron Amadeo. Qualcomm—one of Arm's biggest customers—starts a RISC-V joint venture Ars Technica, 2023-08-04, retrieved 2024-05-12^
  4. Leading Semiconductor Industry Players Join Forces to Accelerate RISC-V www.qualcomm.com, retrieved 2024-04-11^
  5. Five Leading Semiconductor Industry Players Incorporate New Company, Quintauris, to Drive RISC-V Ecosystem Forward www.businesswire.com, 2023-12-22, retrieved 2024-04-11^
  6. RISC-V hardware ecosystem gets strong industry support - Qualcomm joins with four other industry players to form Quintauris Tom's Hardware, 2023-12-23, retrieved 2024-05-12^
  7. Neil Tyler. STMicroelectronics joins Quintauris as sixth shareholder New Electronics, 2024-08-30, retrieved 2024-11-08^
  8. Giovanna Mancini. Quintauris, la start up europea che abbatte i costi dei microchip Il Sole 24 ORE, 2024-11-08, retrieved 2024-11-08^
  9. STMICROELECTRONICS SI UNISCE A QUINTAURIS PER SFRUTTARE IL POTENZIALE DI RISC-V www.ice.it, retrieved 2024-11-12^