About Cortus
French fabless company near Montpellier selling RISC-V microcontrollers and AI inference chips, mainly for automotive and avionics. In February 2025 it reported first silicon of the MINERVA 64-bit out-of-order RISC-V processor, made on GlobalFoundries 22FDX, booting Linux. Its ULYSS family targets ISO 26262 automotive use; a partnership with CTAG on AUTOSAR was announced in February 2026.
Cortus was founded in 2001 and is based in Mauguio, France. It is listed under CPUs & RISC-V, Edge Computing.
Compute Technologies
- Edge Computing
- Custom Silicon
What Cortus works on
CPUs & RISC-V
A CPU, or central processing unit, is the general-purpose chip that runs a computer. It reads instructions, does arithmetic and logic, and decides what happens next. Every phone, laptop and server has at least one.
Edge Computing
Edge computing means processing data close to where it is produced, on a device or a nearby server, instead of sending everything to a distant cloud data center. In chip terms, edge processors are small, low-power chips that run software and AI models inside phones, cameras, cars and sensors.
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