About StarFive
StarFive, formally Shanghai StarFive Semiconductor Technology, designs RISC-V processors. It licenses CPU and network-on-chip IP, which are ready-made design blocks, and sells its own chips, including the JH7110 application processor, a baseboard management controller chip and microcontrollers. It also sells VisionFive single-board computers and development kits, and publishes an open-source Linux SDK. The company is based in Shanghai. Production status of newer chips and its founding year were not confirmed.
StarFive was founded in 2018 and is based in Shanghai, China. It is listed under ASICs, Custom Silicon, CPUs & RISC-V.
Compute Technologies
- Custom Silicon
What StarFive works on
ASICs
An ASIC, or application-specific integrated circuit, is a chip designed to do one job or a narrow set of jobs. Its circuits are fixed when the chip is made. A CPU can run any program; an ASIC does what it was designed for and nothing else.
Custom Silicon
Custom silicon means a company designs its own chips for its own products or data centers instead of buying standard parts. The chip is made by a foundry such as TSMC, but the design belongs to the customer.
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.
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