AndeSentry™ Collaborative Framework Enables Comprehensive RISC-V Security Solutions

Hsinchu, Taiwan — May 30, 2023 — Andes Technology Corporation (TWSE: 6533), a Founding and Premier member of RISC-V International and a leading provider of high-performance, low-power 32/64-bit RISC-V processors, has established AndeSentry™ as a collaborative framework through which companies within the RISC-V ecosystem can work together to enhance RISC-V solutions security against a wide range of threats, including both cyber and physical attacks.

As embedded, automotive, and IoT markets continue to expand, device and data security have become critical priorities for both consumers and governments. Increasingly attackers will try to hack the systems with various kinds of methods like side-channel attacks, fault injection attacks, physical attacks, etc. To prevent information leakage and system misuse due to attacks, all embedded systems and IoT devices must address security aspects in their designs. AndeSentry™ offers a comprehensive portfolio of solutions to help companies developing RISC-V based solutions achieve their security and business goals.

Addressing security concerns with a single solution can be challenging. To overcome the issue, the AndeSentry™ Collaborative Framework integrates Andes’ and its partners’ security solutions within the RISC-V ecosystem to provide a range of security solutions that cover every aspect of security requirements. These solutions include isolated execution, application integrity, RoT, cryptography IPs, secure elements, secure boot, secure debug, secure monitors for TEE, and continue to expand. They are suitable for commercial use and can enable users to meet the requirements to comply with international security standards or to pass security certifications for different applications like IoT, consumer, and automotive. Moreover, some of the solutions have pre-integrated demos and are ready for evaluation to shorten the development cycle.

“We are excited to announce that AndeSentry™ is providing a collaborative framework enabling different companies within the RISC-V ecosystem to work together to provide comprehensive security solutions for RISC-V SoCs targeting embedded and IoT systems,” said Charlie Su, President and CTO of Andes Technology. “Hex-Five, PUFsecurity, Rambus, Secure-IC, TrustKernel, Zaya, and others have joined the AndeSentry™ program. We welcome other security solution providers to join us in helping chipmakers secure their IoT SoCs.”


About Andes Technology
Eighteen years in business and a Founding Premier member of RISC-V International, Andes is a publicly-listed company (TWSE: 6533; SIN: US03420C2089; ISIN: US03420C1099), a leading supplier of high-performance/ low-power 32/64-bit embedded processor IP solutions, and the driving force in taking RISC-V mainstream. Andes’ fifth-generation AndeStar™ architecture adopted the RISC-V as the base. Its V5 RISC-V CPU families range from tiny 32-bit cores to advanced 64-bit Out-of-Order processors with DSP, FPU, Vector, Linux, superscalar, and/or multi/many-core capabilities. By the end of 2022, the cumulative volume of Andes-Embedded™ SoCs has surpassed 12 billion. For more information, please visit https://www.andestech.com. Follow Andes on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Bilibili and YouTube! 

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Andes Technology Announces the New Product Line, AndesAIRE™, Ultimately Efficient AI/ML Solutions for Edge and End-Point Inference

HSINCHU, TAIWAN – May 15, 2023 – Andes Technology (TWSE:6533), a leading supplier of high-efficiency, low-power 32/64-bit RISC-V processor cores and Founding Premier member of RISC-V International, today announced the launch of new product line, AndesAIRE™ or Andes AI Runs Everywhere, ultimately efficient solutions designed for edge and end-point inference, including the first generation of AI/ML hardware accelerator intellectual property (IP), the AndesAIRE™ AnDLA™ I350 (Andes Deep Learning Accelerator), and the neural network software tools and runtimes, the AndesAIRE™ NN SDK.

With the explosive growth of AI/ML applications, there is a critical need for high performance-efficient deep learning solutions that can operate at the edge and end-point, where the strict power and energy constraints make it difficult to only rely on CPU architecture. The AnDLA™ I350 is specifically designed to address this challenge by delivering industry-leading efficiency, low power, and small area, making it ideal for use in a wide range of edge inference applications, from smart IoT devices and smart cameras to smart home appliances and robotics.

The AndesAIRE™ AnDLA™ I350 is built on top of Andes strength on compute acceleration from the proven CPU technologies and experiences accumulated over the past 18 years, providing a high performance-efficient platform for AI/ML acceleration. It supports popular deep learning frameworks, such as TensorFlow Lite, PyTorch, and ONNX, and performs versatile neural network operations such as convolution, fully-connect, element-wise, activation, pooling, channel padding, upsample, concatenation, etc., in the int8 data type. It also features an internal Direct Memory Access (DMA) and local memory, utilizing the best computing power of the hardware engines. Operation fusion techniques are also adopted in the AnDLA™ I350 to perform most common operator sequences more efficiently. The key configurable parameters of AnDLA™ I350 include the MAC number from 32 to 4096, and SRAM size from 16KB to 4MB, and provide flexible computing power from 64 GOPS to 8 TOPS (at 1 GHz) for a wide range of applications.

The AndesAIRE™ NN SDK is a comprehensive set of software tools and runtimes for end-to-end development and deployment. It includes the following components: 

  • AndesAIRE™ NNPilot™: a neural network optimization tool suite
  •  AndesAIRE™ TFLM for AnDLA™: an AnDLA™-optimized inference framework running on a host based on TensorFlow Lite for Microcontrollers
  •  AnDLA™ driver and runtime

The NNPilot™ can automatically analyze input NN models, apply model pruning and quantization, and generate AnDLA™ executable based on its configuration to perform inference together with the TFLM framework. The NNPilot™ also generates sample host C code to invoke the AnDLA™ driver in the bare metal environment.

To address the evolving and rapidly advancing AI technologies, Andes’ vision is an extensible AI subsystem, which seamlessly integrates AndesAIRE™ AnDLA™, AndesCore™ RISC-V CPU, and Andes Custom Extension™ (ACE). In such a subsystem, most structural and time-consuming parts of the AI workloads can be computed efficiently in the AnDLA™ while less structural computations such as non-linear functions can be offloaded to the powerful and flexible RISC-V CPUs with DSP/SIMD or Vector extensions. The ACE plays a key role for efficient data movement between the CPU and the AnDLA™ to reduce significant memory bandwidth and power consumption while increasing hardware utilization. The ACE can facilitate even faster processing by generating customized instructions for domain-specific applications, such as data pre- or post-processing. In addition to the extensibilities from hardware IP’s, Andes commits to continuous advancement of AndesAIRE™ NN SDK and AndesAIRE™ NN Library for the mass-production SoCs to adopt the future AI algorithms. Andes had added more than one hundred compute library APIs yearly since 2021, and we will keep optimizing and adding new functions into NN SDK and NN library in the future.

“Andes Technology is thrilled to introduce our new product line for AI/ML solutions, the AndesAIRE™ AnDLA™ I350 and the AndesAIRE™ NN SDK, an exceptional performance-efficient hardware and an end-to-end software solution for edge and end-point inference,” said Dr. Charlie Su, CTO and President of Andes Technology. “With the AndesAIRE™, we are empowering developers and innovators to create extensible and future-proof AI/ML SoCs and applications.”

“AndesAIRE™ product line projects our vision for the AI/ML market,” said Simon TC Wang, Senior Technical Marketing Manager of Andes Technology. “By combining the advantages from RISC-V CPUs, the AnDLA™, and the ACE into an AI subsystem, the performance, power consumption, and area can be well-balanced for customers to deliver competitive solutions. Furthermore, the flexibility is guaranteed by RISC-V CPUs and NN software stack, and the extensibility is affluent for customers to differentiate their unique value for target AI/ML applications.”

The AndesAIRE™ AnDLA™ I350 and the AndesAIRE™ NN SDK are available for licensing now in an early-adopter program. For more information, please visit the Andes Technology website at “http://www.andestech.com/en/products-solutions/andesaire-ai/.”

About ANDES RISC-V CON
ANDES RISC- V CON is the annual RISC-V technology forum of Andes Technology. In 2023, the San Jose session will be held in Doubletree by Hilton Hotel on June 27. The 2023 theme is “RISC-V: Redefining AI’s Future in Automotive, Data Center, Communications, and IoT”. It will introduce the flexible RISC-V that changes the face of emerging computing and share how Andes assists the RISC-V ecosystem in implementing multiple applications of innovative technology. Three popular application areas will be focused on: AI, automotive electronics, and RISC-V’s new field, Android. Many RISC-V ecosystem partners, including TSMC, are invited to give talks and on-site demonstrations. For free registration, please see the official website of ANDES RISC-V CON: https://www.andestech.com/Andes_RISC-V_CON_2023_US/

About Andes Technology
Eighteen years in business and a Founding Premier member of RISC-V International, Andes is a publicly-listed company (TWSE: 6533; SIN: US03420C2089; ISIN: US03420C1099) and a leading supplier of high-performance/low-power 32/64-bit embedded processor IP solutions, and the driving force in taking RISC-V mainstream. Andes’ fifth-generation AndeStar™ architecture adopted the RISC-V as the base. Its V5 RISC-V CPU families range from tiny 32-bit cores to advanced 64-bit Out-of-Order processors with DSP, FPU, Vector, Linux, superscalar, and/or multi/many-core capabilities. The annual volume of Andes-Embedded SoCs has exceeded 3 billion in 2021 and continues to rise. By the end of 2022, the cumulative volume of Andes-Embedded™ SoCs has surpassed 12 billion. For more information, please visit https://www.andestech.com. Follow Andes on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Bilibili and YouTube!

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Upgrade to Solid Sands’ Latest SuperTest Version Supports Andes to Its Ambitions for Further Growth in the Automotive Sector

Amsterdam and Hsinchu – May 11, 2023 – Andes Technology, a leading supplier of high-performance/low-power 32/64-bit embedded processor IP solutions, has upgraded its version of the SuperTest Compiler Test and Validation Suite developed and supplied by Solid Sands.

Andes is a founding premier member of RISC-V International and the driving force in taking RISC-V mainstream. Solid Sands, the world-leading provider of testing and qualification technology for compilers and libraries, joined the RISC-V community as a Strategic Member at the end of 2022 and provided Andes with SuperTest Vermeer Update #3 to enable the company to realise its ambitious growth plans in the automotive industry.

Because C++ is capable of satisfying the security, functional safety and behavioural requirements of ISO 26262, it is increasingly used in the automotive sector. A substantial number of image processing, signal processing, and machine learning algorithms used in a vehicle’s advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) are now written in C++. Underlining the strong commitment by Andes to RISC-V technology, the latest SuperTest Vermeer version was considered to be a perfect fit when operating in such a safety-critical industry.

Andes is dedicated to delivering top-notch solutions in both AndesCore™ RISC-V IPs and software development tools. In 2022, Andes made a ground-breaking announcement by unveiling the industry’s first fully compliant with ISO 26262 functional safety standards RISC-V CPU IP, AndesCore™ N25F-SE. In the second half of 2023, Andes plans to introduce its highly anticipated AndesCore™ D25F-SE with DSP extension support. Furthermore, Andes continues to optimize compilers, toolchains, and libraries, while expanding its support for DSP/Vector and NN libraries to ensure exceptional performance right out of the box with Andes RISC-V processors. Andes provides sturdy and superior compilers and toolchains by utilizing several open-source and commercial test suites like the SuperTest.

Marcel Beemster, CTO at Solid Sands, says: “Andes has a very strong foothold in the RISC-V environment and is a forerunner in the widespread use of the technology. The company’s commitment to safety-critical development per se and its ambitions in the automotive sector in particular mean that refreshing with the latest SuperTest Vermeer version is the obvious choice.”

“Andes’ cutting-edge software development tools, like AndeSight IDE, optimizing compilers and compute libraries, help accelerate the completion of highly competitive products,” said Warren Chen, Andes Senior Manager of Technical Marketing. “We appreciate the many essential benefits that SuperTest offers and it made perfect sense for us – as we power forward in the highly demanding and exacting automotive sector – to refresh our SuperTest with the latest Vermeer version.”

About Andes Technology
 Eighteen years in business and a Founding Premier member of RISC-V International, Andes is a publicly listed company (TWSE: 6533; SIN: US03420C2089; ISIN: US03420C1099) and a leading supplier of high-performance/low-power 32/64-bit embedded processor IP solutions, and the driving force in taking RISC-V mainstream. Andes’ fifth-generation AndeStar™ architecture adopted the RISC-V as the base. Its V5 RISC-V CPU families range from tiny 32-bit cores to advanced 64-bit cores Out of Order multi-cores with DSP, FPU, Vector, Linux, superscalar, and/or multicore capabilities. By the end of 2022, the cumulative volume of Andes-Embedded™ SoCs has surpassed 12 billion. For more information, please visit https://www.andestech.com. Follow Andes
on LinkedIn, Facebook and YouTube! 

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About Solid Sands
 Founded in 2014, Solid Sands is the one-stop shop for C and C++ compiler and library testing, validation and safety services. Solid Sands offers extensive test and validation suites with a unique level of compiler and library test coverage, enabling customers to achieve the software tool quality level demanded by ISO standards. The company’s name combines sand – the world’s most abundant source of silicon – with the solidity and security expected of sector-leading testing and validation technologies. More information on the company’s products and services is available at www.solidsands.nl. You can follow Solid Sands on LinkedIn, Twitter and YouTube.

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Andes Technology’s N25F RISC-V Processor Enables Superior Performance and Low Power for Phison’s X1 Enterprise SSD Controller

PHISON

Hsinchu, Taiwan – April 25, 2023 – Andes Technology (TWSE: 6533; SIN: US03420C2089; ISIN: US03420C1099), a leading supplier of high-efficiency, low-power 32/64-bit RISC-V processor cores and Founding Premier member of RISC-V International, and Phison Electronics Corp. (TPEX: 8299), a global leader in NAND flash controller and storage solutions, today announces that the AndesCore™ N25F Processor has been adopted by Phison’s award-winning PCIe Gen4x4 SSD Controller X1 (PS5020-E20) for the enterprise SSD market. The fast and compact N25F provides good balance between performance, area and power, which has made it widely adopted in SoCs demanding performance-efficient embedded controllers.

The AndesCore™ N25F is a 32-bit CPU IP core based on the AndeStar™ V5 architecture, which extends but is compatible to the RISC-V architecture. With an optimized 5-stage pipeline design, it can deliver the leading per-MHz performance with excellent energy efficiency. The N25F also has comprehensive options for its memory subsystem, including instruction and data caches, local memories with low-latency and predictable accesses, and ECC for L1 memory soft error protection. To support flexible SoC construct, the N25F system bus can be configured as 64-bit AXI, 64-bit AHB, or 32-bit AHB, and there is also a slave port for direct local memory reads/writes. These capabilities ensure both speed and security in memory accesses. In addition, the Andes Custom Extension™ (ACE) framework offers additional flexibility through customized special purpose instructions. With rich features and customized options, the N25F has been very popular in the embedded controller market.

The Phison X1 SSD platform, an U.3 PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe SSD, is a product targeting the enterprise SSD market. Its great boost in random read IOPS is a crucial evidence for its suitability in AI training and application servers handling thousands of clients. The X1 platform offers higher speed with lower energy consumption in a cost-effective solution that eliminates performance bottlenecks, significantly improves quality of service (QoS), and delivers the highest levels of data integrity and security for critical business applications. It was also recently awarded the 2023 Taiwan Excellence Award.

“Phison has been working with Andes for almost a decade, from the previous V3 architecture to the RISC-V based V5 architecture. All AndesCore™ processors offer an extensive list of configurable options, and the ACE automation tool is very powerful in creating customized instructions that fits our exact needs.” Vincent Cheng, VP of R&D of Phison said. “We are happy to be working with Andes. Through the processor and technical support provided by Andes, it is believed that the two companies will have more possibilities for cooperation in the future.”

“The AndesCore™ N25F offers efficient performance and flexible configuration, which makes it the perfect choice for performant embedded controllers. Actually, the N25F has been the best-selling RISC-V core.” said Andes CTO and President Dr. Charlie Su. “We are grateful to work with Phison on many projects. Phison is an ideal customer who continues to develop successful products with Andes processors while providing useful feedbacks on our cores and development tools along the way. We have extended our collaboration to the superscalar D45 core and we expect more successful products from Phison based on AndesCore™.”

About Andes Technology
Eighteen years in business and a Founding Premier member of RISC-V International, Andes is a publicly-listed company (TWSE: 6533; SIN: US03420C2089; ISIN: US03420C1099) and a leading supplier of high-performance/low-power 32/64-bit embedded processor IP solutions, and the driving force in taking RISC-V mainstream. Andes’ fifth-generation AndeStar™ architecture adopted the RISC-V as the base. Its V5 RISC-V CPU families range from tiny 32-bit cores to advanced 64-bit Out-of-Order processors with DSP, FPU, Vector, Linux, superscalar, and/or multi/many-core capabilities. The annual volume of Andes-Embedded SoCs has exceeded 3 billion in 2021 and continues to rise. By the end of 2022, the cumulative volume of Andes-Embedded™ SoCs has surpassed 12 billion. For more information, please visit https://www.andestech.com. Follow Andes on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Bilibili and YouTube! 

About Phison
Phison Electronics Corp. (TPEX:8299) is a global leader in NAND Flash controller IC and storage solutions. We provide a variety of services from controller design, system integration, IP licensing to total turnkey solutions, covering applications across SSD (PCIe/SATA/PATA), eMMC, UFS, SD and USB interfaces, reaching out to consumer, industrial and enterprise markets. As an active member of industry associations, Phison is on the Board of Directors for SDA, ONFI, UFSA and a contributor for JEDEC, PCI-SIG, MIPI, NVMe and IEEE-SA.

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Andes Custom Extension™ (ACE) Supports AndesCore™ 45-Series Processors to Provide Flexible Acceleration

Hsinchu, Taiwan – March 23, 2023 – Andes Technology, a leading supplier of high-performance, low-power, and extensible 32/64-bit RISC-V processor cores and Founding Premier member of RISC-V International, announces that an updated version of the powerful Andes Custom Extension™ (ACE) technology now supports the AndesCore™ 45-series processors – the single-core N45/D45/NX45/A45/AX45 and the multi-core A45MP/AX45MP. In addition, the advanced ACE features ACE-RVV and Andes Streaming Port will work with the AndesCore™ AX45MPV, which is the latest member of the 45-series processors with up to 1024-bit Vector Processing Unit (VPU).

With an in-order, 8-stage, dual-issue superscalar pipeline, the AndesCore™ 45-series processors offer strong processing performance for companies to develop high-performance solutions for a wide range of applications in 5G, automotive, AIoT etc. Similar to the AndesCore™ 25 and 27-series processors, the 45-series processors now work with the Andes Custom Extension™ (ACE) to realize domain-specific architecture designs with custom instructions support.

Through the ACE framework, SoC designers are able to design custom instructions and the corresponding custom logic to extend the AndesCore™ processors. The Andes COPILOT is a set of powerful tools to generate all the necessary components including intrinsic functions, processor RTL module and support for simulator, debugger, and compilation tools to support the custom instructions. The designers write an ACE script to describe the instruction semantics and concise Verilog RTL code to describe the custom logic. These are then fed into the COPILOT to generate all the outputs. 

The new version COPILOT v6 provides designers access to enhanced features of ACE such as ACE pipelining, background processing, and grouping functions. In the pipelined ACE engine, many ACE instructions are processed in different stages simultaneously. One instruction can complete every cycle when there is no dependence on resources and data. In this way, ACE pipelining offers a significant performance increase. Running ACE instructions in the background decouples their execution from the processor pipeline. This permits the processor pipeline to continue to execute younger instructions, including ACE instructions, without waiting for the completion of older ACE instructions. As a result, overall performance is improved, especially when there are long-latency ACE instructions. Grouping functions allows specifying one or multiple instructions as an instruction group, synchronization group, or a status group. ACE instructions in different instruction groups can be executed simultaneously to improve the overall ACE execution performance.

To further enhance the custom instructions design flexibility, the latest COPILOT has special support for SoC with embedded FPGA, where one or more 45-Series cores are hardened to connect via ACE interfaces to the embedded FPGA, which is ready for post-silicon custom extensions. COPILOT can generate clock domain crossing logic for the hardened part of the chip. The embedded FPGA architecture enables the capability of changing custom instructions for any purpose, such as fixing design issues or adding more innovative instructions.

“Introduction of AndesCore 45-series processors is a major milestone of Andes RISC-V processor development. This class of CPU brings best performance, power efficiency and rich features that our users will value,” said Dr. Charlie Su, President and CTO of Andes Technology. “The 45-series processors are great products in their own right and users can now use the latest ACE to bring a higher degree of customization in their designs.”

The new generation of Andes Custom Extension™ for AndesCore™ 45-series single-core N45/D45/NX45/A45/AX45 and multi-core A45MP/AX45MP is available now. To learn more about ACE’s powerful capabilities, please contact Andes Technology for more information.

About Andes Technology
Eighteen years in business and a Founding Premier member of RISC-V International, Andes is a publicly listed company (TWSE: 6533; SIN: US03420C2089; ISIN: US03420C1099) and a leading supplier of high-performance/low-power 32/64-bit embedded processor IP solutions, and the driving force in taking RISC-V mainstream. Andes’ fifth-generation AndeStar™ architecture adopted the RISC-V as the base. Its V5 RISC-V CPU families range from tiny 32-bit cores to advanced 64-bit cores Out of Order multi-cores with DSP, FPU, Vector, Linux, superscalar, and/or multicore capabilities. By the end of 2022, the cumulative volume of Andes-Embedded™ SoCs has surpassed 12 billion.

For more information, please visit https://www.andestech.com. Follow Andes on LinkedIn, Facebook and YouTube! 

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ASUS IoT Announces Tinker V, First RISC-V single-board computer (SBC) from ASUS IoT embraces open-source architecture for industrial IoT developers

KEY POINTS

●       First ASUS IoT RISC-V SBC: 64-bit processor embraces open-source RISC-V architecture to deepen diversity and flexibility for IoT developers

●       Ideal for industrial IoT: Linux Debian and Yocto support, rich connectivity, assured longevity and reliable, trusted technical support

●       Fast-growing ecosystem: ASUS IoT collaborates with Renesas and Andes to accelerate adoption of RISC-V and deployment in industrial IoT applications

 

TAIPEI, TAIWAN — March 14, 2023 — ASUS IoT, the global AIoT solution provider, today announced the all-new Tinker V — a versatile single-board computer (SBC) powered by a 64-bit RISC-V-based processor, which supports both Linux Debian and Yocto operating systems. Tinker V packs features rich connectivity into a compact Pico-ITX form factor, and pairs assured longevity with reliable support, making it the ideal choice for diverse IoT and gateway applications.

 

Embracing open-source RISC-V architecture for enhanced IoT developer choice and flexibility

The RISC-V processor in Tinker V employs the open-source Instruction Set Architecture (ISA), based on Reduced Instruction Set (RISC) principles. Compared with traditional x86 and Arm platforms, the defining benefit of RISC-V is that ISA is open source. Both individual developers and enterprises can change, optimize and deploy freely based on the RISC-V architecture — bypassing licensing and copyright fees. The launch of Tinker V, based on RISC-V, represents ASUS IoT’s ongoing commitment to accelerating IoT technologies, providing convenient and efficient environments for people everywhere.

 

Ideal for industrial IoT applications

The all-new Tinker V SBC is specially designed to run Linux Debian and Yocto. Featuring an ultra-compact size, it provides impressive power, comprehensive functionality and rich connectivity — making it the perfect choice for a diverse range of industrial IoT applications. Specially, Tinker V is equipped with a Renesas RZ/Five MPU, which incorporates the RISC-V AndesCore™ AX45MP single-core supporting 1.0 GHz operating frequencies. It is also engineered with a broad spread of peripheral connectors for industrial use, including GPIO, micro-USB, dual gigabit Ethernet, a pair of CAN bus interfaces and two RS232 COM ports. It also benefits from 1 GB of built-in RAM and an optional 16 GB eMMC, while supporting a wide range of operating temperatures from as low as -20°C to as high as 60°C.

 

Strong collaboration fosters the fast-growing RISC-V ecosystem

Commenting on the launch of Tinker V, Shigeki Kato, Vice President of Renesas’ Enterprise Infrastructure Business Division said: “We are thrilled to collaborate with ASUS and witness how our general-purpose RZ/Five MPU can contribute to the expansion of RISC-V in IoT systems. ASUS has been instrumental in integrating our device in the Tinker V SBC and we look forward to introducing more comprehensive RISC-V-based MPU solutions to our customers through our collaboration.”

 

Dr. Charlie Su, President and CTO of Andes Technology, added: “Andes has collaborated with ASUS IoT for the exciting Tinker V product. This powerful single-board computer employs the Andes AX45MP, and I look forward to seeing more devices from innovators in the global industrial market embedded with Andes’ advanced RISC-V processor families.”

 

With the purchase of Tinker V, customers receive the assurance of at least five years of support from ASUS IoT, and dedicated on-site technical support is available to shorten customer development cycles and accelerate application deployment.

 

AVAILABILITY & PRICING

ASUS IoT Tinker V samples will be available in Q2. Please contact your local ASUS representative for further information.

 

About ASUS IoT

ASUS IoT is a sub-brand of ASUS dedicated to the creation of incredible solutions in the fields of AI and IoT. Our mission is to become a trusted provider of embedded systems and partner to the wider AIoT solutions ecosystem. ASUS IoT strives to deliver best-in-class products and services across diverse vertical markets, and to partner with customers in the development of fully integrated and rapid time-to-market applications that drive efficiency — providing convenient, efficient and secure living and working environments for people everywhere.

 

About ASUS

ASUS is a global technology leader that provides the world’s most innovative and intuitive devices, components and solutions to deliver incredible experiences that enhance the lives of people everywhere. With its team of 5,000 in-house R&D experts, ASUS is world-renowned for continuously reimagining today’s technologies for tomorrow, garners more than 11 awards every day for quality, innovation and design, and is ranked among Fortune’s World’s Most Admired Companies.

 

About Andes Technology

Eighteen years in business and a Founding Premier member of RISC-V International, Andes is publicly-listed company (TWSE: 6533; SIN: US03420C2089; ISIN: US03420C1099) and a leading supplier of high-performance/low-power 32/64-bit embedded processor IP solutions, and the driving force in taking RISC-V mainstream. Andes’ fifth-generation AndeStar™ architecture adopted the RISC-V as the base. Its V5 RISC-V CPU families range from tiny 32-bit cores to advanced 64-bit
Out-of-Order processors with DSP, FPU, Vector, Linux, superscalar, and/or multi/many-core capabilities. The annual volume of Andes-Embedded SoCs has exceeded 3 billion in 2021 and continues to rise. By the end of 2022, the cumulative volume of Andes-Embedded™ SoCs has surpassed 12 billion. For more information, please visit https://www.andestech.com. Follow Andes
on LinkedIn, Facebook, Weibo, Twitter, Bilibili  and YouTube! 

 

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Andes Technology’s N25F RISC-V Processor Enables Superior Immersive Scenarios for ASPEED Technology’s Powerful Image Stitching SoC AST1230

HSINCHU, TAIWAN – March 07, 2023 – Andes Technology (TWSE: 6533; SIN: US03420C2089; ISIN: US03420C1099) , a leading supplier of high-efficiency, low-power 32/64-bit RISC-V processor cores and founding premier member of RISC-V International, today announced that its AndesCore™ N25F Processor has been adopted by ASPEED’s latest Cupola360 Spherical Image Processor AST1230. The 5-stage pipelined high-performance N25F can operate at high frequencies and is the key to enable ASPEED to design its Cupola360 in-camera image stitching solution for outstanding 360-degree immersive experiences.

The AndesCore™ N25F is a 32-bit CPU IP core based on the AndeStar™ V5 architecture. With an optimized 5-stage pipeline design, it can deliver leading per-MHz performance with excellent energy efficiency. It supports both single- and double-precision floating point and bit-manipulation instructions. These instructions are conducive to accelerating audio codec and image processing algorithms. The N25F has various optional features as well, such as branch prediction for efficient branch execution, Instruction and Data caches, Local Memories for low-latency and predictable accesses, ECC for L1 memory soft error protection, and Andes Custom Extension™ (ACE) for accelerating custom instructions. The N25F also has convenient features to support SoC and system-level development like vectored interrupts to handle various types of system events, AXI 64-bit or AHB 64/32-bit bus interface, PowerBrake, QuickNap™ and WFI mode for low power and power management, and JTAG debug interface to facilitate software development.

ASPEED’s Cupola360 Spherical Image Processor AST1230 is designed with its innovative hyper-stitching® technology specifically for 360-degree images. It features a powerful image signal processor (ISP), a smart layout processing engine and extraordinary processing power for on-chip real-time image stitching. Moreover, AST1230 is capable of processing up to 8K2K Ultra HD video at 30fps with 48M pixels CMOS sensor inputs. With its image stitching capability, high level programmable audio DSP, exceptional performance and thermal efficiency, AST1230 perfectly meets the growing need for a variety of immersive scenarios, such as manufacturing, public utilities, retail, education and training, etc.

“With the unique feature of real-time image stitching, ASPEED’s Cupola360 Spherical Image Processor AST1230 allows users to access large-scale, optically perfect and ultra-high resolution panoramic views seamlessly and instantly,” said CJ Hsieh, COO of ASPEED. “The N25F enables us to create a next-generation approach for the market of smart 360-degree scenarios, or ImmersiveX as we call it. By creating a live digital twin with 360-degree cameras powered by AST1230, ASPEED’s Cupola360 solution reinvents immersive experiences, making them more interactive and engaging. It’s perfect for immersive applications including virtual factory tour, inspection and audit, shopping, house showing, learning and training, and so many more.”

“The AndesCore™ N25F core offers efficient performance and flexible configuration, which makes it an excellent choice for high-speed control and floating-point processing applications such as video and image processing. We are excited that our compact yet powerful RISC-V core serves as the main processor of ASPEED’s AST1230,” said Andes CTO and President, Dr. Charlie Su. “We fully appreciate working with ASPEED to provide advanced features and superior experience for the ever-growing markets of 360-degree video communication.”

About Andes Technology
Eighteen years in business and a Founding Premier member of RISC-V International, Andes is a publicly-listed company (TWSE: 6533; SIN: US03420C2089; ISIN: US03420C1099) and a leading supplier of high-performance/low-power 32/64-bit embedded processor IP solutions, and the driving force in taking RISC-V mainstream. Andes’ fifth-generation AndeStar™ architecture adopted the RISC-V as the base. Its V5 RISC-V CPU families range from tiny 32-bit cores to advanced 64-bit Out-of-Order processors with DSP, FPU, Vector, Linux, superscalar, and/or multi/many-core capabilities. The annual volume of Andes-Embedded SoCs has exceeded 3 billion in 2021 and continues to rise. By the end of 2022, the cumulative volume of Andes-Embedded™ SoCs has surpassed 12 billion. For more information, please visit https://www.andestech.com. Follow Andes on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube! 

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Andes and IAR Together Enable Leading Vendor ILITEK to Accelerate the Development of its ISO 26262 Ready TDDI SoC ILI6600A

The joint Functional Safety solution from Andes and IAR helps ILITEK develop its High-Performance Touch and Display Driver Integration (TDDI) SoC

Hsinchu, Taiwan and Uppsala, Sweden— Feb 15, 2023— Andes Technology (TWSE:6533) and IAR together announce that ILITEK’s Touch and Display Driver Integration (TDDI) SoC, ILI6600A, adopts the Andes N25F-SE ISO 26262 certified V5 RISC-V CPU core, and the IAR certified Embedded Workbench toolchain for RISC-V, to support Automotive Functional Safety in its state-of-the-art SoC. ILI6600A is a highly integrated Amorphous/ LTPS/ Oxide TFT LCD driver with In-Cell touch controller. The joint solution from Andes and IAR is ISO 26262-certified with robust design methodology. It can help accelerate time-to-market for customers by shortening the rigorous certification process.

The LCD driver in ILI6600A supports up to 3 chips cascading and provides the number of colors up to 16.7M. Its IIE (Impressive Image Enhancement) function can achieve high-quality display and visual experience. The touch panel controller of ILI6600A uses a 32-bit high-performance single-cycle instruction-set MCU. With its built-in high-speed and high-performance hardware-accelerated computing modules, it provides superior data processing capabilities. With ILITEK’s driver technology and algorithms, the touch controller brings excellent user experience performance, strong anti-noise ability and high signal-to-noise ratio.

ILI6600A adopts the AndesCore™ N25F-SE, the world’s first ISO 26262 full compliance RISC-V CPU. As a Safety Enhancement edition of N25F, one of the bestselling RISC-V cores, the N25F-SE is designed for Automotive Functional Safety to prevent systematic failures as well as random hardware failures. IAR Embedded Workbench for RISC-V is a certified integrated development environment including the powerful IAR C/C++ Compiler and a comprehensive debugger. The combined solution and expertise of the two companies provide their customers with best-in-class performance and safety for automotive applications.

“The ILI6600A is our first ISO 26262 ASIL B ready product which provides robust, real-time and certified fail detection functions. Its higher SNR makes excellent touch panel performance and brings perfect user experience. Our engineering resource will provide in-time, on-site service. Also, ILI6600A has remote AI tuning tools which has been built with plenty TDDI project experience for customers. We are happy to partner with Andes and IAR on our automotive TDDI SoC solution to address the increasing demand for in-vehicle display devices with higher resolution,” said Luen Wey, CEO of ILI Technology Corp. “ILI6600A AFE can scan up to 960ch touch sensors and supports both of LongV and LongH scan. Moreover, the ILI6600A also supports virtual touch key’s and Knob functions. The most important part of automotive application, ILI6600A already passed the automotive ESD, EMI and EMS tests and will be an AEC-Q100 grade 2 qualified product soon. With high performance and low power consumption as well as necessary safety features, Andes RISC-V N25F-SE is the ideal processor to help ILI6600A meet its design goal.”

“We are thrilled to collaborate with IAR to support ILITEK on the product development of automotive TDDI SoC. With the N25F-SE, we ensure customers can leverage our ISO 26262 certified CPU IP and safety package in their product certification process. ILITEK has licensed several Andes V3 CPUs, the generation before its RISC-V compliant V5 cores. Their continued licensing and designing of latest Andes CPU IP into their SoC speaks a lot about ILITEK’s recognition of Andes CPU quality across multiple generations,” said Dr. Charlie Su, President and CTO of Andes Technology. “Andes is the first ISO 26262 certified RISC-V CPU IP company. We have established the ISO 26262 certified development process for automotive processor cores up to ASIL-D. With the certified development process in place, we are ready to support the automotive supply chain with the roadmap of our ISO 26262 functional safety certified RISC-V cores.”

“It’s great to see how IAR’s partnership with Andes is helping ILITEK in ensuring functional safety in their TDDI products. RISC-V technology continues to move fast forward and break new ground for innovations, and we will continue to drive change in the industry by supporting both the ecosystem as well as customers with professional development tools,” said Anders Holmberg, CTO of IAR.

The functional safety edition of IAR Embedded Workbench for RISC-V is certified by TÜV SÜD according to ten different standards, including ISO 26262. Along with strong technology, IAR offers guaranteed support for the sold version for the longevity of the customer support contract, validated service packs and regular reports of known deviations and problems.

Editor’s Note: IAR, IAR Embedded Workbench, Embedded Trust, C-Trust, C-SPY, C-RUN, C-STAT, IAR Visual State, IAR KickStart Kit, I-jet, I-jet Trace, I-scope, IAR Academy, IAR, and the logotype of IAR are trademarks or registered trademarks owned by IAR AB. All other product names are trademarks of their respective owners.

 

About Andes Technology

Eighteen years in business and a Founding Premier member of RISC-V International, Andes is publicly-listed company (TWSE: 6533; SIN: US03420C2089; ISIN: US03420C1099) and a leading supplier of high-performance/low-power 32/64-bit embedded processor IP solutions, and the driving force in taking RISC-V mainstream. Andes’ fifth-generation AndeStar™ architecture adopted the RISC-V as the base. Its V5 RISC-V CPU families range from tiny 32-bit cores to advanced 64-bit Out-of-Order processors with DSP, FPU, Vector, Linux, superscalar, and/or multi/many-core capabilities. The annual volume of Andes-Embedded SoCs has exceeded 3 billion in 2021 and continues to rise. By the end of 2022, the cumulative volume of Andes-Embedded™ SoCs has surpassed 12 billion. For more information, please visit https://www.andestech.com. Follow Andes on LinkedIn, Facebook, Weibo, Twitter, Bilibili  and YouTube! 

About IAR

IAR provides world-leading software and services for embedded development, enabling companies worldwide to create the products of today and the innovations of tomorrow. Since 1983, IAR’s solutions have ensured quality, reliability, and efficiency in the development of over one million embedded applications. The company is headquartered in Uppsala, Sweden, and has sales and support offices all over the world. IAR Group AB is listed on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm, Mid Cap. Learn more at www.iar.com.

About ILITEK

ILITEK’s core technologies are Display and Touch. ILITEK becomes one of Taiwan TOP5 IC design house and TDDI market share achieve worldwide No.2 with its great products and strong service bases which are located in China, Korea, Europe and USA.

 

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IAR

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ILI Technology Corp.

Bert Chang, Product/Sales Manager, ILI Technology Corp.

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Andes Technology: Stepping into the 18th Year with Perseverance and Proud Accomplishments

Hsinchu, Taiwan – February 9, 2023 – Since going public in 2017, Andes Technology has continued to gain market traction in CPU IP licensing, and its revenue has hit new highs for 6 consecutive years. Despite facing swift and tumultuous changes in the intellectual property industry and world economics, Andes attained significant growth, with a double-digit increase in their revenues in the year 2022. This financial success can be attributed to Andes’ strategy of providing customers with valuable solutions and cultivating the ever-expanding RISC-V ecosystem to make developing Andes-based solutions simpler and faster.

Andes has made remarkable strides in its intellectual property portfolio, and the cumulative number of IP license contracts has exceeded 450, establishing Andes as a leader in the industry. At the same time, its customer base is also expanding steadily, with notable companies like MediaTek, Renesas, Kneron, Picocom, MegaChips, Socionext and a few world leading enterprise groups among the list. In 2022, Andes’ customers deployed their solutions into a variety of applications such as AI, Datacenter, FPGA, IoT, MCU, Sensing, Server, Touch Panel, Video/TDD and Wireless.

Andes’ RISC-V product portfolio continued to grow in 2022, with the launch of several exciting offerings such as the N25F-SE, the industry’s first RISC-V core with ISO 26262 full compliance, and the AX45MPV, the industry’s most powerful multicore vector processor supporting 1024-bit vector computations. Andes also introduced the D23, an entry-level processor with low-power and advanced security features, and the AX60 series, an out-of-order superscalar multicore processor family with its first member, the AX65. In the software side, Andes released AndeSight™ IDE V5.1, a software development environment with new features designed to simplify the development of RISC-V heterogeneous multiprocessors and AI systems.

Determined to expand the RISC-V adoption globally, Andes maintains its key roles in RISC-V International including the board director, the technical steering committee, task group chairs, and the ambassador to participate in active technical and marketing subjects discussion. Employing more than 350 engineers at present, Andes continues to scale its talent recruitment with plans to expand its design centers in Taiwan and North America. To foster the long-term growth of RISC-V, Andes has also been promoting the open and innovative spirit of RISC-V to academia through initiatives such as the Andes Awards of the RISC-V Creative Competition for university students.

Due to its commercial success, Andes won numerous awards for its unique technologies and contributions to the industry. They include the 2022 WEAA and EE Awards Asia hosted by ASPENCORE Group, and the RISC-V Japan 2022 Product Award hosted by RISC-V International for promoting RISC-V to worldwide customers.

Despite the challenges posed by the global pandemic, Andes remained active in the industry by participating in over 50 important exhibitions and giving speeches around the world throughout 2022. Examples of the exhibitions included the AI Hardware Summit, Embedded World, Linley Processor Conference, RISC-V Summit, and the TSMC Technology Symposiums. The well-received speeches, webinars and events delved into the architecture and benefits of the diversified AndesCore™ processor IPs and the prevailing trends in RISC-V development and applications, including the latest RISC-V advancements in datacenter acceleration and automotive certification from Andes. The audience, ranging from RISC-V beginners, enthusiasts, to professionals gained insight into the latest industry developments.

“Andes’ extensive experience in product design and customer engineering greatly helps SoC design teams to release their products to the market faster,” said Frankwell Lin, the Chairman of Andes Technology and the board director of RISC-V International. “We remain committed to reshaping the computing industry by delivering the best-in-class RISC-V processors and the companion solutions. Building on 2022’s success, we look forward to bringing exciting new solutions to the market in 2023.”

About Andes Technology

Eighteen years in business and a Founding Premier member of RISC-V International, Andes is publicly-listed company (TWSE: 6533; SIN: US03420C2089; ISIN: US03420C1099) and a leading supplier of high-performance/low-power 32/64-bit embedded processor IP solutions, and the driving force in taking RISC-V mainstream. Andes’ fifth-generation AndeStar™ architecture adopted the RISC-V as the base. Its V5 RISC-V CPU families range from tiny 32-bit cores to advanced 64-bit Out-of-Order processors with DSP, FPU, Vector, Linux, superscalar, and/or multi/many-core capabilities. The annual volume of Andes-Embedded SoCs has exceeded 3 billion in 2021 and continues to rise. By the end of 2022, the cumulative volume of Andes-Embedded™ SoCs has surpassed 12 billion. For more information, please visit https://www.andestech.com. Follow Andes on LinkedIn, Facebook, Weibo, Twitter, Bilibili  and YouTube! 

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Andes Technology Collaborates with LDRA to Deliver Integrated Tool Suite for Safety-Critical Software on Andes RISC-V CPU Solutions

The integration helps developers to develop and manage applications in increasingly complex and safety-critical industries such as aerospace, automotive, railway, industrial, and medical on Andes RISC-V CPU solutions.

BANGALORE – January 19, 2023 – Andes Technology (TWSE: 6533; SIN: US03420C2089; ISIN: US03420C1099), a leading supplier of high efficiency, low-power 32/64-bit RISC-V processor cores and founding premier member of RISC-V International, today announced the integration of AndeSight™ IDE with LDRA tool suite. The integration with LDRA’s comprehensive set of software standards compliance, testing, and verification tools helps developers to develop and manage applications in increasingly complex and safety-critical industries such as aerospace, automotive, railway, industrial, and medical on Andes RISC-V CPU solutions. This compliance results in safer, more secure, more efficient, and more capable software.

As part of the integration, the LDRA tool suite, along with the eclipse plugin, hooks into the AndeSight™ integrated development environment (IDE) to allow compilation, linking, programming, and execution in the AndeSight™ environments. The LDRA tool suite offers the built-in import capability to reduce the static analysis efforts of AndeSight™ project files via included paths, macros, and other settings. In addition, the LDRA tool suite performs dynamic analysis on simulator targets within the AndeSight™ IDE or on the AndeShape™ evaluation boards. This allows users to perform system and unit tests using the already available Andes infrastructure to provide a head start to developers.

The integration with the LDRA tool suite provides the following additional features to the AndeSight™ IDE:

  • Source code static analysis
  • Software dynamic analysis, including modified condition/decision coverage (MC/DC) on the host and target
  • Software unit/integration testing on the host and target
  • Improved code quality, safety, and security
  • Reduced testing time and cost

LDRA Tool Suite Meets TÜV Certification

Functional safety standards consider the increasing use of tools for software application development and explicitly require such tools to be qualified. TÜV SÜD examined the quality and compliance of the software development processes and functional safety management of the LDRA tools to the given standards. TÜV assessed the suitability of the LDRA tools and associated user documentation as capable of supporting developers in safety-critical industries to achieve certification.

AndesCore™ N25F-SE Processor, the World First RISC-V CPU IP with ISO 26262 Full Compliance

The AndesCore™ N25F-SE is a safety-enhanced 32-bit RISC-V CPU core and is certified to be fully compliant with ISO 26262 ASIL B (Automotive Safety Integrity Level B) functional safety standards, including Parts 2, 4, 5, 8, and 9, for the development of automotive applications. The N25F-SE inherits the compact and performant design of the popular N25F. It supports standard IMACFD extensions including efficient integer and floating-point instructions and incorporates the Andes V5 extension instructions to further boost performance and reduce code size. To fully utilize the capabilities of the AndesCore™, the AndeSight™ IDE provides a comprehensive software solution that helps optimize code speed and code size and simplifies the development process by providing application development, debugging, analysis, compute libraries, OS awareness, and multicore development to developers.

“AndesCore™ N25F-SE ASIL B certified processor brings unique and competitive value to our RISC-V customers,” said Warren Chen, Senior Technical Marketing Manager, Andes Technology.  “The exciting partnership with LDRA enables us to bring versatile solutions to the developers for safety-critical applications. We welcome the benefits the LDRA tool suite brings to the RISC-V community in accelerating the functional safety applications development.”

“Designers are currently moving toward real implementations of their RISC-V-based designs within multiple safety-critical industries,” said Ian Hennell, Operations Director, LDRA. “As the focus shifts to a software-driven architecture supported by top-notch analysis tools, the RISC-V software efforts require more than just enabling the existing architecture. With our integration with Andes Technology, developers can meet these requirements while making sure their software is safe and security-driven.”

About LDRA

For more than 45 years, LDRA has developed and driven the market for software that automates code analysis and software testing for safety-, mission-, security-, and business-critical markets. Working with clients to achieve early error identification and elimination, and full compliance with industry standards, LDRA traces requirements through static and dynamic analysis to unit testing and verification for a wide variety of hardware and software platforms. Boasting a worldwide presence, LDRA has headquarters in the United Kingdom, United States, Germany, and India coupled with an extensive distributor network. For more information on the LDRA tool suite, please visit www.ldra.com

About Andes Technology

Eighteen years in business and a Founding Premier member of RISC-V International, Andes is publicly-listed company (TWSE: 6533; SIN: US03420C2089; ISIN: US03420C1099) and a leading supplier of high-performance/low-power 32/64-bit embedded processor IP solutions, and the driving force in taking RISC-V mainstream. Andes’ fifth-generation AndeStar™ architecture adopted the RISC-V as the base. Its V5 RISC-V CPU families range from tiny 32-bit cores to advanced 64-bit Out-of-Order processors with DSP, FPU, Vector, Linux, superscalar, and/or multi/many-core capabilities. The annual volume of Andes-Embedded SoCs has exceeded 3 billion in 2021 and continues to rise. By the end of 2022, the cumulative volume of Andes-Embedded™ SoCs has surpassed 12 billion. For more information, please visit https://www.andestech.com. Follow Andes on LinkedIn, Facebook, Weibo, Twitter, Bilibili  and YouTube! 

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Email: hllin@andestech.com

 

LDRA

Mark James

Tel: +44 (0) 151 649 9300

Email: mark.james@ldra.com  

 

HCI Marketing and Communications, Inc.

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