Andes Technology USA Corp. to Host First Virtual Career Event Seeking RISC-V Talent to Grow Its North America Operation

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SAN JOSE, CA – August 25, 2022 – Andes Technology USA Corporation, the headquarters of North America operations of Hsinchu, Taiwan-based Andes Technology Corporation, 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 its first Virtual Career Event to grow it R&D facilities in North America. With a significant headcount growth of over 350% in the past year, Andes Technology USA continues to expand its North American presence. The company is hiring engineers to work remotely as well as in its three offices at west coast of North America. Andes will host its first Virtual Career Event on September 8th.  All levels of engineers with an interest in CPU, microarchitecture, RTL, or pre-silicon verification are encouraged to attend.

As the leading supplier and technological innovator in the RISC-V market, Andes has introduced a wide range of processors that offer high performance and low power consumption. All are bolstered with a comprehensive software development environment, compute libraries, AI compiler support and open security framework. With over 10 billion cumulative shipments of SoCs embedded with Andes CPU IP, Andes-embedded SoCs are being shipped in a wide range of applications including 5G, AI/ML, automotive, cloud computing, data centers, gaming, MCU, and many more.

“As RISC-V is witnessing rising commercial adoption and implementations across markets, our compact, modular and extensible RISC-V processors have enabled leading technology companies worldwide to deliver innovative solutions for emerging applications.” said Emerson Hsiao, Chief Operating Officer of Andes Technology USA. “With rapidly increasing RISC-V processor demand and the quickly evolving open-source RISC-V ISA specification, we are looking for RISC-V talent to develop the next-generation RISC-V solutions.”

Open roles available at Andes include Design Engineers, Design Verification Engineers and Formal Verification Engineers, and Technical Managers. Engineers interested are encouraged to view the open positions on the Andes LinkedIn page.

Join Andes Virtual Career Event on September 8th to learn more about the corporate culture, growth opportunities, and competitive benefits offerings. Attendees will automatically enter in a raffle with a chance to win Razer Hammerhead Wireless earbuds, which runs on an Andes CPU. For more information about Andes Virtual Career Event, please visit the registration page.

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Andes Technology and Green Hills Software Team Up to Deliver Advanced Automotive Safety Platform for RISC-V

Collaboration brings together the ISO 26262 to-be-certified AndesCore™ N25F-SE with Green Hills automotive safety solutions to support a wide range of automotive applications that require safety, security, and efficiency.

SANTA BARBARA, CA — August 17, 2022 — Andes Technology (TWSE: 6533; SIN: US03420C2089; ISIN: US03420C1099), a leading RISC-V CPU IP vendor and a Founding and Premier member of RISC-V International, and Green Hills Software, the worldwide leader in embedded safety and security and a member of RISC-V International, today announced their collaboration to offer an integrated and optimized platform for safe and secure computing on the AndesCore™ 25-Series family of RISC-V cores from Andes Technology. The comprehensive software offering from Green Hills Software will include the safety-certified µ-velOSity™ real-time operating system (RTOS), the ASIL-certified MULTI® development environment with advanced system-level debugging and analysis tools and C/C++ Optimizing Compilers, along with the Green Hills Probe for JTAG and trace target connections.

The combined hardware and software platform from Andes Technology and Green Hills Software is designed for SoC companies and end-customers to create market-leading 32/64-bit RISC-V-based SoCs targeting critical functions requiring ISO 26262 ASIL B to ASIL D, making the combined platform ideal for vehicle electronics requiring compact and cost-sensitive SoCs that are still capable of ASIL certification.

Andes Technology is the first RISC-V processor IP vendor to receive ASIL D process certification for both hardware (ISO 26262-5) and software (ISO 26262-6). Andes Technology is committed to supporting automobile professionals in developing safety-related product lines. The functional safety-enabled solution Andes Technology and Green Hills Software are offering is expected to be available for general licensing by the second half of 2022.

“AndesCore RISC-V processor IP with safety enhancement has already been adopted by several early customers due to its unique and competitive value,” said Dr. Charlie Su, Andes Technology President and CTO.  “The exciting partnership with Green Hills Software enables us to further offer comprehensive and robust development support for our customers. We welcome the benefits that Green Hills Software’s mature functional safety solutions bring to the RISC-V community to speed up the adoption of RISC-V safety-related applications.”

“We are pleased to expand our production-ready safety solutions support to include the latest advanced safety-certified RISC-V AndesCore™ IP from technology leader, Andes Technology,” said Dan Mender, Vice President, Business Development, Green Hills Software. “And with this combined hardware-software solution, SoC providers utilizing the AndesCore™ 25-Series family can immediately start developing their next generation vehicle ECUs with the highest performing, lowest power offerings, while reducing their customers’ time to market and development costs by offering integrated and optimized production-proven solutions.”

The combined hardware and software platform from Andes Technology and Green Hills Software features the following:

  • The AndesCore™ 25-Series RISC-V Family: Andes Technology’s AndesCore™ 25-Series is a family of 32/64-bit CPU IP cores based on AndesStar™ V5 architecture incorporating RISC-V technology. Its 5-stage pipeline is optimized for high operating frequency and high performance, yet with a small gate count. The 25-Series supports optional single- and double-precision floating point instructions. It also offers branch prediction for efficient branch execution, instruction and data caches, local memories for low-latency accesses, and ECC for L1 memory soft error protection. Multiple power management settings enable efficient energy consumption. Andes Technology’s N25F-SE, a member of the 25-Series family, is being certified at ASIL-B in the final stage.
  • The µ-velOSity RTOS: Green Hills Software’s µ-velOSity RTOS is an ideal companion for the AndesCore™ 25-Series processors because of its small footprint, quick boot times, and optional support for multiple cores and ASIL certification. µ-velOSity is also a perfect complement to the traditional use of AUTOSAR Classic in that it can cover a different class of applications, memory footprint, performance, and features.
  • The MULTI IDE: Used by thousands of developers for over three decades, Green Hills Software’s MULTI IDE is the industry’s unrivaled integrated development environment used to create, debug, and optimize code for embedded processors. With MULTI, developers can easily see and fix difficult bugs, pinpoint performance bottlenecks, and prevent future problems. MULTI provides whole-toolchain support for custom RISC-V instructions and delivers ISO 26262 ASIL-certified C/C++ compilers and run time libraries.
  • The Green Hills Probe: The Green Hills Probe provides JTAG and high-speed trace connections to targets for multicore hardware bring-up, low-level debugging, and trace-powered analysis tools.
  • Guidance and Training: Through design guidance and training, Green Hills Software’s services teams help customers achieve their own tailored levels of safety, security, and performance, with the highest developer productivity.

 

About Green Hills Software

Founded in 1982, Green Hills Software is the worldwide leader in embedded safety and security. In 2008, the Green Hills INTEGRITY-178 RTOS was the first and only operating system to be certified by NIAP (National Information Assurance Partnership comprised of NSA & NIST) to EAL 6+, High Robustness, the highest level of security ever achieved for any software product. Our open architecture integrated development solutions address deeply embedded, absolute security and high-reliability applications for the military/avionics, medical, industrial, automotive, networking, consumer and other markets that demand industry-certified solutions. Green Hills Software is headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA, with European headquarters in the United Kingdom. Visit Green Hills Software at https://www.ghs.com.

Green Hills, the Green Hills logo, µ-velOSity and MULTI are trademarks or registered trademarks of Green Hills Software LLC, in the U.S. and/or internationally. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

About Andes Technology

As 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 AndesStar™ 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 with DSP, FPU, Vector, Linux, superscalar, and/or multicore capabilities. The annual volume of Andes-Embedded SoCs has exceeded 3 billion in 2021 and continues to rise. By the end of 2021, the cumulative volume of Andes-Embedded™ SoCs has surpassed 10 billion. For more information, please visit https://www.andestech.com. Follow Andes on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube!

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Andes Technology RISC-V Processors Reveal Outstanding Performance and Efficiency in MLPerf Tiny

HSINCHU, TAIWAN – July 20, 2022 – Andes Technology Corporation (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, submits MLPerf Tiny v0.7 benchmark for Andes V5 RISC-V processors, including the AndesCore™ D25F and D45 (with DSP/SIMD Extension) and AndesCore™ NX27V (with Vector Extension). The MLPerf Tiny benchmark suite is intended for the lowest power devices and smallest form factors, such as deeply embedded, intelligent sensing, and internet-of-things applications. The remarkable out-of-box results reveal the outstanding Andes processor capabilities with performance and power consumption.

The out-of-box results of the MLPerf Tiny v0.7 are enabled by high-performance AndesCore™ and the enhanced “TensorFlow Lite for Microcontroller” with “Andes NN Library”. AndesCore™ V5 processors with DSP/SIMD (P draft) and Vector (V) Extensions are designed for applications needing highly efficient or intensive data computation. RISC-V DSP/SIMD Extension (RVP) efficiently addresses the requirements of low-volume data computation with straightforward hardware implementation for low power consumption without handcraft optimization in the model and software package. According to the Visual Wake Words and Image Classification scores, at the same 200MHz, Andes V5 RVP cores can deliver 11 fps on the D25F and 15 fps on the D45F while typical MCUs are only capable of 6-7 fps. By providing the compact and efficient SIMD and DSP capabilities, the D25F and the D45 processors form a very comprehensive and competitive basis for the TinyML, AIoT, and signal processing applications on edges and endpoints. RISC-V Vector Extension (RVV) targets high-volume data computation. No matter in the edge or cloud, the NX27V processor provides scalable, efficient, and powerful compute capabilities for general AI, NN, and data processing applications. Moreover, “Andes NN Library” dramatically speeds up the development of Neural Network algorithms with 17.3x speedup of MobileNet-v1 INT8 using AndesCore™ NX27V with the 128-bit vector configuration over the same core executing only RISC-V baseline (scalar) instructions.

“AndesCore™ RISC-V processors make intelligence available for TinyML or MCU AI without needing extra cost for hardwired accelerators. It also could be part of an efficient AI subsystem along with an accelerator to offload unstructured computation or pre-/post-processing. It brings unique and competitive value to the customers,” said Dr. Charlie Su, Andes Technology President and CTO. “AndesCore™ processors with RVP and RVV offer comprehensive solutions to the demand for computing in every aspect. In addition, with the optimized compute libraries and tools for RVP and RVV, customers could accelerate the development with highly competitive solutions to facilitate AI applications for a wide variety of products.”

 

About Andes Technology

As 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 cores with DSP, FPU, Vector, Linux, superscalar, and/or multicore capabilities. The annual volume of Andes-Embedded SoCs has exceeded 3 billion in 2021 and continues to rise. By the end of 2021, the cumulative volume of Andes-Embedded™ SoCs has surpassed 10 billion.

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Andes Technology and Crypto Quantique in Global Partnership to Deliver the Ultimate RISC-V IoT Device Security

LONDON, May 17, 2022 — Crypto Quantique, a specialist in quantum-driven cyber security for the internet of things (IoT), announces a global partnership with 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. Crypto Quantique also joined AndeSentry™ security framework, which provides a variety of security solutions to Andes RISC-V processors, countering attacks ranging from cyber-attacks to physical attacks.

Andes cooperates with Crypto Quantique’s quantum-driven semiconductor root-of-trust IP, quantum-driven semiconductor hardware IP (called QDID), and the company’s chip-to-cloud IoT device security management platform, QuarkLink, to bring our customers an industrial grade cyber-security solution.

QDID, which has been independently verified as robust against all known cyberattack mechanisms, measures quantum effects occurring in the fabric of silicon wafers to produce unique, unforgeable identities and cryptographic keys on-demand inside microcontrollers and application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs). The identities and keys create a root-of-trust for the chips, which are used in IoT devices and edge nodes. QDID is a physical unclonable function (PUF) that eliminates key injection and the requirement to store keys in device memories. It fits in the security framework embraced by the RISC-V architecture.

QuarkLink is an end-to-end IoT security software technology. It works with QDID or other roots-of-trust to provide secure provisioning, automated onboarding to on-premises or cloud platforms, security monitoring, and certificate and key renewal or revocation. With QuarkLink, a few keystrokes can connect thousands of IoT devices to servers automatically through cryptographic APIs.

Crypto Quantique’s CEO, Dr. Shahram Mossayebi, commented, “The traction that RISC-V has achieved in recent years, much of it driven by Andes Technology, has firmly established the instruction set as a leading contender for high performance, low power processors of the kind found in IoT devices. We see this partnership as a perfect fit of two companies that anticipate and respond to our industry’s technical challenges with silicon innovation. RISC-V processors improve the performance of IoT devices while reducing power consumption and cost. QDID does the same for the security of the chips that drive these devices, and the networks in which they’re deployed.”

KY Hsieh, Senior Technical Marketing Manager of Andes Technology, added, “Leading-edge processors need leading-edge security in a world that faces a growing plague of cyberattacks. Device security is part of that and an essential element in every chip design. Crypto Quantique’s IoT security products would help our goal of offering customers best-in-class technologies to give them a competitive edge on cyberattack protection. We are excited that Crypto Quantique becomes a part of the AndeSentry™ collaborative security framework, which offers a rich set of security solutions for the RISC-V ecosystem.”

About Crypto Quantique
Crypto Quantique has created the world’s most secure end-to-end IoT security platform. At its heart is the world’s first quantum-driven semiconductor hardware IP, called QDID, that generates multiple, unique, unforgeable cryptographic keys for devices manufactured using standard CMOS processes. The keys do not need to be stored and can be used independently by multiple applications on demand. When combined with cryptographic APIs from the company’s universal IoT security platform, QuarkLink, the solution creates a secure bridge between silicon, device, software, and solutions provider.

The company, which is based in London, UK, was co-founded by Dr. Shahram Mossayebi (CEO), an expert in cryptosystems, and Dr. Patrick Camilleri (VP Research & Innovation), a semiconductor designer with significant experience in complex parallel computer systems.

For more information, please visit: www.cryptoquantique.com , and follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.

About Andes Technology
Seventeen years in business and a Founding Premier member of RISC-V International, Andes (TWSE: 6533; SIN: US03420C2089; ISIN: US03420C1099) is 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 with DSP, FPU, Vector, Linux, superscalar, and/or multicore capabilities. The annual volume of Andes-Embedded SoCs has exceeded 3 billion since 2021 and continues to rise. In the end of 2021, the cumulative volume of Andes-Embedded™ SoCs has surpassed 10 billion.

For more information, please visit https://www.andestech.com/en/homepage
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ZAYA and Andes Technology Offer Certifiable TEE Security for RISC-V Based Systems

ZAYA, a leading IoT Security company and a Strategic member of RISC-V International and Andes Technology (TWSE: 6533; SIN: US03420C2089; ISIN: US03420C1099), a leading RISC-V CPU IP vendor and a Founding and Premier member of RISC-V International, announce the successful integration of ZAYA Secure OS and ZAYA MicroContainers(μContainers) with AndesCore™ RISC-V processors to offer certifiable TEE security. ZAYA’s solutions will become a part of the AndeSentry™ security framework from Andes Technology, providing a rich set of security solutions for the RISC-V ecosystem.

ZAYA Secure OS is a secure Operating System designed according to the IoT security certification requirements. ZAYA OS creates an isolated space on the running environment that handles all essential security mechanisms, as a Trusted Execution Environment (TEE). ZAYA Secure OS is a PSA Certified Level 1 and PSA Functional API Certified Operating System. It meets PSA Certified Security 10 Goals and provides essential security functionality using the PSA Functional API including Cryptography, Secure Storage and Attestation Services.

ZAYA Secure OS provides containerization technology even for MMU-less microcontrollers, called ZAYA μContainers. ZAYA μContainers run on top of the isolated ZAYA Secure OS/TEE with limited and dedicated access rights to run user applications, microservices or untrusted third-party libraries as isolated environments. ZAYA μContainers are independent executables that can be developed, installed and upgraded independently in the field that makes ZAYA μContainers deployment (such as OTA) friendly; this approach also offers cost-effective modular IoT Security Assessments for IoT Vendors.

AndeSentry™ security framework enables open collaboration and brings out a variety of security solutions to RISC-V processors from cyber-attacks to physical attacks. Here are two examples. To secure the booting for a system, AndeSentry™ Secure Boot provides an optimized library of digital signature algorithm with tiny memory footprint and optimized boot time for AndesCore™. To protect against the vulnerability of JTAG debug port, AndeSentry™ Secure Debug extends debug architecture for AndesCore™ by locking the JTAG signals between the debug interface of an external debugger and AndesCore™ JTAG Debug Transport Module.

To guarantee confidentiality and integrity of code and data during the runtime, AndeSentry™ Monitor incorporates ZAYA Secure OS and μContainer solution. It provides secure development environment compliant to IoT Security Certifications. When integrated with AndesCore™ under AndeSentry™ Monitor, ZAYA’s solution fulfills all PSA and SESIP Certification requirements such as Isolation (PSA Type 3, The Highest Level), Secure Update with Anti-Rollback, Secure Boot, and Secure Lifecycle. The solution is ideal for the growing devices demanding security such as AIoT devices, connected devices, and automotive devices, etc.

“With AndeSentry™ framework, chipmakers could realize secure devices based on AndesCore™. We are glad to have ZAYA Secure OS and μContainers under AndeSentry™ Monitor,” said Dr. Charlie Su, President and CTO of Andes Technology. “The successful joint effort between Zaya and Andes Technology is a significant milestone for the RISC-V security ecosystem. It brings rich security solutions to help speed up the development of secure devices.”

“Collaboration is the success key in IoT Security, we are glad to support Andes Solutions and be a part of AndeSentry™ Framework,” said Murat CAKMAK, CEO and Founder of ZAYA. “The partnership between Andes and ZAYA offers a leading cost-effective, ultra-secure and Certification Ready development environment for RISC-V based systems.”

About ZAYA
ZAYA is the leading IoT Security Company based in Cambridge, UK that develops innovative solutions to solve IoT design challenges and limitations. ZAYA provides secure development environments from bottom to top, including Secure Operating Systems, secure middleware, cloud management, and advanced data processing such as AI/ML services. For more information, please visit: http://www.za-ya.co  | Follow ZAYA on Twitter, LinkedIn.

About Andes Technology
Seventeen years in business and a Founding Premier member of RISC-V International, Andes (TWSE: 6533; SIN: US03420C2089; ISIN: US03420C1099), is 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 with DSP, FPU, Vector, Linux, superscalar, and/or multicore capabilities. The annual volume of Andes-Embedded SoCs has exceeded 3 billion since 2021 and continues to rise. The cumulative volume of Andes-Embedded™ SoCs has reached 10 billion by the end of 2021. For more information, please visit https://www.andestech.com.
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Rapid Silicon Licenses AndesCore™ D45 with DSP/SIMD extensions and Andes Custom Extension™ Framework

Andes Technology Corporation (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 Rapid Silicon, a provider of AI-enabled application-specific FPGAs based on open-source technology has taken a license for the AndesCore™ D45 with DSP/SIMD extensions as well as the Andes Custom Extension™ (ACE) framework. The superscalar 8-stage D45 RISC-V Core will be hardened and embedded into an FPGA to provide a full-speed CPU. The COPILOT tool of the ACE framework will allow designers to create their own CPU instructions that will be instantiated into the FPGA gates surrounding the hard-core CPU; at the same time, all required software development tools will be updated automatically by the COPILOT on designers’ desktop.

“We are delighted to offer our customers Andes high performance D45 CPU hard core with DSP/SIMD extensions in Rapid Silicon domain-specific, power, performance, and area (PPA) optimized FPGAs to target diverse applications in telecom, automotive, data processing and industrial vertical markets,” said Rapid Silicon’s Chairman & CEO, Dr. Naveed Sherwani. “To achieve a fast start to our ambitious goal of building the largest independent AI-enabled FPGA company, we needed silicon proven IP that could quickly and easily be added to our board-based FPGA. Furthermore, having an easy-to-use COPILOT development tool that enables Rapid Silicon to add our own custom instructions with little additional design time will shorten customers’ time to market considerably.”

“Andes Technology welcomes Rapid Silicon’s choice of our AndesCore™ D45 with DSP/SIMD extensions,” said Andes Chairman and CEO Frankwell Lin. “The D45 is popular with designers developing high performance signal processing applications.  In combination with COPILOT, the most user-friendly and production proven RISC-V custom extension development tool, designers can optimize their SoC to achieve the ideal combination of power, performance, area and application programmability. We wish Naveed great success with his new products.”

About Andes Technology
Seventeen 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 cores with DSP, FPU, Vector, Linux, superscalar, and/or multicore capabilities. The annual volume of Andes-Embedded SoCs has exceeded 3 billion in 2021 and continues to rise. By the end of 2021, the cumulative volume of Andes-Embedded™ SoCs has surpassed 10 billion. For more information, please visit https://www.andestech.com. Follow Andes on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube! 

About Rapid Silicon
Rapid Silicon is a leader in AI enabled application-specific FPGAs for diverse target applications. We utilize a combination of open-source methodology and proprietary AI technology to significantly improve design and simplify the customer experience. To learn more about Rapid Silicon, please visit www.rapidsilicon.com.

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Andes Enters RISC-V CPU IP Market in India with Partner Excelmax

Hsinchu, Taiwan—April 12, 2022— Andes Technology Corporation (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 announces a partnership with Excelmax Technologies Pvt Ltd to represent, promote and support all Andes RISC-V products in India.

India, the world’s sixth largest economy, is witnessing significant growth in electronic manufacturing services over the past few years. Due to the large and growing population of Indian engineers in Silicon Valley, the bonding between international tier one high-tech companies and India is getting closer. Favorable government new policies provide more incentives to home grown SoC design houses and international chipmakers to grow and pursue semiconductor design and manufacture for local as well as international markets. India also plans to set up domestic design companies and invests in developing high-tech clusters. The strong demand for advanced chips is accelerating the growth of the SoC development market, which is expected to be at nearly 10% CAGR.


Excelmax, headquartered at Bangalore and founded by industry experts in the field of VLSI and embedded domain, is a product engineering services house focusing in the areas of ASIC/FPGA and embedded design. Excelmax has strong presence in India in terms of wide client base across all verticals, has grown exponentially, and poises to grow further aiming to be a premier solutions provider catering to semiconductor industry. The leadership team members all have more than 20 years experience in embedded system hardware/software design and verification. 

“India SoC market and demand for CPU IP are growing so fast that Andes can’t ignore. It is important to provide our sales and technical support capabilities there, that’s why we chose Excelmax as our partner,” said Frankwell Lin, Chairman and CEO of Andes Technology. “Excelmax is familiar and working with many of India’s technology leaders for years which makes our partnership more effective. We are excited to cooperate with Excelmax in expanding the visibility and market share of Andes RISC-V processors in India.”

“Andes Technology is the world’s leading provider of RISC-V CPU IP for a variety of applications such as 5G, AI, IoT, MCU, Networking, Storage and Wearables,” said Shekhar Patil, CEO and founder of Excelmax Technologies. “Our SoC customers are eager to have high performance and costeffective CPU IPs for their design. We look forward to offering our customers the full line of Andes industry-leading RISC-V cores and promoting our professional customer service throughout India.”

About Andes Technology
Seventeen 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 cores with DSP, FPU, Vector, Linux, superscalar, and/or multicore capabilities. The annual volume of Andes-Embedded SoCs has exceeded 3 billion in 2021 and continues to rise. By the end of 2021, the cumulative volume of AndesEmbedded™ SoCs has surpassed 10 billion. For more information, please visit https://www.andestech.com. Follow Andes on Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube and Facebook!

About Excelmax Technologies Pvt Ltd
To address perennial challenges of accelerated time-to-market and improved product quality, Leverage Excelmax’s VLSI and Embedded engineering services to build and retain competitive advantage. Founded by experts and with vast experience, Excelmax has created value with our engineering services offerings at numerous global corporations and earned accolades. Recognized as one of India’s fastest growing technology companies, with a strong team of domain experts, we offer consulting services for ASIC Digital Design and Verification, DFT and Physical design, Analog design, Embedded Application Software, Embedded Firmware and Product design and Solutions.

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Andes Releases AndeSight™ IDE v5.1 to Simplify Software Development for RISC-V Heterogeneous Multiprocessor and AI

  • Tags: Andes, AndeSight, RISC-V, IDE, BSP, Software, Software Development, AI, IoT, NN, DSP, Vector, Heterogeneous Computing, Multicore, Multiprocessor

Press Highlights:

  • AndeSight™ IDE v5.1 has been released in Q1 2022
  • Key features: the first RISC-V SMP Zephyr™ RTOS, OpenAMP support, heterogeneous multiprocessor debugging, scripting automation, AndesClarity™ processor pipeline visualizer and analyzer, optimized compute libraries for AI and IoT applications for using RISC-V DSP/SIMD and Vector extension, auto-vectorization, and Andes Neural Network (NN) Library

Developing Applications on Heterogeneous Multiprocessors Using the Powerful AndeSight™ IDE Tools
AndeSight™ IDE v5.1 brings the power of application development, debugging, and analysis to the heterogeneous RISC-V multiprocessors, including the cutting-edge Andes RISC-V Superscalar Multicore A(X)45MP and Andes RISC-V Vector Processor NX27V. To support OS with SMP (Symmetric Multiprocessing), besides Linux SMP which has been well supported in RISC-V upstream and Andes platforms, Andes offers the first RISC-V port for SMP Zephyr™ RTOS and Zephyr’s driver subsystem. It has been verified on Andes RISC-V multicore platform. Developers only need to focus on the applications themselves without worrying about the underlying system software. As to AMP (Asymmetric Multiprocessing) demands, AndeSight™ integrates the OpenAMP which provides communication infrastructure between heterogeneous systems and enables AMP applications to leverage parallelism offered by multiprocessor systems.

AndeSight™ provides the user-friendly multicore debugging feature for both SMP and AMP systems in one IDE interface. To further enhance the ultimate debugging efficiency for multiprocessors, it offers a handy feature “Core Grouping” by sending debug commands to a set of cores in the same debug session. AndeSight™ also offers the record-and-replay scripting capability to save interactive steps for easy issue reproduction and automatic testing.

Accelerating AI Computations with RISC-V DSP/SIMD Extension (RVP), RISC-V Vector Extensions (RVV), Auto-vectorization, the Tools and Runtime from AndeSight™ IDE
The RVP extension enables multiple data in integer registers to be processed in one single cycle, thus efficiently boosting the performance with low power consumption for TinyML®, AIoT, and signal processing applications on edge and endpoint. Moreover, the RVV extension targets high-volume data computations with a configurable vector processing architecture; therefore, it provides scalable, efficient, and powerful compute capabilities for AI, NN, and data processing applications in edge and cloud computing.

To simplify the software development and unleash the potential of powerful ISA extensions, AndeSight™ offers full support from toolchains for RVP and RVV, their respective intrinsic functions, highly optimized DSP and Vector libraries, and sample codes to guide code optimization. Moreover, AndeSight™ IDE v5.1 enables auto-vectorization to generate RVV instructions automatically by the compiler. With the above support from AndeSight™, software developers can fully utilize the vector computing power in the C language.

To achieve the ultimate performance of a sophisticated vector processor like AndesCore™ NX27V, a processor pipeline analyzer is needed to help developers exploit the full capabilities of processors. AndesClarity™ visualizes the pipeline execution and resource bottleneck. Developers could discover stall bubbles, reasons to stall, and data dependencies associated with the instructions, the C source code, and hardware functional units for further optimization.

In addition, users could dramatically speed up the development of Neural Network algorithms with the AndeSoft™ NN Library. The NN library is optimized for RVP and RVV instructions for INT8 and FP16 data types. It also supports several quantization methods: shift-based, symmetry, and asymmetry. For MobileNet-v1 inference using NN library with FP16 data type, the NX27V processor with 512-bit SIMD width and 512-bit vector length achieves a 96x speedup over itself executing only RISC-V baseline extensions. Moreover, TensorFlow Lite for Microcontroller can execute TensorFlow models with AndeSoft™ NN Library on development boards.

AndeSight™ facilitates and streamlines the development of embedded systems and provides customers with a versatile integrated environment, including outstanding toolchains and libraries, scripting for automated operations, AndeSim™ near cycle simulator, handy analysis tools, and OS awareness development. Moreover, AndeSight™ provides abundant reference codes that enable developers to get started easily.

“We are delighted to see the arrival of the AndeSight™ IDE v5.1. It simplifies software development with handy features and optimized tools and helps accelerate the completion of highly competitive products,” said Andes President and CTO Dr. Charlie Su. “Processors cannot deliver their full capabilities without the matching software solutions. With comprehensive AndeSight™ IDE, customers can release their software with more features, better performance and higher quality in a shorter time.”

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About Andes Technology
Seventeen 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 cores with DSP, FPU, Vector, Linux, superscalar, and/or multicore capabilities. The annual volume of Andes-Embedded SoCs has exceeded 3 billion in 2021 and continues to rise. By the end of 2021, the cumulative volume of Andes-Embedded™ SoCs has surpassed 10 billion. For more information, please visit https://www.andestech.com. Follow Andes on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube! 

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Andes and IAR Systems enable leading automotive-focused IC design companies to accelerate time to market

Integrated functional safety solutions from IAR Systems and Andes support development of state-of-the-art automotive SoCs

Hsinchu, Taiwan, and Uppsala, Sweden —March 22, 2022— 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 IAR Systems®, the world leader in software and services for embedded development, together announced that leading IC design companies from Europe and Asia have adopted AndesCore™ RISC-V automotive CPU IP and IAR Systems’ functional safety certified development tools for RISC-V. The joint solutions from Andes and IAR Systems have robust design methodology according to ISO 26262, accelerating time to market for customers by shortening the rigorous certification process.

AndesCore™ automotive CPU is a functional safety enhancement edition of N25F, which is one of the bestselling RISC-V cores. To achieve automotive functional safety, the core is meticulously designed to prevent systematic failures and it’s controlled by product safety mechanisms to avoid random hardware failures.

IAR Embedded Workbench® for RISC-V is a complete development toolchain including the powerful IAR C/C++ Compiler™ and a comprehensive debugger. The companies’ combined expertise provides joint customers with best-in-class performance and safety for automotive applications.

“We are thrilled to collaborate with IAR Systems to support customers worldwide in product development of automotive SoCs. With AndesCore™ automotive core, we ensure customers can leverage the ISO 26262 certified CPU IP and Safety Package to their product certification process. Andes is proud to be the first RISC-V processor IP vendor to get process certifications for both Hardware (ISO 26262-5) and Software (ISO 26262-6) with complete development process to help customers meet ASIL D requirements.” said Dr. Charlie Su, President and CTO of Andes Technology.

“It’s great to see how IAR Systems’ partnership with Andes is helping our mutual clients ensure functional safety in their 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 and our customers with professional development tools.” said Anders Holmberg, CTO of IAR Systems.

The first AndesCore™ automotive RISC-V CPU is expected to be certified by SGS-TÜV Saar GmbH in H1 2022.

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 Systems 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.

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About Andes Technology
Seventeen years in business and a Founding Premier member of RISC-V International, Andes (TWSE: 6533; SIN: US03420C2089; ISIN: US03420C1099) is 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 with DSP, FPU, Vector, Linux, superscalar, and/or multicore capabilities. The annual volume of Andes-Embedded SoCs has exceeded 3 billion since 2021 and continues to rise. In the end of 2021, the cumulative volume of Andes-Embedded™ SoCs has surpassed 10 billion. For more information, please visit https://www.andestech.com. Follow Andes on Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube and Facebook!

About IAR Systems
IAR Systems 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 Systems’ 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. Since 2018, Secure Thingz, the global domain expert in device security, embedded systems, and lifecycle management, is part of IAR Systems Group AB. IAR Systems Group AB is listed on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm, Mid Cap. Learn more at www.iar.com.

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Andes Technology Announces over 10 Billion Cumulative Shipments of Andes-Embedded SoCs and Records All-Time High Annual and Monthly Revenue in 2021

The annual revenue of 2021 hit record high of US$29.3 million with over 40% growth
The monthly revenue in December also reached historic high 
Annual SoC shipments exceeded 3 billion in 2021 at an annual growth rate of 50%

HSINCHU, TAIWAN – March 8, 2022 – Andes Technology (TWSE: 6533; SIN: US03420C2089; ISIN: US03420C1099), a leading supplier of high efficiency, low-power 32/64-bit RISC-V processor cores, announced a remarkable record of 3 billion annual SoC shipments containing its CPU IPs in 2021 at an annual growth rate over 50%. Since inception, cumulative shipments have surpassed 10 billion. Applications of SoC in which Andes CPU IPs are embedded include established and emerging fields, such as 5G, AI/ML accelerators, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi devices, cloud computing, data centers, gaming, GPS, IoT, MCU, sensor fusion, touch and display controllers, storage, voice recognition, wireless communication, automotive electronics and more. Andes’ compact, modular and extensible RISC-V processors will boost the next wave of growth of customers’ chips.

Andes has achieved sustainable growth of revenue since the company went public in 2017. The monthly revenue in December hit all-time high, and the annual revenue in 2021 surged by more than 40% year-over-year, reaching a record high of US$29.3 million (NT$ 819 million). Andes’ continuous growth and potential in RISC-V has also been recognized by international institutional investors. In September 2021, Andes issued GDR to be listed on Luxembourg Stock Exchange. The fund allows Andes to boost medium-term and long-term capital investment in R&D and strengthen its existing leading RISC-V product portfolio as well as speed up the development of new high-value and high-performance product lines. Moreover, it accelerates the expansion of product design centers in Taiwan, the United States and Canada by recruiting more R&D talents to develop the next-generation RISC-V products.

Based on years of experience and know-hows, Andes has developed processors with high efficiency, low-power and high-quality and related hardware/software integrated solutions, which are widely adopted by IC design companies around the world, including MediaTek, Renesas Electronics, SK Telecom, Novatek, Phison, Himax, EdgeQ, Telink and many others. For example, Andes’ industry-leading NX27V vector processor, winner of “Hsinchu Science Park Innovative Product Award” and “Best EDA & IP of the Year” of EE Awards Asia from EE Times, has been adopted by customers in nearly 10 projects of cloud accelerators with many-core architecture. 

“The annual shipment of SoCs embedded with Andes CPU IPs reached 590 million in 2017 and surpassed 3 billion units in 2021 with an impressive CAGR of 50% over the five years. What’s more remarkable is that while 1% of Andes-embedded SoCs shipped are based on RISC-V, 99% are contributed by Andes processors of the third-generation architecture (V3) over the years. This shows the recognition from our customers, ecosystem partners and end users,” said Frankwell Lin, Chairman and CEO of Andes Technology and Board Director of RISC-V International. “It takes considerable time to get a SoC ready for mass production after licensing. Considering the rapid growth of Andes’ RISC-V license agreements in the past 3-4 years, we believe the shipment of Andes-embedded SoCs is steadily on the rise and associated royalties will account for a significant proportion of total revenue. Furthermore, Andes will host its first contest of RISC-V applications targeting outstanding students to encourage development of innovative RISC-V applications as well as foster talents in academia.” 

“In addition to delivering outstanding products, Andes also strives to help expand RISC-V ecosystem and joins forces with many world-leading companies. Recently, Jonah McLeod, our Marketing Director, stepped up as Chair of Marketing Committee of RISC-V International to lead its members around the world to promote RISC-V,” said Dr. Charlie Su, President and CTO of Andes Technology. “This year, we are officially entering the automotive market. The development process of automotive products requires compliance to automotive grade standards. Andes’ development flow has already been certified by SGS-TÜV Saar to be compliant to the requirements of ISO 26262 standards and criteria for Automotive Safety Integrity Level (ASIL) D at the end of 2020. Our first automotive processor IP will be available for general licensing by the first half of this year.”

Besides automotive electronics, Andes has launched powerful high-end RISC-V processor cores perfect for trending applications such as metaverse, AI, AR/VR, computer vision, encryption, multimedia, storage and 5G. Andes will continue to deliver processor cores which are flexible with high performance efficiency and low power consumption bolstered with comprehensive software development environment, compute libraries, AI compiler support and open security framework. With wide range of product lines and the custom instruction tool, Andes can cater to customers’ needs of standard products or customized processors and help them build competitive solutions for specific fields.

About Andes Technology
Seventeen years in business and a Founding Premier member of RISC-V International, Andes Technology (TWSE: 6533; SIN: US03420C2089; ISIN: US03420C1099) is 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 with DSP, FPU, Vector, Linux, superscalar, and/or multicore capabilities. The annual volume of Andes-Embedded SoCs has exceeded 3 billion since 2021 and continues to rise. The cumulative volume of Andes-Embedded™ SoCs has reached 10 billion by the end of 2021. For more information, please visit https://www.andestech.com. 

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