PS23429 - Qualitative Research on RISC-V

Concepts

• research and development
• swindon
• proprietary risc-v products
• research
• risc
• qualitative
• consultancy services
• processors
• software
• instruction set extensions

Location

Description

***** THIS IS AN AWARD NOTICE, NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION ***** This procurement is being concluded following a competitive procurement exercise. Brief Description of Requirement RISC-V is an instruction set architecture (ISA). An ISA defines the set of instructions that can be used by software running on a computer processor, linking hardware and software. The design of an ISA is fundamental to the security of systems built on processors that implement it. RISC-V is managed by the non-profit, RISC-V International, who manage the definition of the minimal base instruction set and a series of Instruction Set Extensions. As the Instruction Set Architecture and Instruction Set Extensions are publicly available, anyone can produce a processor design that implements the instruction set, royalty free, thereby lowering barriers to entry. RISC-V is widely used in academia and has emerging industrial potential. Although RISC-V is open standard, there is no requirement for its implementations to be open. While there are a range of open-source implementations, there are also a growing range of companies who are creating proprietary RISC-V products and licensing them to the wider market, including in the UK.

Award Detail

CPV Codes

• 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

Indicators

• Contract is suitable for SMEs.

Other Information

n/a PS23429 - Qualitative Research on RISC-V - Short_Form_Contract_v1.4 - redacted.pdf