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Accelerating the RISC-V
Software Ecosystem

The RISC-V Software Ecosystem (RISE) project is a collaborative effort led by industry leaders with a mission to accelerate the development of open source software for the RISC-V architecture.

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The RISE Project is focused on commercial software readiness in close partnership with RISC-V International to expedite delivery of more innovative RISC-V products into the market. The target market segments include mobile, consumer electronics, datacenter, and automotive.

Mission:

  • Accelerate the development of open source software for RISC-V
  • Raise the quality of RISC-V Platform software implementations
  • Push the RISC-V Software ecosystem forward and align ecosystem partners’ efforts
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General Members

RISE is dedicated to enabling a robust software ecosystem specifically for application processors that includes compilers, toolchains, system libraries, kernel, virtualization, programming languages, Linux distribution integration, and tools for debug and profiling.

Areas the RISE TSC targets to focus on over time:

Leadership

Governing Board

Amber Huffman

Chair
Google

Barna Ibrahim

Vice-Chair
Rivos

Balaji Baktha

Ventana

Lars Bergstrom

Google

Aaron Durbin

Rivos

Charlie Hong-Men Su

Andes

Tom Kao

Mediatek

Amit Pabalkar

Nvidia

Daniel Park

Samsung

John Ronco

SiFive

Mark Skarpness

Intel

Steve Wanless

Red Hat

Larry Wikelius

Qualcomm

Dr. Jing Yang

T-Head (Alibaba)
Shreyas Derashri

Shreyas Derashri

Imagination

Technical Steering Committee

Andrew de los Reyes

Co-Chair
Rivos

Nathan Egge

Co-Chair
Google

Kumar Sankaran

Co-Chair
Ventana

Join RISE

The sponsorship levels and associated fees are listed below.  “FTE” means employee or contractor time provided that is equivalent to a full-time employee.

Sponsorship LevelsPricing
Sponsor with a 2.0 FTE requirementEUR 40,000
Sponsor without FTE requirementEUR 140,000
* Sponsor with a 2.0 FTE requirement + Governing Board SeatEUR 80,000
* Sponsor without FTE requirement + Governing Board SeatEUR 180,000

Your organization will need to be a current Sponsor of Linux Foundation Europe (LFEU) and RISC-V International. If your organization is already a Sponsor of the LFEU and RISC-V International, there is no need to do anything. If you are not a Sponsor of the LFEU or RISC-V International, please visit their websites for full details.

*MEMBERSHIP LEVEL UNAVAILABLE – RISE Governing Board has reached capacity (max 13 organizations). The next Governing Board election will be held in 2025.

For sponsorship inquiries, use this form: