Sele sithethile ngamanye amaxesha malunga nehardware yasimahla kunye neprojekti ye-opencores.org, apho kukho iiprojekthi ezininzi ezivulekileyo ze-chip, kubandakanya ne-microprocessors ezinomdla ezinjenge-OpenSPARC, njl. Ewe ngoku inkampani I-SiFive idale ibhodi yophuhliso ehambelana neArduino ephumeza enye yezi chips. Oko kwenza ukuba izixhobo zekhompyutha zivuleke ngakumbi kunye neempawu ezingakumbi ze-microprocessor eyalela ukuba inokwaziwa.
Isitya esenziwe ngekhonkrithi ibizwa ngokuba yi-HiFive1, kunye neyona nto iphambili kuyo, okanye eyona nto ibalulekileyo, kuba zininzi iibhodi ezifanayo okanye zeArduino, yile, yokubandakanya i-MCU okanye iyunithi ye-microcontroller ene-CPU esekwe kumthombo ovulekileyo ISA RISC-V. Ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo iindaba ezimnandi, kwaye kwabo bangalwaziyo olu hlobo lweprojekthi, ndiyakukhuthaza ukuba uphande kwiwebhusayithi opencores.org, apho uya kufumana khona yonke into evela kwii-microprocessors, ii-microcontrollers, ii-MMUs, ii-FPU, ii-ALU, iinkumbulo, njl. Zonke iiprojekthi ezivulekileyo phantsi kweelayisensi ezahlukeneyo.
Kubonakala ngathi ipleyiti iza kuthengiswa malunga ne- $ 79 ngoku kwaye izakwehla iye kwi-59 yeedola ngoJanuwari 2017. Isizathu esiqhuba le indalo kukufuna ukwazi kwabaphandi, abasebenzisi kunye nabafundi baseyunivesithi ukuba bafunde okungakumbi malunga nokumnandi Uyilo lweRISC-V. Kukuthini ukubaluleka kwezi chips, kulungile, kulula, kuyenzeka njengakumhla wazo nge-MIPS okanye ngoku ngee-ARM, zinomdla omkhulu kubaphuhlisi kwaye kubonakala ngathi i-RISC-V ngokukodwa ivusa umdla wamaqela amaninzi mva nje.
I-RISC kunye nee-MIP zizinto ezimbini zokwakha eziza kuvakala ziqhelekile kwabo baqhelene neli hlabathi, kuba zenziwe ngabantu ababini abazi kakhulu ngobugcisa beekhompyuter: David Patterson (IYunivesithi yaseCalifornia) kunye UJohn hennessy (KwiYunivesithi yaseStanford). Ewe, ngoku ungafunda ngakumbi enkosi kwi-E310 SoC yale bhodi ine-E31 CorePlex CPU, i-32-bit kunye ne-32Mhz RV320IMAC isiseko esine-1.61DMIPs / Mhz eyenziwe yi-TMSC enkulu.