SiFive has been a long-standing commercial force behind RISC-V processor IP, and the company announced today it has closed a $400 million Series G financing round, which actually was oversubscribed, valuing the company at $3.65 billion. The round was led by Atreides Management, with participation from Apollo Global Management, NVIDIA, Point72 Turion, and T. Rowe Price Investment Management, alongside returning backers Prosperity7 Ventures and Sutter Hill Ventures. More than a vote of confidence in SiFive as a business, this financing round signals where AI infrastructure is heading, and about the recently reinvigorated role of the CPU in agentic AI workloads.

In a move that could have major implications for future AI datacenters, SiFive, a leader in RISC-V processor IP, has announced a strategic partnership with Nvidia to integrate the company’s NVLink Fusion interconnect technology into its forthcoming silicon platforms.

RISC-V chip design and IP powerhouse, SiFive, just announced availability of its new HiFive Premier P550 development board, and it's sure to make waves at the RISC-V Summit this week in Santa Clara. The new board is being billed as the highest-performing RISC-V development vehicle to date. If you're looking to push the boundaries of what's possible with RISC-V, this could be the test and development platform you’ve been waiting for.