RISC-V pioneer SiFive has signed a deal with Nvidia to incorporate Nvidia NVLink Fusion into its data center products.
The agreement means that SiFive will be able to connect its RISC-V CPUs to Nvidia GPUs and accelerators over a high bandwidth interconnect that lets multiple GPUs share compute and memory resources, offering more options to operators of AI data centers. Historically, RISC-V technology has not had access to these types of high-level interconnects and pathways.
In a statement, Patrick Little, president and CEO of SiFive, said, “AI infrastructure is no longer built from generic components, it is co-designed from the ground up. By integrating NVLink Fusion with SiFive’s high-performance compute subsystems, we’re enabling customers with an open and customizable CPU platform that pairs seamlessly with Nvidia’s AI Infrastructure to deliver exceptional efficiency at data center scale.”
