- 32-bit 8 stage scalar
- Balanced performance and efficiency
- ASIL B, D
RISC-V
Core IP Portfolio
Discover the industry’s broadest portfolio of RISC‑V cores, customizable for your specific application needs

Powering Innovation Across Industries
The SiFive® Core IP portfolio consists of four distinct families, each designed to address diverse computing demands: high-performance application processors, low-power embedded microcontrollers, highly scalable vector and matrix processors for AI and modern workloads, and solutions specifically designed for the automotive industry. Built on the RISC-V ISA and supported by flexible software and a global ecosystem, our core IP offers customers world-class performance and versatility.

Automotive
SiFive Automotive™ solutions provide a range of high-end application and real-time processors, delivering industry-leading performance, minimal area, and low power consumption. ISO 21434, SO26262 ASIL B, ASIL D and split-lock certifications.
- High performance IP for IVI, ADAS and Central Compute
- Embedded cores for Zonal compute, safety islands, and microcontrollers
- Intelligence AI cores for all vehicle workloads, including ADAS/AD

Essential
The SiFive Essential™ family offers a wide range of silicon-proven, pre-defined embedded CPU cores or lets you use SiFive Core Designer to build a custom processor configuration tailored to your specific market and needs.
- Highly customizable to meet exact requirements
- Scales from 32-bit MCUs to 64-bit dual-issue
- Proven Innovation: billions of units shipped worldwide

Intelligence
SiFive Intelligence™ embraces a software-first approach to processor design, addressing the future needs of deploying ML and AI at the edge. It provides high-performance, scalable vector and matrix compute capabilities, adaptable to evolving workloads.
- Scalar + wide vector compute engines
- High bandwidth bus interfaces to control custom engines
- Highly scalable matrix computing solutions

Performance
SiFive Performance™ delivers maximum performance and throughput in a range of sizes and power profiles. These cores provide customers with highly efficient, feature-rich RISC-V scalar and vector computing capabilities, tailored for optimal balance and industry-leading results.
- High Performance 64bit Out of Order scalar engines
- Full support for RVA23 profile
- Optional vector compute engines across the portfolio
SiFive Automotive Family
- 32-bit superscaler
- High performance and efficiency
- ASIL B, D
- 64-bit superscaler
- High performance embedded
- ASIL D
SiFive Essential Family
- Highly configurable feature set
- Scalable performance
- 32/64-bit embedded
- 2-4 stage pipeline
- Power & area optimized
- Highly configurable feature set
- Scalable performance
- 32/64-bit embedded or 64-bit rich-OS
- 8-stage pipeline
- Single issue
- Highly configurable feature set
- Scalable performance
- 32/64-bit embedded or 64-bit rich-OS
- 8-stage pipeline
- Dual issue superscalar
SiFive Intelligence Family
- 512-bit Vector length
- Single Vector ALU
- VCIX (1024-bit)
- 1024-bit Vector Length
- Single/Dual Vector ALU
- VCIX (2048-bit)
- Scalable Matrix Engine
- 4 X300 cores per cluster
- 1 Cluster = 16 TOPS (INT8)
SiFive Performance Family
- Highly efficient, lowest power cores
- 3-wide out-of-order core
- Scalable up to 16 cores
- RVA22 with 1x128-bit Vectors/vector crypto
- High performance cores for general purpose applications
- 4-wide out-of-order core
- Scalable to up to 16 cores
- RVA22 with 2x128-bit Vectors/vector crypto
- Highest single threaded performance cores
- 6-wide, out-of-order core
- Scalable to 256 cores
- RVA23 with 2x128 bit vectors
- CHI bridge
- RAS Functionality