Micro Magic presents a RISC-V processor that works at 5.0GHz with a consumption of 1W

The RISC-V architecture is gaining prominence for processor development. This architecture is open source, so it is royalty free and anyone can build on it. Micro Magic has introduced the world's fastest 64-bit RISC-V processor. According to the developers, this processor has the ability to outperform the new Apple M1 processor.

Researchers from the University of California have been developing an architecture that is an alternative to RISC since 2010. RISC-V ISA architecture is the developed alternative that is open source and royalty free. This interesting Micro Magic processor is based on the fifth iteration of this technology, which seems to give very interesting results.

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Micro Magic announces RISC-V processor running at 5.0GHz

The most relevant aspect of this processor is that it supports a working frequency of 5.0GHz. But even more interesting is that the consumption of this processor is only 1W. The working voltage of the processor is 1.1V, so the operating current is really low. High efficiency for a processor that works at a frequency of 5.0GHz.

Regarding performance, this RISC-V processor at a frequency of 5.0GHz reaches over 13.000 points in Coremark. It has also been tested at a 3.0GHz frequency with a consumption of 70mW, scoring more than 8.000 points in Coremark. Now it's time for the comparison. The Intel Core i7-4750HQ with 4 cores running at 2.0GHz manages to reach 17.057 points in Coremark.

It should be noted that Micro Magic has introduced a RISC-V processor with only one core. They have a 25-core processor hidden that manages to mark the 110.000 Coremark, which is brutal. We must bear in mind that the Apple M.1 processor.

The architecture is fully scalable for the mobile industry, for PCs, automotive and data centers. We are completely self-funded so we are not looking for funding  

Andy Huang, a Micro Magic Advisor

Source: TPU