Condor Currents delivers concise breakdowns of the latest computer architecture research and RISC-V developments. Each episode covers recent arXiv papers on data prefetching, branch prediction, and microarchitecture innovations, plus news from the open silicon community. Brought to you by Condor Computing, high-performance RISC-V processor IP from Andes Technology. en-us https://limitless-ai-podcasts.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/condor-currents/rss.xml Condor Computing Condor Currents delivers concise breakdowns of the latest computer architecture research and RISC-V developments. Each episode covers recent arXiv papers on data prefetching, branch prediction, and microarchitecture innovations, plus news from the open silicon community. Brought to you by Condor Computing, high-performance RISC-V processor IP from Andes Technology. no Condor Computing podcast@condorcomputing.com ## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **Bit-Brick K1: Raspberry Pi 5 alternative with different CPU architecture, M.2 and PCIe support launches - notebookcheck.net** (google_arch) - **Microchip Upgrades Its Mi-V RV32 RISC-V Soft-Core Processor, Promises a Major Speed Boost - Hackster.io** (google_riscv) - **CPU Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) Market - Market Growth Reports** (google_arch) - **SystemRescue 13 lands with Linux 6.18 and bcachefs support** (the_register) - **Alibaba's New RISC-V CPU for AI: A Competitor to Apple & Arm Designs - News and Statistics - IndexBox** (google_riscv) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI* https://limitless-ai-podcasts.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/condor-currents/2026-04-06/output-44k-with-ad-with-music.mp3 2026-04-06 ## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **QuMA: Researchers Develop Quantum Microarchitecture that "Bridges the Gap" in Processor System Stacks - IEEE Computer Society** (google_arch) - **AheadComputing Inc. Raises Additional $30M Seed2 Round to Reimagine CPU Architecture - Eastern Progress** (google_arch) - **AheadComputing Introduces Breakthrough CPU Architecture for General-Purpose Computing, With Jim Keller on Board - TechPowerUp** (google_arch) - **India unveils a homegrown dual-core 1GHz RISC-V processor, the DHRUV64 - theregister.com** (google_riscv) - **India Launches DHRUV64, Its First 1 GHz, 64-bit Dual-Core RISC-V CPU - TechPowerUp** (google_riscv) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI* https://limitless-ai-podcasts.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/condor-currents/2026-04-05/output-44k-with-ad-with-music.mp3 2026-04-05 ## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **A Precision Emulation Approach to the GPU Acceleration of Ab Initio Electronic Structure Calculations** (arXiv) - **Who Checks the Checker? Enhancing Component-level Architectural SEU Fault Tolerance for End-to-End SoC Protection** (arXiv) - **Nvidia's CUDA platform now supports RISC-V — support brings open source instruction set to AI platforms, joining x86 and Arm - Tom's Hardware** (google_riscv) - **China claims to have developed the world's first AI-designed processor — LLM turned performance requests into CPU architecture - Tom's Hardware** (google_arch) - **AheadComputing Inc. Raises Additional $30M Seed2 Round to Reimagine CPU Architecture - easternprogress.com** (google_arch) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI* https://limitless-ai-podcasts.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/condor-currents/2026-04-04/output-44k-with-ad-with-music.mp3 2026-04-04 ## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **Throughput Optimization as a Strategic Lever in Large-Scale AI Systems: Evidence from Dataloader and Memory Profiling Innovations** (arXiv) - **CXLRAMSim v1.0: System-Level Exploration of CXL Memory Expander Cards** (arXiv) - **The RISC-V Vector Extensions for AI - Jon Peddie Research** (google_riscv) - **One ISA, Infinite Use Cases: RISC-V and the Road to Workload-Specific Silicon** (riscv_news) - **RISC-V set to announce 25% market penetration — open-standard ISA is ahead of schedule, securing fast-growing silicon footprint - Tom's Hardware** (google_riscv) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI* https://limitless-ai-podcasts.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/condor-currents/2026-04-03/output-44k-with-ad-with-music.mp3 2026-04-03 ## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **Highly-Parallel Atom-Detection Accelerator for Tweezer-Based Neutral Atom Quantum Computers** (arXiv) - **Physical Design of UET-RVMCU: A Streamlined Open-Source RISC-V Microcontroller** (arXiv) - **SpacemiT K3 “16-core” RISC-V SoC system information and (early) benchmarks - CNX Software** (google_riscv) - **Telink TL3228 – Low-power, low-latency dual-core RISC-V wireless MCU supports Bluetooth 6.0, 802.15.4, and 2.4 GHz proprietary - CNX Software** (google_riscv) - **RISC-V Mentorship Taught Me the RISC-V ISA Is Far More Than a Reference Manual** (riscv_news) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI* https://limitless-ai-podcasts.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/condor-currents/2026-04-02/output-44k-with-ad-with-music.mp3 2026-04-02 ## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **Per-Bank Memory Bandwidth Regulation for Predictable and Performant Real-Time System** (arXiv) - **Toward a Universal GPU Instruction Set Architecture: A Cross-Vendor Analysis of Hardware-Invariant Computational Primitives in Parallel Processors** (arXiv) - **Checking In On The ISA Wars And Its Impact On CPU Architectures - Hackaday** (google_arch) - **Support RAJA and Scientific Applications on RVV Architectures** (riscv_news) - **Breker Verification Systems and Frontgrade Gaisler Collaborate on High-Reliability RISC-V Fault Tolerant Processor Core - businesswire.com** (google_riscv) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI* https://limitless-ai-podcasts.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/condor-currents/2026-04-01/output-44k-with-ad-with-music.mp3 2026-04-01 ## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **Current RISC-V CPUs Being Too Slow Causes Headaches For Fedora: ~5x Slower Builds - Phoronix** (google_riscv) - **AI is stress-testing processor architectures and RISC-V fits the moment - EDN - Voice of the Engineer** (google_riscv) - **SpacemiT to launch server-class RISC-V processor following capital injection - South China Morning Post** (google_riscv) - **Europe’s RISC-V processor developer up for sale ... - eeNews Europe** (google_riscv) - **MIPS expands RISC-V processor platform with ARC IP integration - digitimes** (google_riscv) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI* https://limitless-ai-podcasts.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/condor-currents/2026-03-31/output-44k-with-ad-with-music.mp3 2026-03-31 ## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **The RISC-V Vector Extensions for AI - jonpeddie.com** (google_riscv) - **SpacemiT K3 “16-core” RISC-V SoC system information and (early) benchmarks - cnx-software.com** (google_riscv) - **TUMCREATE Leads Development of Open-Source Post-Quantum Secure RISC-V Processor - thequantuminsider.com** (google_riscv) - **Alibaba XuanTie C950 – A powerful, RVA23-complaint 64-bit RISC-V core for Edge AI computing - cnx-software.com** (google_riscv) - **Ubitium bets one RISC-V chip can clean up embedded computing’s processor sprawl - jonpeddie.com** (google_riscv) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI* https://limitless-ai-podcasts.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/condor-currents/2026-03-30/output-44k-with-ad-with-music.mp3 2026-03-30 ## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **Vividnode Mobile AI Packs RISC-V Processor and 60 TOPS AI Engine - LinuxGizmos.com** (google_riscv) - **Security Researchers Find Current RISC-V CPU Implementations Coming Up Short - Phoronix** (google_riscv) - **Alibaba XuanTie C950 – A powerful, RVA23-complaint 64-bit RISC-V core for Edge AI computing - CNX Software** (google_riscv) - **The next RISC-V processor frontier: AI - EDN - Voice of the Engineer** (google_riscv) - **Ubitium bets one RISC-V chip can clean up embedded computing’s processor sprawl - Jon Peddie Research** (google_riscv) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI* https://limitless-ai-podcasts.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/condor-currents/2026-03-29/output-44k-with-ad-with-music.mp3 2026-03-29 ## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **TRINE: A Token-Aware, Runtime-Adaptive FPGA Inference Engine for Multimodal AI** (arXiv) - **2DIO: A Cache-Accurate Storage Microbenchmark** (arXiv) - **AMD's new desktop CPU oozes cache out of all 16 cores** (the_register) - **Most Read – Alibaba Risc-V CPU, Foundry revenues, Dancing robots - Electronics Weekly** (google_riscv) - **Ben C.'s Clever Compiler Imports Verilog Designs, Including a Working RISC-V CPU, Into Factorio - Hackster.io** (google_riscv) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI* https://limitless-ai-podcasts.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/condor-currents/2026-03-28/output-44k-with-ad-with-music.mp3 2026-03-28 ## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **TorR: Towards Brain-Inspired Task-Oriented Reasoning via Cache-Oriented Algorithm-Architecture Co-design** (arXiv) - **PRISM: Breaking the O(n) Memory Wall in Long-Context LLM Inference via O(1) Photonic Block Selection** (arXiv) - **RISC-V: The Open-Source Revolution in CPU Architecture - Design And Reuse** (google_riscv) - **RISC-V: The Open-Source Revolution in CPU Architecture - Design And Reuse** (google_arch) - **RISC-V Vector Extension: Between standardization and tailor-made accelerators - eeNews Europe** (google_riscv) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI* https://limitless-ai-podcasts.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/condor-currents/2026-03-27/output-44k-with-ad-with-music.mp3 2026-03-27 ## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **PAI: Fast, Accurate, and Full Benchmark Performance Projection with AI** (arXiv) - **TurboMem: High-Performance Lock-Free Memory Pool with Transparent Huge Page Auto-Merging for DPDK** (arXiv) - **Reliable performance with RISC-V: Why architecture, microarchitecture and compilers must work together - eeNews Europe** (google_riscv) - **AheadComputing Introduces Breakthrough CPU Architecture for General-Purpose Computing, With Jim Keller on Board - techpowerup.com** (google_arch) - **India Launches DHRUV64, Its First 1 GHz, 64-bit Dual-Core RISC-V CPU - techpowerup.com** (google_riscv) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI* https://limitless-ai-podcasts.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/condor-currents/2026-03-26/output-44k-with-ad-with-music.mp3 2026-03-26 ## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **Alibaba delivers RISC-V server chip optimized to run China’s top AI models** (the_register) - **TUMCREATE to Develop Open-Source RISC-V Processor with Integrated Post-Quantum Security - Quantum Computing Report** (google_riscv) - **TUMCREATE Leads Development of Open-Source Post-Quantum Secure RISC-V Processor - The Quantum Insider** (google_riscv) - **Alibaba launches 5nm Risc-V CPU for inference - Electronics Weekly** (google_riscv) - **Alibaba unveils 'highest performing RISC-V CPU in the world' to power 'Agentic AI' - MSN** (google_riscv) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI* https://limitless-ai-podcasts.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/condor-currents/2026-03-25/output-44k-with-ad-with-music.mp3 2026-03-25 ## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **SpacemiT K3 "16-core" RISC-V SoC system information and (early) benchmarks - CNX Software** (google_riscv) - **160-core RISC V Board Is The M.2 CoProcessor You Didn’t Know You Needed - Hackaday** (google_riscv) - **Using a Performance Model to Implement a Superscalar CVA6** (riscv_news) - **Alibaba Reveals XuanTie C950 RISC-V Processor - Let's Data Science** (google_riscv) - **Alibaba launches 5nm RISC-V CPU for inference - Electronics Weekly** (google_riscv) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI* https://limitless-ai-podcasts.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/condor-currents/2026-03-24/output-44k-with-ad-with-music.mp3 2026-03-24 ## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **As Alibaba launches server-grade RISC-V CPU, Beijing throws its weight behind ISA - theregister.com** (google_riscv) - **Breker Verification Systems and Frontgrade Gaisler Collaborate on High-Reliability RISC-V Fault Tolerant Processor Core - Business Wire** (google_riscv) - **Renesas Unveils the First Generation of Own 32-bit RISC-V CPU Core Ahead of Competition - Renesas Electronics** (google_riscv) - **MIPS Rolls Out Its First RISC-V Processor Core – It’s a Big ‘Un - EEJournal** (google_riscv) - **New RISC-V microprocessor can run CPU, GPU, and NPU workloads simultaneously - Tom's Hardware** (google_riscv) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI* https://limitless-ai-podcasts.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/condor-currents/2026-03-23/output-44k-with-ad-with-music.mp3 2026-03-23 ## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **Mitigating the Bandwidth Wall via Data-Streaming System-Accelerator Co-Design** (arXiv) - **SNAP-V: A RISC-V SoC with Configurable Neuromorphic Acceleration for Small-Scale Spiking Neural Networks** (arXiv) - **Performance aware shared memory hierarchy model for multicore processors - Nature** (google_arch) - **Microchip Upgrades Its Mi-V RV32 RISC-V Soft-Core Processor, Promises a Major Speed Boost - Hackster.io** (google_riscv) - **Risc-v Cores and Neuromorphic Arrays Enable Scalable Digital Processors for EdgeAI Applications - Quantum Zeitgeist** (google_riscv) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI* https://limitless-ai-podcasts.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/condor-currents/2026-03-22/output-44k-with-ad-with-music.mp3 2026-03-22 ## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **An FPGA-Based SoC Architecture with a RISC-V Controller for Energy-Efficient Temporal-Coding Spiking Neural Networks** (arXiv) - **TurboMem: High-Performance Lock-Free Memory Pool with Transparent Huge Page Auto-Merging for DPDK** (arXiv) - **QuMA: Researchers Develop Quantum Microarchitecture that "Bridges the Gap" in Processor System Stacks - IEEE Computer Society** (google_arch) - **India unveils a homegrown dual-core 1GHz RISC-V processor, the DHRUV64 - theregister.com** (google_riscv) - **India Launches DHRUV64, Its First 1 GHz, 64-bit Dual-Core RISC-V CPU - TechPowerUp** (google_riscv) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI* https://limitless-ai-podcasts.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/condor-currents/2026-03-21/output-44k-with-ad-with-music.mp3 2026-03-21 ## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **NVIDIA Ports CUDA to RISC-V, Betting Big on Open-Source ISA - TechPowerUp** (google_riscv) - **China claims to have developed the world's first AI-designed processor — LLM turned performance requests into CPU architecture - Tom's Hardware** (google_arch) - **Bit-Brick K1: Raspberry Pi 5 alternative with different CPU architecture, M.2 and PCIe support launches - Notebookcheck** (google_arch) - **AheadComputing Introduces Breakthrough CPU Architecture for General-Purpose Computing, With Jim Keller on Board - TechPowerUp** (google_arch) - **A Deep Dive Into CPU Architecture - i-programmer.info** (google_arch) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI* https://limitless-ai-podcasts.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/condor-currents/2026-03-20/output-44k-with-ad-with-music.mp3 2026-03-20 ## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **Enabling RISC-V Vector Code Generation in MLIR through Custom xDSL Lowerings** (arXiv) - **RAGPerf: An End-to-End Benchmarking Framework for Retrieval-Augmented Generation Systems** (arXiv) - **The RISC-V Vector Extensions for AI - Jon Peddie Research** (google_riscv) - **RISC-V set to announce 25% market penetration — open-standard ISA is ahead of schedule, securing fast-growing silicon footprint - Tom's Hardware** (google_riscv) - **Nvidia's CUDA platform now supports RISC-V — support brings open source instruction set to AI platforms, joining x86 and Arm - Tom's Hardware** (google_riscv) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI* https://limitless-ai-podcasts.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/condor-currents/2026-03-19/output-44k-with-ad-with-music.mp3 2026-03-19 ## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **A Scalable Open-Source QEC System with Sub-Microsecond Decoding-Feedback Latency** (arXiv) - **Dynamic Sparse Attention: Access Patterns and Architecture** (arXiv) - **SpacemiT K3 “16-core” RISC-V SoC system information and (early) benchmarks - CNX Software** (google_riscv) - **RISC-V Mentorship Taught Me the RISC-V ISA Is Far More Than a Reference Manual** (riscv_news) - **One ISA, Infinite Use Cases: RISC-V and the Road to Workload-Specific Silicon** (riscv_news) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI* https://limitless-ai-podcasts.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/condor-currents/2026-03-18/output-44k-with-ad-with-music.mp3 2026-03-18 ## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **Machine Learning-Driven Intelligent Memory System Design: From On-Chip Caches to Storage** (arXiv) - **Implementing and Optimizing an Open-Source SD-card Host Controller for RISC-V SoCs** (arXiv) - **The RISC-V Vector Extensions for AI - Jon Peddie** (google_riscv) - **Checking In On The ISA Wars And Its Impact On CPU Architectures - Hackaday** (google_arch) - **Support RAJA and Scientific Applications on RVV Architectures** (riscv_news) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI* https://limitless-ai-podcasts.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/condor-currents/2026-03-17/output-44k-with-ad-with-music.mp3 2026-03-17 ## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **RISC-V Mentorship Taught Me the RISC-V ISA Is Far More Than a Reference Manual** (riscv_news) - **One ISA, Infinite Use Cases: RISC-V and the Road to Workload-Specific Silicon** (riscv_news) - **RISC-V set to announce 25% market penetration — open-standard ISA is ahead of schedule, securing fast-growing silicon footprint - Tom's Hardware** (google_riscv) - **Nvidia's CUDA platform now supports RISC-V — support brings open source instruction set to AI platforms, joining x86 and Arm - Tom's Hardware** (google_riscv) - **NVIDIA Ports CUDA to RISC-V, Betting Big on Open-Source ISA - TechPowerUp** (google_riscv) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI* https://limitless-ai-podcasts.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/condor-currents/2026-03-15/output-44k-with-ad-with-music.mp3 2026-03-15 ## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **RISC-V Mentorship Taught Me the RISC-V ISA Is Far More Than a Reference Manual** (riscv_news) - **One ISA, Infinite Use Cases: RISC-V and the Road to Workload-Specific Silicon** (riscv_news) - **RISC-V set to announce 25% market penetration — open-standard ISA is ahead of schedule, securing fast-growing silicon footprint - Tom's Hardware** (google_riscv) - **Nvidia's CUDA platform now supports RISC-V — support brings open source instruction set to AI platforms, joining x86 and Arm - Tom's Hardware** (google_riscv) - **NVIDIA Ports CUDA to RISC-V, Betting Big on Open-Source ISA - TechPowerUp** (google_riscv) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI* https://limitless-ai-podcasts.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/condor-currents/2026-03-14/output-44k-with-ad-with-music.mp3 2026-03-14 ## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **Multi-Agent Memory from a Computer Architecture Perspective: Visions and Challenges Ahead** (arXiv) - **The $qs$ Inequality: Quantifying the Double Penalty of Mixture-of-Experts at Inference** (arXiv) - **SpacemiT K3 “16-core” RISC-V SoC system information and (early) benchmarks - CNX Software** (google_riscv) - **The Evolution of CPU Architectures – From Intel 4004 To Modern SoCs - Wccftech** (google_arch) - **China claims to have developed the world's first AI-designed processor — LLM turned performance requests into CPU architecture - Tom's Hardware** (google_arch) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI* https://limitless-ai-podcasts.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/condor-currents/2026-03-13/output-44k-with-ad-with-music.mp3 2026-03-13 ## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **Mitigating the Memory Bottleneck with Machine Learning-Driven and Data-Aware Microarchitectural Techniques** (arXiv) - **Pooling Engram Conditional Memory in Large Language Models using CXL** (arXiv) - **RISC-V: The Open-Source Revolution in CPU Architecture - Design And Reuse** (google_arch) - **RISC-V Vector Extension: Between standardization and tailor-made accelerators - eeNews Europe** (google_riscv) - **SiFive and Kinara Partner to Offer Bare Metal Access to RISC-V Vector Processors - Business Wire** (google_riscv) --- *Sponsored by LimitLess AI* https://limitless-ai-podcasts.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/condor-currents/2026-03-12/output-44k-with-ad-with-music.mp3 2026-03-12