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  • SpacemiT K3 “16-core” RISC-V SoC system information and (early) benchmarks - CNX Software
    ## Episode Summary
    In this episode, we cover:
    - **SpacemiT K3 “16-core” RISC-V SoC system information and (early) benchmarks - CNX Software** (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)
    - **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)
    - **Deja Vu: A Brief History of Every Mac CPU Architecture - How-To Geek** (google_arch)
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    *Sponsored by LimitLess AI*
    0 min
  • RISC-V set to announce 25% market penetration — open-standard ISA is ahead of schedule, securing fast-growing silicon footprint - Tom's Hardware
    ## Episode Summary
    In this episode, we cover:
    - **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)
    - **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)
    - **QuMA: Researchers Develop Quantum Microarchitecture that "Bridges the Gap" in Processor System Stacks - IEEE Computer Society** (google_arch)
    - **Performance aware shared memory hierarchy model for multicore processors - Nature** (google_arch)
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    *Sponsored by LimitLess AI*
    0 min
  • RISC-V Vector Extension: Between standardization and tailor-made accelerators - eeNews Europe
    ## Episode Summary
    In this episode, we cover:
    - **RISC-V Vector Extension: Between standardization and tailor-made accelerators - eeNews Europe** (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)
    - **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)
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    *Sponsored by LimitLess AI*
    0 min
  • SPEC CPU2026: Characterization, Representativeness, and Cross-Suite Comparison
    ## Episode Summary
    In this episode, we cover:
    - **SPEC CPU2026: Characterization, Representativeness, and Cross-Suite Comparison** (arXiv)
    - **Beyond Static Policies: Exploring Dynamic Policy Selection for Single-Thread Performance Optimization** (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)
    - **The RISC-V Vector Extensions for AI - Jon Peddie Research** (google_riscv)
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    *Sponsored by LimitLess AI*
    6 min
  • RV-IM100: Quantifying ISA Extension, Datapath Width, and Pipeline Depth Trade-offs in RISC-V Microarchitectures
    ## Episode Summary
    In this episode, we cover:
    - **RV-IM100: Quantifying ISA Extension, Datapath Width, and Pipeline Depth Trade-offs in RISC-V Microarchitectures** (arXiv)
    - **SPEC CPU2026: Characterization, Representativeness, and Cross-Suite Comparison** (arXiv)
    - **A Deep Dive Into CPU Architecture - i-programmer.info** (google_arch)
    - **AI Agent Designs a RISC-V CPU Core From Scratch - IEEE Spectrum** (google_riscv)
    - **AI agent designs complete RISC-V CPU core autonomously - MSN** (google_riscv)
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    *Sponsored by LimitLess AI*
    0 min
  • Optimizing Branch Predictor for Graph Applications
    ## Episode Summary
    In this episode, we cover:
    - **Optimizing Branch Predictor for Graph Applications** (arXiv)
    - **A Comparative Analysis of ARM and x86-64 Laptop-Class Processors: Architecture, Assembly-Level Performance, and Energy Efficiency** (arXiv)
    - **AheadComputing Introduces Breakthrough CPU Architecture for General-Purpose Computing, With Jim Keller on Board - TechPowerUp** (google_arch)
    - **Deja Vu: A Brief History of Every Mac CPU Architecture - How-To Geek** (google_arch)
    - **India unveils a homegrown dual-core 1GHz RISC-V processor, the DHRUV64 - theregister.com** (google_riscv)
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    *Sponsored by LimitLess AI*
    0 min
  • RISC-V Functional Safety for Autonomous Automotive Systems: An Analytical Framework and Research Roadmap for ML-Assisted Certification
    ## Episode Summary
    In this episode, we cover:
    - **RISC-V Functional Safety for Autonomous Automotive Systems: An Analytical Framework and Research Roadmap for ML-Assisted Certification** (arXiv)
    - **VeriGraphi: A Multi-Agent Framework of Hierarchical RTL Generation for Large Hardware Designs** (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)
    - **Bit-Brick K1: Raspberry Pi 5 alternative with different CPU architecture, M.2 and PCIe support launches - Notebookcheck** (google_arch)
    ---
    *Sponsored by LimitLess AI*
    10 min
  • Ragged Paged Attention: A High-Performance and Flexible LLM Inference Kernel for TPU
    ## Episode Summary
    In this episode, we cover:
    - **Ragged Paged Attention: A High-Performance and Flexible LLM Inference Kernel for TPU** (arXiv)
    - **Overmind NSA: A Unified Neuro-Symbolic Computing Architecture with Approximate Nonlinear Activations and Preemptive Memory Bypass** (arXiv)
    - **RISC-V Vector Extension: Between standardization and tailor-made accelerators - eeNews Europe** (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)
    - **QuMA: Researchers Develop Quantum Microarchitecture that "Bridges the Gap" in Processor System Stacks - IEEE Computer Society** (google_arch)
    ---
    *Sponsored by LimitLess AI*
    0 min
  • Checking In On The ISA Wars And Its Impact On CPU Architectures - Hackaday
    ## Episode Summary
    In this episode, we cover:
    - **Checking In On The ISA Wars And Its Impact On CPU Architectures - Hackaday** (google_arch)
    - **SpacemiT K3 “16-core” RISC-V SoC system information and (early) benchmarks - CNX Software** (google_riscv)
    - **Support RAJA and Scientific Applications on RVV Architectures** (riscv_news)
    - **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*
    10 min
  • EPAC: The Last Dance
    ## Episode Summary
    In this episode, we cover:
    - **EPAC: The Last Dance** (arXiv)
    - **Strix: Re-thinking NPU Reliability from a System Perspective** (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)
    - **The RISC-V Vector Extensions for AI - Jon Peddie Research** (google_riscv)
    ---
    *Sponsored by LimitLess AI*
    9 min

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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…