Condor Currents

By 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 mi... more

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The podcast currently has 31 episodes available.

Condor Currents episodes:

April 02, 2026 Highly-Parallel Atom-Detection Accelerator for Tweezer-Based Neutral Atom Quantum Computers
## 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)
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April 01, 2026 Per-Bank Memory Bandwidth Regulation for Predictable and Performant Real-Time System
## 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)
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March 31, 2026 Current RISC-V CPUs Being Too Slow Causes Headaches For Fedora: ~5x Slower Builds - Phoronix
## 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)
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March 30, 2026 The RISC-V Vector Extensions for AI - jonpeddie.com
## 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)
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March 29, 2026 Vividnode Mobile AI Packs RISC-V Processor and 60 TOPS AI Engine - LinuxGizmos.com
## 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)
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March 28, 2026 TRINE: A Token-Aware, Runtime-Adaptive FPGA Inference Engine for Multimodal AI
## 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)
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March 27, 2026 TorR: Towards Brain-Inspired Task-Oriented Reasoning via Cache-Oriented Algorithm-Architecture Co-design
## 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)
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March 26, 2026 PAI: Fast, Accurate, and Full Benchmark Performance Projection with AI
## 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)
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March 25, 2026 Alibaba delivers RISC-V server chip optimized to run China’s top AI models
## 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)
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March 24, 2026 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)
- **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)
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FAQs about Condor Currents:

How many episodes does Condor Currents have?

The podcast currently has 31 episodes available.