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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Condor Currents episodes:

March 23, 2026 As Alibaba launches server-grade RISC-V CPU, Beijing throws its weight behind ISA - theregister.com
## 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)
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March 22, 2026 Mitigating the Bandwidth Wall via Data-Streaming System-Accelerator Co-Design
## 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)
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11min
March 21, 2026 An FPGA-Based SoC Architecture with a RISC-V Controller for Energy-Efficient Temporal-Coding Spiking Neural Networks
## 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)
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12min
March 20, 2026 NVIDIA Ports CUDA to RISC-V, Betting Big on Open-Source ISA - TechPowerUp
## 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)
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9min
March 19, 2026 Enabling RISC-V Vector Code Generation in MLIR through Custom xDSL Lowerings
## 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)
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9min
March 18, 2026 A Scalable Open-Source QEC System with Sub-Microsecond Decoding-Feedback Latency
## 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)
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11min
March 17, 2026 Machine Learning-Driven Intelligent Memory System Design: From On-Chip Caches to Storage
## 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)
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12min
March 15, 2026 RISC-V Mentorship Taught Me the RISC-V ISA Is Far More Than a Reference Manual
## 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)
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9min
March 14, 2026 RISC-V Mentorship Taught Me the RISC-V ISA Is Far More Than a Reference Manual
## 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)
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10min
March 13, 2026 Multi-Agent Memory from a Computer Architecture Perspective: Visions and Challenges Ahead
## 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)
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12min

FAQs about Condor Currents:

How many episodes does Condor Currents have?

The podcast currently has 31 episodes available.