SiFive
Updated: May 08, 2026
Founders: Yunsup Lee, Krste Asanovic, Andrew Waterman
Country: USA | Funding: $765.5M (+)
Founded: 2015
Website: https://www.sifive.com/
SiFive is a semiconductor company that created an open source CPU chip design for AI data centers. SiFive’s RISC-V open chip design is based on the RISC processor, not Intel’s x86 or ARM, the two major types of CPUs that currently feed Nvidia’s GPU computer system AI empire (Nvidia is primary investor). SiFive licenses its chip designs to those who modify them for their own needs and does not sell the chips themselves.
Founded: 2015
Website: https://www.sifive.com/
SiFive is a semiconductor company that created an open source CPU chip design for AI data centers. SiFive’s RISC-V open chip design is based on the RISC processor, not Intel’s x86 or ARM, the two major types of CPUs that currently feed Nvidia’s GPU computer system AI empire (Nvidia is primary investor). SiFive licenses its chip designs to those who modify them for their own needs and does not sell the chips themselves.
