Akeana launches with customizable RISC-V IP suite

Akeana, a new name in the semiconductor industry, has officially launched after raising over US$100m in capital from investors including Kleiner Perkins, Mayfiel and Fidelity Ventures. Founded by the team behind Marvell’s ThunderX2 server chips, Akeana provides a range of customizable RISC-V-based IP solutions designed to meet a variety of semiconductor markets, including automotive.

Akeana has released three processor lines alongside the formal launch of the company. These include the Akeana 100 Series, a line of 32-bit RISC-V cores that cater to applications such as embedded microcontrollers, edge gateways and personal computing devices; the Akeana 1000 Series, featuring 64-bit RISC-V cores, which supports rich operating systems and provides configurations for in-order or out-of-order pipelines, multi-threading, vector extensions and optional AI computation extensions; and the Akeana 5000 Series, a high-performance line optimized for applications in next-generation devices, laptops, data centers and cloud infrastructure.

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