Ventana Micro Systems Unveils Veyron V2: The Next Generation High-Performance RISC-V Processor

Ventana Micro Systems Unveils Veyron V2: The Next Generation High-Performance RISC-V Processor

Ventana Micro Systems Inc. has announced the release of its highly anticipated second generation Veyron V2 RISC-V processors. The Veyron V2 is now considered the most powerful RISC-V processor currently available in the market, making a significant step forward in the company’s goal to lead the industry in high-performance CPUs that are ready for rapid customer adoption.

During his keynote speech at the RISC-V Summit North America 2023, Ventana Founder and CEO Balaji Baktha showcased the details and capabilities of the Veyron V2. The enhancements featured in this new release aim to unlock innovation across various sectors, including data center, automotive, 5G, AI, and client applications.

Key enhancements of the Veyron V2 include:

1. Significant Increase in Performance and Efficiency: The Veyron V2 demonstrates an impressive 40% improvement in performance. This notable gain is made possible through microarchitecture enhancements, a superior high-performance processor fabric architecture, an enhanced cache hierarchy, and the incorporation of a high-performance vector processor.

2. Ecosystem: The Rise of RISE: The Veyron V2 is now backed by the RISE ecosystem initiative, offering improved support and enabling the rapid deployment of open, scalable, and versatile solutions.

3. Lower Development Costs and Time to Market: With the Veyron V2 chiplet, Ventana introduces the industry-leading UCIe chiplet interconnect. This chiplet-based solution presents advantages such as cost reduction, accelerated time to market up to two years, and lower development costs up to 75%. Additionally, chiplet-based architectures provide better unit economics by optimizing compute, IO, and memory, allowing companies to focus on innovation and differentiation in achieving workload optimization.

4. Domain Specific Acceleration: The Veyron V2 processor pipeline is tightly coupled with Ventana’s Domain Specific Accelerator technology, which enhances workload efficiency across the entire data center infrastructure while facilitating customer innovation and differentiation.

Industry experts have praised Ventana’s latest offering, recognizing the importance of performance optimization. Patrick Moorhead, Founder and Chief Analyst at Moor Insights & Strategy, highlighted the potential for Ventana’s V2 to set a new benchmark for high-performance computing.

To support the Veyron V2, Ventana provides a comprehensive Software Development Kit (SDK) that includes a set of proven software building blocks designed specifically for the RISC-V platform.

Ventana’s products are currently being showcased at their booth in the RISC-V Summit main exhibit hall. Additionally, Greg Favor, co-founder, CTO, and Chief Architect at Ventana, will be giving a detailed technical presentation on the Veyron V2.

Ventana Micro Systems aims to continue revolutionizing the industry by delivering cutting-edge RISC-V processors that redefine performance, efficiency, and innovation in a range of applications. With the release of Veyron V2, Ventana solidifies its commitment to customer-centric solutions and rapid technological advancement.