INTERVIEW: Bluespec RISC-V soft cores in Achronix FPGAs

Recently, a partnership between Achronix and Bluespec has been in the news. Bluespec RISC-V processors are available as soft cores in a Speedster^®7t FPGA on Achronix’s VectorPath^® PCIe development card or in a standalone Speedster7t FPGA. We spoke with executives from Achronix and Bluespec about the impetus for this effort and where it might lead. Industry veterans Nick Ilyadis, VP of Product Planning at Achronix (NI), and Loren Hobbs, VP of Product and Business Development at Bluespec (LH), shared their thoughts.