SiFive brings the power of open source and software automation to the semiconductor industry, making it possible to develop new hardware faster and more affordably than ever before. With SiFive's platform for rapidly designing, testing and building RISC‑V-based core IP and chips, SiFive is accelerating the pace of innovation for businesses large and small.You don’t need to be an expert in silicon design to produce custom chips. SiFive’s platform makes it possible to design at the system level and create chips that meet your exact specifications without deep pockets or a high-volume guarantee.The inventors of RISC‑V joined forces with silicon experts bringing a new approach to semiconductors together with decades of industry experience, hundreds of tapeouts and millions of chips shipped.

SiFive was founded by Krste Asanović, Yunsup Lee, and Andrew Waterman in 2015.