Partners

Canonical

In March 2025, Rivos and Canonical announced a partnership to deliver scalable RISC-V solutions in Data Centers, bringing Enterprise-grade Ubuntu experience across Rivos solutions. This collaboration marks a significant step in making Ubuntu more versatile and seamlessly integrated into the rapidly evolving RISC-V landscape. Additionally, it ensures that Rivos’ customers benefit from seamless Ubuntu integration, complete with tailored and optimized software packages.

RISC-V Software Ecosystem

Rivos is a founding member of RISE. Working with a range of partnerships within the RISE community enables Rivos to help drive the critical RISC-V software ecosystem for the high-performance servers space, a critical piece in the success of the RISC-V Instruction Set Architecture (ISA). Rivos is extensively involved across a wide range of technical steering groups.

RISC-V International

Enabling a new instruction set architecture demands seamless coordination between hardware and software. Rivos has been a driving force behind meeting high-performance standards, actively leading key initiatives at RISC-V International and collaborating closely with open-source developers as a founding member of the RISC-V Software Ecosystem (RISE).

RISC-V Open Standard Hardware

The RISC-V ISA and its ratified extensions, approved by RISC-V International, offer royalty-free, open foundational building blocks for innovators globally to create their own solutions and services. Governed by globally accepted open licenses, these standards remain permanently accessible to all.

Rivos plays a leading role across numerous Technical Steering Groups, actively advancing critical areas including Server SoC specification, Performance Analysis, and Trusted Computing. Rivos team members have also been instrumental in driving the ratification of System MMU, Vector Crypto instructions, and Performance Monitoring, to name just a few.

RISC-V Profile – RVA23

RISC-V profiles are critical to the growth of both hardware and software ecosystems. The profiles are built with a broad applicability from many extensions and vendor extensions. It helps to promote compatibility, innovation, and make adoption easier. There are a range of profiles that are designed to cover a range of domains. 

Rivos has adopted the RVA23  – the profile designed to standardize the 64-bit applications processors ISA. It brings certainty for developers writing applications enabling binary distribution from a repo/store. This enables seamless user level application software portability across hardware implementations.

Open Hardware Security 

Rivos has adopted an adaptation of OpenTitan. OpenTitan runs security checks on its own code before checking the chiplet layer above it and starting a trust chain certifying the security of the device. Rivos’ approach is enabling cross-chiplet, on-die security enabling security validation between chiplets.