The Significance of the RVA23 Profile in Advancing RISC-V Ecosystem

By Mark Hayter, Chief Strategy Officer & Co-Founder, RIVOS. Abstract: The RVA23 profile represents a key development in the RISC-V architecture, standardizing the 64-bit application processors ISA for seamless software portability across hardware implementations. This simplifies development and supports RISC-V adoption in areas like servers, automotive and client devices, where binary compatibility is important. This presentation will look at the impact RVA23 and the platform specifications will have on high-performance applications processors and their adoption across a range of end use cases. Bio: Mark Hayter is Chief Strategy Officer & Co-Founder of Rivos Inc. For the previous 11 years he was Senior Engineering Director in the Chrome OS Hardware team at Google. His team developed new technologies for Chromebooks, produced reference implementations and worked with OEMs to bring them to market. Prior to that he was involved in systems architecture at several semiconductor companies, being VP of Systems Engineering at P.A. Semi, Inc. (acquired by Apple Inc.), Senior Manager of Hardware Systems Engineering at Broadcom Corporation and System Architect at SiByte, Inc. Earlier, Hayter was at the Digital Equipment Corporation Systems Research Center. Hayter holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory.