Good article outlining the fierce competition leading up to ARM's IPO.
Tenstorrent and SiFive mentioned.
We appear to be well connected.
From an article by Sally Ward-Foxton April 2022
“It’s advantageous for BrainChip to align with industry leaders to make sure their customers have a seamless integration experience, so BrainChip can deliver the requisite software that runs on the host processor and makes it easier for the end user to integrate their products and ours,” he said.
Jones described work done so far as the “tip of the iceberg,” adding that the two companies have so far demonstrated compatibility of BrainChip’s IP with SiFive’s RISC–V architecture. The companies will work together on an ongoing basis to further integrate software and hardware IP.
“We have ambitious plans going forward,” Jones said. “SiFive has made great strides in the last year or so, bringing vector processing to market now that [vector processing] has found its niche in AI and image signal processing.”
Part of SiFive’s plan is to build an ecosystem of AI accelerator IP providers whose products are compatible with its host processor IP.
“Our relationship with BrainChip is in no way exclusive,” Jones said. “BrainChip is the first partner we’ve gone public with, but we’re talking to many other players in this space.”
While BrainChip is the company’s first hardware IP partner, SiFive has design wins for its host processor IP, including data center AI accelerator company Tenstorrent.
“Certainly, we’re open to exploring partnerships with people who have novel technology,” he said. “Companies that are bringing IP or chips to market can’t ignore RISC–V as a platform just because of the market share we’re taking.”