Codasip (
abrev. CO-Design Application-Specific Instruction-set Processor) is a
processor technology company enabling system-on-chip developers to differentiate their products. The company specializes in
RISC-V
RISC-V (pronounced "risk-five") is an open standard instruction set architecture (ISA) based on established reduced instruction set computer (RISC) principles. The project commenced in 2010 at the University of California, Berkeley. It transfer ...
processor technologies and offers Codasip Studio, a tool suite for processor design using the CodAL architecture description language.
The company's headquarters are in Munich, Germany. Codasip has claimed that there are more than 2 billion processor cores that have been produced using their technology.
History
In 2014, Codasip was founded on the basis of Karel Masařík's
PhD
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work on a distinct hardware/
software
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The history of software is closely tied to the development of digital comput ...
co-design technology, after a decade of intensive research at
Brno University of Technology.
In the same year, the company secured a seed funding round of $4.5M, led by Credo Ventures.
In 2015, Codasip co-founded
RISC-V
RISC-V (pronounced "risk-five") is an open standard instruction set architecture (ISA) based on established reduced instruction set computer (RISC) principles. The project commenced in 2010 at the University of California, Berkeley. It transfer ...
International (initially known as RISC-V Foundation) and also launched the first commercial RISC-V processor IP on the market.
In 2017, Codasip unveiled its first 64-bit RISC-V core.
In 2018, Codasip completed a Series A investment round, raising $10M from private equity firms.
In 2020, the company received funding from the
European Union
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's
Horizon 2020
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program.
In the same year, Codasip opened a
strategic design
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center in
France
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followed by another in the
United Kingdom
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in 2021. That same year, Ron Black assumed the role of
CEO
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CEOs find roles in variou ...
.
In 2022, Codasip established design centers in
Greece
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and
Spain
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and acquired Cerberus, a UK-based firm known for its expertise in crafting secure IoT products.
In June, Codasip was awarded the "Best in Show" in the Processors & IP category at the Embedded World 2022 event.
In December, Codasip received additional financial support from the
European Innovation Council, a segment of the European Union.
Also, the company was featured in EE Times' esteemed "Silicon 100" list consecutively in 2022
and 2023.
In 2024 Codasip released the X730, a 64-bit application class RISC-V CPU which implements the
CHERI security technology.
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References
German companies established in 2014
Companies based in Munich
Technology companies of Germany
RISC-V