Location
Headquarters: San Mateo, California, United States, North America
Region: California
Country: US
Continent: North America
About
SiFive is a leader in RISC-V IP and semiconductor design, providing high-performance processor cores, system IP, and developer tools for a wide range of applications. The company focuses on customizable, scalable RISC-V solutions for data centers, automotive, edge computing, AI/ML, and embedded devices, with a broad portfolio of core IP, boards, and software tools. Based in the United States with a global reach, SiFive collaborates with customers to enable open-standard architectures and rapid silicon development. SiFive emphasizes open innovation, security, and a growing ecosystem around RISC-V for both commercial and research use.
SiFive provides RISC-V processor core intellectual property and semiconductor design tools to hardware manufacturers. Its customers include companies developing custom chips for data centers, automotive systems, and edge computing applications. The company enables efficient silicon development through open-standard architecture solutions.
SiFive, Inc.
2015
for_profit
active
Industries
Primary Industry: Manufacturing
Categories
Funding & Financials
Series F
385900000
50m-100m
private
Investors
Founders
Andrew Waterman
Krste Asanovic
Yunsup Lee
Leadership
Krste Asanovic — Co-Founder & Chief Architect
Yunsup Lee — Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer
Shafy Eltoukhy — SVP & GM, Silicon Business Unit
Brad Holtzinger — VP of Worldwide Sales
Patrick Little — CEO & Chairman
Mike Schroeder — SVP, EX (Employee eXperience)
Christopher Moezzi — Vice President & General Manager, AI/ML Solutions
Sam Grove — Director of Product Management - Software
Technology Stack
Products
SiFive Core IP Portfolio: A portfolio of customizable RISC-V processor cores including embedded microcontrollers, AI-focused vector and matrix processors, high-performance scalar cores, and automotive-grade processors.
HiFive Development Boards: RISC-V development boards including the HiFive Premier P550 and HiFive Unmatched, designed for software development and prototyping on RISC-V architecture.
SiFive Software and Development Tools: A suite of software tools including SDKs, development environments, compilers, debuggers, and optimized libraries for RISC-V processor development and software optimization.
SiFive Security Solutions: Layered security solutions for RISC-V systems including physical memory protection, trusted execution environments, and cryptographic engines.
Funding rounds
LATE_VC · 400000000 · (2026-04-01T00:00:00)
SERIES_G · 400000000 · (2026-04-01T00:00:00)
SERIES_F · 175000000 · (2022-03-01T00:00:00) · Lead: Coatue Management
SERIES_E · 61000000 · (2020-08-01T00:00:00)
SERIES_D · 65400000.00000001 · (2019-06-01T00:00:00)
SERIES_C · 50600000 · (2018-04-01T00:00:00)
SERIES_A · 7000000 · (2017-09-01T00:00:00)
SERIES_B · 8500000 · (2017-05-01T00:00:00)
