SiFive pushes development server to take RISC-V into the datacenter

RISC-V chip champ SiFive has launched a development server built around its own CPUs to help port key workloads to the open compute architecture, and claims it already has hyperscalers and software customers signed up. The processor design firm biz showcasing its BigSky SF-2U870 datacenter development platform at the Hot Chips conference in Palo Alto, California, this week. At the show, it will run a variety of server workloads, and is built specifically for customers to accelerate RISC-V datace