SiFive Drives RISC-V Into The Data Center With BigSky Server Platform
SiFive introduced its BigSky SF-2U870 development platform today at Hot Chips 2026, delivering the first rackable 2U enterprise server driven by RISC-V hardware. Designed specifically for hyperscalers, chipmakers, and software vendors, the platform gives engineering teams a turnkey physical system to port enterprise code, profile workloads, and validate custom silicon designs before committing to full-scale production runs.
"Ultimately, we are focused on enabling customers to meaningfully optimize the TCO of their custom SoC solutions with SiFive IP. RISC-V in the datacenter isn't a distant aspiration any more, it is happening right now, and SiFive is leading the way," said Patrick Little, Chairman and CEO at SiFive.
Inside, the 2U chassis packs 32 of SiFive's P870-D cores operating at 2GHz, along with 256GB of DDR5-5600 memory, a 3.84TB U.2 NVMe drive, 10/25Gbps OCP 3.0 networking, and 64 total lanes of PCIe Gen 5 x16 expansion. That high-speed I/O leaves room...
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