Michael Chapman, CEO of Cortus, on RISC-V, AI, and Europe’s semiconductor future - eeNews Europe

Michael Chapman, CEO of Cortus, discusses RISC-V's significance and future prospects in the semiconductor industry. With decades of experience in processor design since the early days of modern semico... Read original →

Cortus’s CEO spotlighting RISC-V’s strategic role for Europe reveals a tipping point in global IP architecture power dynamics. Technically, RISC-V’s co-evolution with sub-3nm nodes and EUV lithography will redefine power-efficiency and compute density in embedded AI chips, pressuring Arm to rethink licensing. On compliance, tying the EU Chips Act to RISC-V could insulate supply chains from U.S. export controls—but risks fragmentation-induced validation costs. NVIDIA, while GPU-centric, may accelerate RISC-V coprocessor integration in edge AI to counter customization demands. Over the next 18 months, Europe will push RISC-V-driven IP localization toward an EDA-to-fab loop, yet talent gaps and interoperability hurdles threaten volume ramp timelines.