The purpose is refocusing and 'realigning,' according to chip designer
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The fabless processor outfit is said to have chopped about 20 percent of its staff as part of a move to re-align its business. This appears to mean discontinuing its portfolio of ready-made RISC-V core designs and focusing on operating entirely as a design shop for customers with specific requirements., with Cutress saying most of the company’s engineering team had been discharged, along with the sales and product team.
SiFive was not immediately available to confirm the details, but in a statement sent to Cutress, a spokesperson said it was"realigning across all of our teams and geographies to better take advantage of the opportunities ahead, reduce operational complexities and increase our ability to respond quickly to customer product requirements."
The company said it"continues to be excited about the momentum and long-term outlook for our business and RISC-V."its latest RISC-V products in the shape of the Performance P870, a 64-bit out-of-order superscalar core design, the X380, and the Intelligence X390, a processor with vector processing extensions for accelerating workloads such as machine learning.
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