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About Risco-5

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Project Origin

The project began as a summer project aimed at developing a RISC-V core for learning purposes. Initially, a single-cycle version, named Pequeno Risco-5, was developed. The project quickly evolved into a multi-cycle version shortly after its inception.

This project was encouraged by Professor Rodolfo Azevedo from the Institute of Computing at UNICAMP, who suggested the construction of a single-cycle RISC-V processor and later a multi-cycle RISC-V. He also provided the first FPGAs used for testing and assisted with technical questions.

Name

The name Risco-5 is a play on the name RISC-V, the architecture it implements, but it can also suggest something risky.

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Developer

Risco-5 was designed by Julio Nunes Avelar and is available for free use under the licenses listed below.

Logo author: Mateus Luck

Licenses

Hardware License: CERN-OHL-P-2.0

Software License: MIT

Documentation License: CC BY-SA 4.0