RiVAI Technologies (睿思芯科) is a RISC‑V processor design company that develops high‑performance CPUs and core‑processor solutions for edge computing and data‑center workloads. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Shenzhen by Dr. Tan Zhangxi, a member of the original UC Berkeley RISC‑V project team, RiVAI is one of China’s earliest companies dedicated to high‑end RISC‑V processor design.

The company provides proprietary RISC‑V CPU IP cores, custom processor design and full‑chip solutions that serve applications ranging from intelligent wearables and sensor fusion to AI acceleration, all‑flash storage and large‑scale computing clusters.

Main products and technologies

• RIVAI‑V vector DSP and audio/video processors
  The RIVAI‑V series is a high‑performance RISC‑V vector processor IP family initially targeted at professional audio and video DSP applications, bringing vector processing into high‑end audio markets and enabling advanced sound and multimedia processing. These cores are designed for intelligent wearables, sensor fusion and other edge‑computing devices that require efficient signal‑processing capabilities.

• RIVAI‑R and RIVAI‑E embedded and real‑time cores
  RiVAI develops embedded and real‑time RISC‑V processor cores for mid‑to‑high‑end applications, supporting scenarios such as industrial control, smart sensors and AIoT devices that need deterministic performance and low power consumption.

• Lingyu high‑performance RISC‑V server CPU
  RiVAI’s Lingyu CPU is described as China’s first fully self‑developed high‑performance RISC‑V server chip, featuring a “one‑core, dual‑architecture” design with 32 general‑purpose computing cores and 8 intelligent computing cores (LPUs). It is engineered for high‑performance computing, all‑flash storage and large open‑source language‑model inference workloads, aiming to deliver performance comparable to mainstream x86 server processors while improving energy efficiency and total cost of ownership.

Key advantages

• Deep RISC‑V expertise and original‑team heritage
  RiVAI’s founding team comes from the UC Berkeley RISC‑V original project group and includes experts with extensive micro‑architecture and chip‑productization experience, making the company an early and influential player in China’s high‑end RISC‑V ecosystem.

• Full‑stack “IP core + custom chip” capability
  The company provides high‑performance CPU IP cores, custom processor design and complete SoC solutions, enabling customers to build differentiated chips for edge, AI, storage and data‑center scenarios on top of RiVAI’s core technology.

• Breakthroughs in high‑performance RISC‑V servers
  With the Lingyu CPU, RiVAI has achieved a milestone as China’s first fully self‑developed high‑performance RISC‑V server processor, designed to support workloads such as all‑flash storage and large language models like DeepSeek, and backed by a growing ecosystem of partners including major OEMs.