Embedded Insiders RISC-V International: Becoming ISO and The Future of Open Computing
Jan 22, 2026
Tom Gall, VP of Technology at RISC-V International, explains RISC-V’s ISO milestone, RVA23 and RVM profiles, automotive and data center use, and ISA extension tradeoffs. Kevin Lu, Associate Dean at Stevens Institute of Technology, discusses integrating generative AI into engineering education, redesigning assessments, and preparing students for evolving careers.
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Tom's Journey From IBM To RISC-V
- Tom Gall recounted his 20-year IBM career and role as chief architect of embedded Linux at IBM.
- He also worked at Linaro to strengthen ARM open-source software ecosystems.
Automotive Spurs Cross-Committee Engineering
- Automotive needs drive cross-committee work across safety, trusted computing, hypervisors, and server SoC efforts.
- RISC-V's SIGs coordinate to identify gaps and make automotive-grade features pervasive in other committees' work.
RISC-V In AI: Beyond Traditional GPUs
- RISC-V is being used inside GPUs and custom accelerators and explored for new AI fabric approaches beyond GPUs.
- High-performance computing is rethinking architectures to reduce power by using purpose-optimized core arrays and data-local compute.