StarFive

StarFive (Shanghai StarFive Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd.) is a RISC-V processor company. Its official site presents a product matrix spanning RISC-V CPU IP (Dubhe series), NoC IP (Xinglu series), CPU subsystems, edge-computing SoCs, MCUs, and development platforms, alongside solutions for industrial control, consumer electronics and smart education, and the RVspace developer community. The company describes itself as a chip and solutions company for next-generation AI computing infrastructure, with RISC-V CPU and coherent NoC as its dual technology foundation.

StarFive was established in August 2018, and completed a seed funding round in November 2018. In August 2019, Fu Sheng Capital became a founding shareholder. The company completed a Series A round in May 2020 and released the 昉·惊鸿-7100 SoC in September 2020, followed by the 昉·天枢 processor core in December 2020. In 2021 it completed a Series A+ round, delivered the 昉·天枢 processor core to customers, launched the RVspace open-source community, and released the 昉·星光 single-board computer. In 2022 it launched the 港华芯 smart IoT chip and introduced the 昉·惊鸿-7110 SoC and 昉·星光 2 single-board computer. In 2023 it released the 昉·星路-700 Mesh-architecture coherent NoC IP, and delivered the DC-ROMA RISC-V laptop and TEG5904 RISC-V industrial firewall, both based on the 昉·惊鸿-7110 SoC. In March 2024 it formed a strategic cooperation with xFusion for RISC-V in data-center scenarios. In February 2025 it received strategic investment from Hong Kong Investment Corporation, and in November 2025 released its first data-center management chip, 狮子山芯. In 2026 it released the server-market RISC-V processor core 昉·天枢-100 (Dubhe-100).

• StarFive is founded.

• StarFive completes a seed funding round.

• Fusheng Capital becomes a founding shareholder.

• StarFive completes its Series A funding round.

• The Dubhe-7100 SoC is released.

• The Dubhe processor core is released.

• StarFive completes its Series A+ funding round.

• The Dubhe RISC-V processor core, described as the world's highest-performance RISC-V processor core at the time, is delivered to customers; the RVspace open-source community launches; and the StarFive single-board computer is released.

• StarFive launches the Dubhe-7110, described as the world's first mass-produced high-performance RISC-V SoC, and the StarFive VisionFive 2, described as the world's first commercially available high-performance RISC-V single-board computer.

• The industry's first RISC-V smart IoT chip, the 'Ganghua Chip', is released.

• The world's first RISC-V laptop, the DC-ROMA, is delivered, powered by the Dubhe-7110 SoC; and the world's first RISC-V industrial firewall, the TEG5904, is released, also powered by the Dubhe-7110 SoC.

• StarFive releases China's first Mesh-architecture coherent NoC IP, the Dubhe-700 (Xinglu-700).

• StarFive and xFusion reach a strategic cooperation on RISC-V industry and chip business for data center scenarios.

• StarFive receives strategic investment from Hong Kong Investment Corporation Limited.

• Devices equipped with the 'Ganghua Chip' reach 5 million units.

• The first data center management chip, the 'Lion Rock Chip', is released.

• The RISC-V CPU IP Dubhe-100 is adopted by a customer.

• Devices equipped with the 'Ganghua Chip' reach 7 million units.

• StarFive officially releases the Dubhe-100, a RISC-V processor core for the server market.

Chip and solutions company for next-generation AI computing infrastructure; RISC-V industry pioneer with RISC-V CPU and coherent NoC as its dual technology foundation.

• 昉·天枢-20

  RISC-V CPU IP designed for cost- and power-sensitive embedded systems

• 昉·天枢-70

  Ultra-low-power out-of-order commercial-grade 64-bit RISC-V CPU IP for energy-efficient products

• 昉·天枢-80

  High energy-efficiency out-of-order commercial-grade 64-bit RISC-V CPU IP

• 昉·天枢-83

  Follows RVA23 Profile, supports RVV1.0 and all Vector Crypto extensions

• 昉·天枢-90

  High-performance commercial-grade domestic RISC-V CPU Core IP

• 昉·天枢-100 (Dubhe-100)

  Commercial-grade RISC-V CPU Core IP for high-performance applications; server-grade RISC-V processor core

• 昉·星路-500

  Domestic coherent network-on-chip

• 昉·星路-700

  China's first Mesh-architecture coherent interconnect bus IP

• 昉·惊鸿-7110

  World's first mass-produced high-performance RISC-V application processor

• 昉·惊鸿-B100 (JH-B100)

  First RISC-V-based BMC chip

• CF5010

  Industrial control microcontroller (MCU)

• CF3310

  32-bit RISC-V high-performance IoT security chip

• VisionFive 2 Lite SBC

  AI development kit single-board computer

• 2021.01.14

  Reported2021.01.14

  StarFive announces StarLight RISC-V AI single-board computer[6]赛昉科技发布星光 RISC-V AI 单板计算机finance.sina.com.cn

  StarFive unveiled the StarLight RISC-V AI single-board computer and said it would officially go to market in March 2021. The article describes it as developed by StarFive, Seeed, and BeagleBoard.

• 2021.01.13

  赛昉科技 announces Beagle-V AI single-board computer[7]赛昉科技发布星光AI单板计算机Beagle-Vdonews.com

  赛昉科技 announced the Beagle-V AI single-board computer, developed with Seeed and BeagleBoard, and said it would officially reach the market in March.

• Unconfirmed

  Reported2020.12.11

  Saifang Technology launches Tian Shu RISC-V processor cores[8]赛昉科技发布天枢系列RISC-V处理器内核finance.sina.com.cn

  Saifang Technology announced the launch of its Tian Shu series of 64-bit high-performance RISC-V processor cores, designed for high-performance computing applications.

• 2020.05.15

  Reported2020.05.15

  StarFive launches its CPU online generation platform[9]赛昉科技推出CPU在线生成平台tech.sina.com.cn

  StarFive launched StarFive Core Designer, an online platform where customers can configure the S2 processor, save and modify configurations, and generate and download RTL.

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