SiFive Essential
6-Series
SiFive Essential™ 6-Series cores are mid-range performance 8 stage, single issue, designed for general purpose applications. Ideal for applications that require 32-bit high performance in a power-constrained environment (e.g., general purpose embedded, industrial, IoT, high-performance real-time embedded, automotive).
SiFive Essential Family
- Broad range of highly customizable processor IP to meet exact application specific requirements.
- Microcontrollers, IoT devices, real-time control, and control plane processing.
SiFive Essential 6-Series Features
- 32-bit or 64-bit RISC-V core
- Up to 2.1 DMIPS/MHz, 3.8 Coremarks/MHz
- Single Issue, in-order 8 stage Harvard Pipeline
- Optional SECDED ECC support on Level 1 and Level 2 memories
- Up to 47-bit physical addressing
- MMU (U6 only)
- Linux capable (U6 only)
- Double, Single and Half-precision floating point
- Advanced Security packages
- Configurable range of Memory and SoC interface options
- Flexible and configurable Port interfaces including IO coherent interface (Front Port)
- Direct, dedicated Core Local Port for hardware peripheral / accelerator connectivity