StarFive
Chinese RISC-V processor company developing RISC-V CPU IP, NoC IP, SoCs, MCUs and development platforms.
Last updated October 7, 2026
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Overview
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.
History
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.
Products and positioning
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
Recent events
StarFive announces StarLight RISC-V AI single-board computer[6]
Reported:
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.
赛昉科技 announces Beagle-V AI single-board computer[7]
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
Saifang Technology launches Tian Shu RISC-V processor cores[8]
Reported:
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.
StarFive launches its CPU online generation platform[9]
Reported:
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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