Qualcomm, Google confirm RISC-V wearable chip
After persistent rumours, Qualcomm Technologies has confirmed it is working with Google on a RISC-V chip for wearables for use with Wear OS.
The development will help pave the way for more wearable products within the ecosystem to take advantage of custom CPUs that are low power and high performance and marks a significant move away from ARM after Qualcomm’s legal battles.
However the timing for the commercial product launch of the RISC-V wearable chip will be disclosed at a later date. In the meantime the two companies say they will continue to invest in Snapdragon Wear platforms as the leading smartwatch silicon provider for the Wear OS ecosystem.
“Qualcomm Technologies have been a pillar of the Wear OS ecosystem, providing high performance, low power systems for many of our OEM partners,” said Bjorn Kilburn, GM of Wear OS by Google. “We are excited to extend our work with Qualcomm Technologies and bring a RISC-V wearable solution to market.”
“We are excited to leverage RISC-V and expand our Snapdragon Wear platform as a leading silicon provider for Wear OS. Our Snapdragon Wear platform innovations will help the Wear OS ecosystem rapidly evolve and streamline new device launches globally,” said Dino Bekis, vice president and general manager, Wearables and Mixed Signal Solutions, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
Both companies recently joined other industry leaders to launch the RISC-V Software Ecosystem (RISE) and Qualcomm Technologies is backing the RISC-V hardware development joint venture.
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