In this blog I will look at some of the drivers for the growth of RISC-V, its value proposition and explain why supporting RISC-V is important to Canonical. […]

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RISC-V is an open standard instruction set architecture (ISA) that allows anyone to create a CPU implementation. Originally popular in deeply embedded systems, 2026 is expected to bring a surge of Linux-capable RISC-V development boards. Key advantages include permissive licensing enabling diverse business models, extensibility for AI/ML and custom accelerators, and growing software ecosystem support (Linux kernel, GCC, LLVM). Canonical has supported RISC-V since 2021, treats it as a first-class architecture, and plans to support the RVA23 profile from Ubuntu 25.10 onwards with up to 15 years of LTS support via Ubuntu Pro.

RISC-V 101 – what is it and what does it mean for Canonical?

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