SiFive, Inc., the leading provider of commercial RISC-V processor IP and silicon solutions, today announced that Dr. Randy Allen has joined the company as vice president of RISC-V software. Dr. Allen will be responsible for developing and implementing RISC-V software strategy for SiFive.
“I met the SiFive founders while teaching at Berkeley some years ago,” said Dr. Allen. “It was clear even then that RISC-V and SiFive were going to be special, once-in-a-lifetime events. I’m excited to join the SiFive team and spearhead software strategy for this revolutionary technology.”
Dr. Allen brings more than 30 years of industry experience and, most recently, served as vice president of software engineering at Wave Computing. He has also served in leadership roles at tech companies such as Mentor Graphics, National Instruments and Cypress Semiconductor.
“Randy’s expertise in everything from embedded software design and development to high performance computing makes him an obvious choice for the role,” said Dr. Naveed Sherwani, president and CEO of SiFive. “His skill in the development of vectorizing and parallelizing compilers is world-class and will be instrumental in the future of SiFive.”
Dr. Allen earned an artium baccalaureus degree in Chemistry from Harvard University and a PhD in Mathematical Sciences from Rice University. Today, at the RISC-V Summit, Dr. Allen will deliver the current state of the union of RISC-V software at 12:50 p.m. PST at the San Jose Convention Center in Grand Ballroom 220-C.