Quintauris Launches Altair RISC-V Profile for Automotive Embedded Systems
Quintauris has launched Altair, a RISC-V profile specification aimed at enhancing binary compatibility for embedded systems, particularly in automotive applications. The specification addresses fragmentation in RISC-V implementations while allowing semiconductor vendors to maintain architectural flexibility. It defines essential instruction set extensions, privilege modes, and execution assumptions to ensure compatibility over long product lifecycles. Altair aims to improve the software ecosystem around RISC-V, facilitating software portability for mission-critical embedded systems.

Quintauris has introduced Altair, a RISC-V profile specification tailored for embedded systems, including automotive applications. Altair aims to reduce fragmentation in embedded RISC-V implementations, ensuring long-term binary compatibility and architectural flexibility for semiconductor vendors.
The specification outlines mandatory and optional instruction set architecture extensions, privilege modes, and execution assumptions for MCU-class systems in industrial and automotive sectors. It aims to balance standardization with innovation, promoting scalability within the embedded RISC-V ecosystem. Angel Berrio will present the Altair specification at embedded world 2026 in Nuremberg on 12 March.




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