--- title: RISC-V 2026 Update | daily.dev description: A 2026 annual review of the RISC-V open ISA ecosystem covering major developments over the past year. Key highlights include Meta's acquisition of Rivos and... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/risc-v-2026-update-sxtkulg7g twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: RISC-V 2026 Update | daily.dev og:description: A 2026 annual review of the RISC-V open ISA ecosystem covering major developments over the past year. Key highlights include Meta's acquisition of Rivos and... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/risc-v-2026-update-sxtkulg7g og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/SxTkUlG7g.png og:image:alt: RISC-V 2026 Update og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # RISC-V 2026 Update **[ExplainingComputers](https://daily.dev/sources/explainingcomputers)** · 20 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A 2026 annual review of the RISC-V open ISA ecosystem covering major developments over the past year. Key highlights include Meta's acquisition of Rivos and Qualcomm's acquisition of Ventana Microsystems, RISC-V International's first annual report and ISO PAS recognition, and the ratification of the RVA23 profile enabling binary-compatible application processors. Growing adoption spans automotive (software-defined vehicles), AI accelerators (Meta MTIA, Google Coral NPU, SiFive), and data center servers. New hardware like the SpacemiT K3 SoC and Milk-V Jupiter 2 board are arriving, while Linux distros including Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, RHEL, and Debian 13 are adding RISC-V support. Market predictions suggest RISC-V will reach 33.7% penetration by 2031 with over 35 billion shipped SoCs containing a RISC-V core. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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