OSS + ELC EU 2026

The RISC-V ecosystem is maturing so rapidly that it's often hard to keep track, especially in the world of embedded systems. Now that RISC-V platforms meeting the "general-purpose" RVA23 specification - which mandates the vector and hypervisor extensions, among others - are available, this rate of change will only increase. We've been working hard on supporting RISC-V from the bottom up through Android, the Yocto Project, the Linux kernel, and we've even helped enable the Python ecosystem for AI at the edge. We want to share our experiences with our peers so that they can help contribute, avoid common pitfalls, and build great projects with our favorite new computer architecture. To do so, we'll cover everything we've done over the past year, what we're most excited about, and where we think the most challenging aspects of supporting RISC-V in embedded systems remain. We hope that this will be an inspiring roadmap for others looking to join the RISC-V community on its journey forward.