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Aug 9, 2020 · Fundamentals

How Five Undergraduates Designed a 64‑bit RISC‑V Chip and Graduated with Their Own Processor

Five 2016‑class undergraduates from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences completed a 64‑bit RISC‑V SoC chip named "NutShell," successfully fabricated it in 110 nm, ran Linux and a custom teaching OS, and presented the open‑source design at the RISC‑V Global Forum, showcasing a novel "One Life One Chip" education model.