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This page contains the single list of of all ratified technical publications.

ISA Specifications

These are the current, published versions of the ISA specifications.  Prior published versions and the original ratification specifications for included extensions can be found on the RISC-V Technical Specifications Archive page.

Note: Recently ratified extensions, but not yet included in the full specifications above, can be found on the RISC-V Ratified Extensions page.


Profiles

These are the current, published versions of the Profiles specifications.

Specification nameVersionPublishedProfile(s)RISC-V CommunitySource Repository
RISC-V Profiles1.0March 2023RVA20, RVI20, RVA22 Profiles SIGriscv/riscv-profiles

Non-ISA Specifications

These are the current, published versions of the non-ISA specifications.  Prior published versions can be found on the RISC-V Technical Specifications Archive page.

Specification
name
Version
First Publish Date
Published
Last
Updated
DateDescription
RISC-V CommunitySource Repository

Efficient Trace for RISC-V

2.0.3June 2022April 2024

Specifies the signals between the RISC-V core and the encoder, compressed branch trace algorithm, and the packet format used to encapsulate the compressed branch trace information to implement processor tracing.

2.0.3June 2022April 2024SOC Infrastructure Horizontal Committeeriscv-non-isa/tech-trace-spec

RISC-V ABIs Specification

1.0November 2022

Provides the processor-specific application binary interface document for RISC-V.

1.0November 2022
Application & Tools Horizontal Committeeriscv-non-isa/riscv-elf-psabi-doc

RISC-V Advanced Interrupt Architecture

1.0June 2023

Describes an Advanced Interrupt Architecture for RISC-V systems.

1.0June 2023
Privileged Software Horizontal Committeeriscv/riscv-aia

RISC-V External Debug Support

0.13.2March 2019

Outlines a standard architecture for external debug support on RISC-V platforms.

0.13.2March 2019
SOC Infrastructure Horizontal Committeeriscv/tech-debug-spec

RISC-V Functional Fixed Hardware
Specification

1.0.0January 2024

Provides additional system specification for RISC-V systems which use Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI), specifically for some ACPI object fields of type “Resource Descriptor”.

1.0.0January 2024
Privileged Software Horizontal Committeeriscv-non-isa/riscv-acpi-ffh

RISC-V IOMMU Architecture
Specification

1.0.0June 2023

Describes an Input-Output Memory Management Unit (IOMMU) that connects direct-memory-access-capable Input/Output (I/O) devices to system memory.

1.0.0June 2023
SOC Infrastructure Horizontal Committee

riscv-non-isa/riscv-iommu

RISC-V Platform-Level Interrupt Controller Specification

1.0.0February 2023

Delineates the operational parameters for a platform-level interrupt controller on RISC-V.

Privileged Software Horizontal Committeeriscv/riscv-plic-specRISC-V Supervisor Binary Interface Specification
1.0.0
May 2022Describes the RISC-V Supervisor Binary Interface, known from here on as SBI which enables supervisor-mode (S-mode or VS-mode) software to be portable across all RISC-V implementations by defining an abstraction for platform (or hypervisor) specific functionality.
February 2023
Privileged Software Horizontal Committeeriscv
-non-isa
/riscv-
sbi
plic-
doc
spec

RISC-V Supervisor Binary Interface Specification

2.0.0January 2024

Second publication of the RISC-V Supervisor Binary Interface specification.  It added a debug console, system suspend, nested acceleration, steal-time accounting, PMU snapshot, and various error codes; relaxed counter width requirements on PMU firmware counters; reserved space for firmware events;  and clarified several extensions.

2.0.0January 2024
Privileged Software Horizontal Committeeriscv-non-isa/riscv-sbi-doc

RISC-V UEFI Protocol Specification

1.0.0May 2022

Details all new UEFI protocols required only for RISC-V platforms.

1.0.0May 2022
Privileged Software Horizontal Committeeriscv-non-isa/riscv-uefi

Note: If you do not see a specification in the above table, visit the RISC-V GitHub riscv-non-isa organization to see a complete list of all specifications which have been developed or are presently under development.

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