The RISC-V specification process is governed by the Ratification Policy and more concisely articulated in the Specification Lifecycle and Milestone Definitions presentation. To help Task Group Chairs, Vice-chairs, and specification authors navigate this process, the RISC-V Lifecycle Guide has a whole section on "Specification Lifecycle" with an introductory section describing the process and subsections for each milestone that include step-by-step descriptions of the process.
This page serves as the starting point for understanding the status of specifications currently being developed by RISC-V. This status is best represented as progress toward the key Specification Milestones (Plan, Freeze, and Ratification-ready) which are obtained sequentially. Specific status for the relevant status columns is detailed in the Status Key section below. The chairs and vice-chairs of Task Groups, specification authors, and Horizontal and ISA Committee chairs and vice-chairs jointly own ensuring their specifications are listed below and reflect accurate status.
In-process specifications are grouped below into two tables based on whether they impact the RISC-V ISA (In-process ISA Specifications) or not (In-process Non-ISA Specifications). Items should have links to their respective specification repo (), Ratification Plan() if not a Fast-track item, and an Acceptance Criteria Status checklist ().
Status of active votes by TSC and Committee Chairs can be found on the RISC-V Vote Status wiki page.
Completed specifications are tracked at the bottom of the page.
This dashboard does NOT intend to showed details status (that's available in the status checklist for the specification, ), but rather the general status in the journey to ratification.
NOTE: This page is managed by the RISC-V staff with assistance from each specification owner. To get updates to this page or for questions, contact help@riscv.org.
Ratification Package : Project repo | extensions included | Task group approved by TSC date | Specification State**** | Fast Track | Priv / Unpriv | Committee (Owner) | Task Group | Plan Milestone Target Date | Freeze Milestone Target Date | Ratification Milestone Target Date | Plan Milestone Next Step* | Freeze Milestone Next Step** | Ratification Milestone Next Step*** | Last Updated | Notes | In RVA2023 profile as mandatory or supported optional |
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Smaia, Ssaia |
| Public Review Complete | N | P | Priv IC (John Hauser, Anup Patel) | AIA | Q4'22 | Q1'23 | complete | complete | acceptance criteria complete |
| y | |||
Ssqosid |
| Plan Complete | N | P | SOC Infrastructure HC (Eric Shiu, Ambika Krishnamoorthy) | CMQRI | Q2'23 | Q3'23 | complete | acceptance criteria complete |
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Zca, Zcb, Zcd, Zcf, Zcmp, Zcmt | 2021 | Frozen | N | U | (Tariq Kurd) | Code Size Reduction | Q1'23 | Q1'23 | grandfathered | complete | public review start | SAIL/ACT Waivers ABI issues resolved. SW PoC work remains. | n | |||
Zicond |
| New | Y | U | Unpriv IC | N/A | Q1'23 | Q1'23 | ||||||||
Zicntr, Zihpm |
| Public Review Complete | Y | U | Unpriv IC (Earl Killian) | N/A | Q4'22 | Q1'23 | N/A | complete | committee chair approval | Review ended Dec. 23 | y | |||
Sdext, Sdtrig | 2020 | Stable | N | P | Priv IC (Tim Newsome) | Debug TG | Q1'23 | Q2'23 | Q3'23 | review by chairs | acceptance criteria complete | start | Plan Milestone review 1/25/23. | n | ||
Smclic | 2020 | Plan Complete | N | P | Priv IC (Dan Smathers) | Fast Interrupts | Q3'23 | N/A | spec development - stable | start | n | |||||
Svadu |
| Plan Complete | Y | P | Priv IC (Ved) | N/A | Q1'23 | Q1'23 | N/A | acceptance criteria complete | start | |||||
Zimop |
| Stable | Y | U | Unpriv IC (Andrew Waterman) | N/A | Q1'23 | N/A | AR approval | start | 08/22. need github spec | n | ||||
Zihintntl |
| Plan Complete | Y | P | Priv IC (Andrew Waterman) | N/A | Q1'23 | N/A | acceptance criteria complete | start | What is the status of the gcc support? Are intrinsics needed? | y | ||||
Zbpbo, Zpn, Zpsfoperand, P | 2020 | New | N | U | Unpriv IC (Kevin Chen) | Packed SIMD | ? | start | start | start | n | |||||
Zjid | 2020 | Stable | N | P | Priv IC (Martin Maas) | I/D Consistency | Q1'23 | N/A - Grandfathered | AR approval | start | Spec in slide form, needs to be translated into write-up. | ? | ||||
Zjpm | 2020 | Stable | N | P | Priv IC (Martin Maas) | Pointer Masking | Q1'23 | N/A - Grandfathered | AR approval | start | Waivers requested for SAIL and ACT. | ? | ||||
Shcounterenw, Shvstvala, Shtvala, Shvstvecd, Shvsatpa, Shgatpa, Ssstateen, Ssptead, Sstvala, Sstvecd, Sstvecv, Ssu64xl, Svbare, Za128rs, Za64rs, Ziccamoa, Ziccif, Zicclsm, Ziccrse, Zic64b |
| Public Review Started | N | U | TSC (Krste/Greg) | Profiles TG | Q4'22 | complete | complete | public review complete | Public review ends 12/9. | y | ||||
RV32E/RV64E |
| TSC Approved | Y | U | Unpriv IC (krste) | N/A | Q3'22 | Q4'22 | N/A | complete | BoD approval | n | ||||
Smrnmi |
| Plan Complete | Y | P | Priv IC (Krste/Greg) | N/A | Q1'23 | N/A | acceptance criteria complete | start | n | |||||
Zfa |
| Plan Complete | Y | U | Unpriv IC (Andrew Waterman) | N/A | Q4'22 | Q1'23 | N/A | acceptance criteria complete | start | y | ||||
Zisslpcfi |
| Plan Complete | N | U + P | (George, Ved) | SS-LP-CFI | Q4'22 | Q3'23 | Q3'23 | Complete | start | start | n | |||
Sspmp |
| New | N | P | Security HC (Dong Du) | S-Mode Physical Memory Protection | Q4'22 | TBD | N/A | N/A | N/A | n | ||||
Ztso |
| TSC Approved | Y | U | Unpriv IC (Earl Killian) | N/A | Q3'22 | Q4'22 | N/A | complete | BOD approval | ? | ||||
Zvkb, Zvkg, Zvknha, Zvknhb, Zvkns, Zvksed, Zvksh |
| Stable | N | U | Unpriv IC | Cryptographic Extensions | Q4'22 | Q1'23 | Complete | AR Approval | start | SAIL & ACT Waiver | y | |||
Zvknf |
| Stable | N | U | Unpriv IC | Cryptographic Extensions | TBD | Complete | AR Approval | start | SAIL & ACT Waiver | n | ||||
Zvfh, Zvfhmin |
| Frozen | Y | U | Unpriv IC (Krste) | N/A | Q4'22 | Q1'23 | N/A | complete | send out for public review | Blanket waiver | y |
Ratification Package : Project repo | Task group approved by TSC date | Specification State**** | Committee (Owner) | Task Group | Plan Milestone Target Date | Freeze Milestone Target Date | Ratification Milestone Target Date | Plan Milestone next step* | Freeze Milestone next step** | Ratification *** | Last Updated | Notes |
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| Plan Complete | Security HC (Ravi Sahita, Guerney Hunt) | AP-TEE | Q1'23 | Q2'23 | Q3'23 | review by chairs | |||||
2020 | New | ISA Infrastructure HC | Architecture Test SIG?? | review by chairs | ||||||||
| Plan Complete | SOC Infrastructure HC (Ved Shanbhogue, Perrine Peresse) | IOMMU | Q1'23 | complete | AR approval | ||||||
| New | Security HC | IOPMP | Q3'23 | review by chairs | |||||||
2020 | New | SOC Infrastructure HC (Robert Chylla) | Nexus Trace | review by chairs | ||||||||
OS-A SEE |
| New | Privileged Software HC (Aaron Durbin) | OS-A SEE | ||||||||
Platform Runtime Services |
| New | Privileged Software HC (Atish Patra & Sunil VL) | Platform Runtime Services | ||||||||
2020 | Public Review Complete | Privileged Software HC (Abner Chang) | Q3'22 | Q4'22 | complete | complete | TSC approval | No waivers | ||||
| New | SOC Infrastructure HC (Dimitris Gizopoulos, Cameron McNairy) | RAS Terms and Defintions | build plan | ||||||||
| New | Applications & Tools HC | RISC-V Vector C Intrinsics | build plan | ||||||||
| New | Security HC (Xueyang Terry Wang, Suresh Sugumar) | Security Model | plan review by chairs | ||||||||
| New | Privileged Software HC (Irma Flores-Mendoza | Unified Discovery | Q3'22 | plan review by chairs |
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| New | Privileged Software HC | plan review by chairs |
The following steps and associated next sequential steps for the milestones listed in the tables above may be parallelized at times, but are most simply thought of as a sequential set. All previous steps are done. They are as follows:
* Plan Milestone next Steps:
** Freeze Milestone next step:
*** Ratification Milestone next step (don't start until freeze is complete):
**** Specification State values:
ISA Specifications
Ratification Package (Extension names) : Project repo | Extension(s) | Fast Track | Priv / Unpriv | Committee (Owner) | Task Group | Plan Milestone Target Date | Freeze Milestone Target Date | Ratification Milestone Target Date | Plan Milestone Status* | Freeze Milestone Status** | Ratification Milestone Status*** | Last Updated | Notes | In RVA2023 profile as mandatory or supported optional |
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Zmmul | Y | U | Unpriv HC (Allen Baum) | Q1'22 | Q2'22 | N/A | Freeze Complete | Ratification Complete | Unified Discovery Waiver | |||||
Zawrs | Y | U | Unpriv HC | N/A | Q2'22 | Q3'22 | N/A | complete | complete | 11/7/22 | y |
Non-ISA Specifications
Specification : Project repo | Committee (Owner) | Task Group | Plan Milestone Target Date | Freeze Milestone Target Date | Ratification Milestone Target Date | Plan Milestone Status* | Freeze Milestone Status** | Ratification Milestone Status*** | Last Updated | Notes |
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SOC Infrastructure HC | Q2'22 | Plan Complete | Freeze Complete | Ratification Complete |
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Privileged Software HC | psABI | Q2'22 | Q3'22 | complete | complete | complete | 11/7/22 | No waivers | ||
Privileged Software HC | Q2'22 | Plan Complete | Freeze Complete | Ratification Complete | No waivers | |||||
Privileged Software HC (Sunil VL) | Q2'22 | Plan Complete | Freeze Complete | Ratification Complete | No waivers |
Ratification Package | Fast Track | Priv Unpriv | Extension Names | Owner | Arch Review | Status Checklist | Public Review |
Vector | N | U | V, Zve32x, Zve32f, Zve64x, Zve64f, Zve64d | Krste | Complete | Complete | Y |
Bit-Manipulation | N | U | Zba, Zbb, Zbc, Zbs | Ken / Krste | Complete | Complete | Y |
FP in INT regs | N | U | Zfinx | Tariq | Complete | Complete | Y |
Half Width FP | Y | U | Zfh, Zfhmin | Andrew | Complete | Complete | Y |
ePMP | N | P | Smepmp | Nick | Complete | Complete | Y |
Crypto Scalar | N | U | Zbkb, Zbkc, Zbkx, Zknd, Zkne, Zknh, Zksed, Zksh, Zkn, Zks, Zkt, Zk, Zkr | Ben | Complete | Complete | Y |
Priv 1.12 | N | P | Sm1-12, Ss1-12, Sv57 | Greg | Complete | Complete | Y |
CMO base | N | P | Zicbom, Zicbop, Zicboz | DavidK | Complete | Complete | Y |
hypervisor | N | P | H | JohnH | Complete | Complete | Y |
state enable | Y | P | Smstateen | JohnH | Complete | Complete | Y |
time cmp | Y | P | Sstc | Greg | Complete | Complete | Y |
Count overflow & Filtering | Y | P | Sscofmpf | Greg | Complete | Complete | Y |
Fast TLB invalidation | N | P | Svinval | Dan | Complete | Complete | Y |
NAPOT pages | N | P | Svnapot | Dan | Complete | Complete | Y |
Page-based memory types | N | P | Svpbmt | Dan | Complete | Complete | Y |
Pause Hint | Y | U | Zihintpause | Greg | Complete | Complete | Y |