RISC-V Software Porting and Optimization Championship

[Wei Wu (吴伟)]

Hi all,

FYI The PLCT Lab had announed the preparation for the Inaugural
“RISC-V Software Porting and Optimization Championship”.

In the past few years, the PLCT Lab dedicated a great amount of
financial and human resources along with research and development
groups around the world in an effort to enhance RISC-V’s software
ecosystem. Today, almost all mainstream Linux distributions are
already providing or are actively working to support the RISC-V
architectures. Toolchains and runtimes such as GNU, Clang/LLVM,
OpenJDK, V8 and SpiderMonkey are now working reliably on RISC-V.

The fact that open sources software are not as optimized for RISC-V
hardware platforms as their x86 and Arm64 counterpart points to the
need for more developer input. To help attract developers to the
RISC-V ecosysetm and to accelerate the advancement of its software
ecosystem, the PLCT Lab launched the “RISC-V Software Porting and
Optimization Championship.” This championship sets its focus on
desktop and server software ecosystem, designing competitive
categories for compilers, runtime environments, AI software stacks,
etc. and is open to participation by developers around the globe.

More details can be found at:
- Simplified Chinese: [首届「RISC-V
软件移植及优化锦标赛」筹备工作正式启动，诚邀赞助](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/3q8f-KxgS4AY3IKLdXPSfg)
- English: [“RV Software Porting & Opt Championship”
Announced](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/E20DM8PRXW67CFJ4vC739A)
- Russian: [Официально начата подготовка к первому «Чемпионату по
портированию и оптимизации программного обеспечения RISC-V»,
приглашаются спонсоры!](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/_FZTbtGTaugkssLlGR68qA)
- Korean: [제1회 'RISC-V 소프트웨어 이식 및 최적화 챔피언십' 준비활동 정식으로
시작합니다.](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/sKWctPRuUOkmwfNdESYdBw)
- Japanese: [第1回「RISC-V
ソフトウェアの移植と最適化チャンピオンシップ」準備活動正式に開始いたします](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/kAQDe_k434a8RGHNmKKN9A)

Best wishes,

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Wei Wu
PLCT Lab, ISCAS