Oct 31, 2023 17:00:00

Google announces that it plans to release an emulator that runs RISC-V on Android in 2024

Google, which

has been developing Android optimized for the open source instruction set architecture ' RISC-V ' since December 2022, announced on October 30, 2023 the future schedule and emulator for Android and RISC-V. I have reported on support etc.

Android and RISC-V: What you need to know to be ready | Google Open Source Blog
https://opensource.googleblog.com/2023/10/android-and-risc-v-what-you-need-to-know.html

Google will release Android RISC-V emulators to test apps in 2024

https://9to5google.com/2023/10/30/android-risc-v-app-emulators/

At the RISC-V Summit held in December 2023, Google recognized RISC-V as its top priority platform and announced its stance to actively develop Android for RISC-V. In October 2023, Qualcomm and Google announced that they will jointly develop RISC-V Snapdragon Wear, a RISC-V-based processor for wearable devices.

Qualcomm declares to develop RISC-V-based mass-produced SoC 'RISC-V Snapdragon Wear' in cooperation with Google - GIGAZINE

Regarding its own RISC-V development, Google said, ``We are further maturing RISC-V support in Android,'' and added, ``In particular, the RISC-V-based processors being developed by Google and Qualcomm are ``high-performance''. We are focusing on having all the functions to be called ``.''

Additionally, Google has revealed that Cuttlefish , a virtual Android device, allows developers to build, test, and run Android support for RISC-V on their own machines. Google says, ``Support for Android for RISC-V in virtual environments is not fully optimized, but we are ready to enable experimentation and collaboration.''

According to Google, a fully optimized backend for the runtime environment '

Android Runtime ' running on Android is under development at the time of writing. Still, to ensure app compatibility, Google says, ``We will finalize the Android ABI for RISC-V in the second half of 2023, while making test builds immediately available for Android continuous integration (CI).'' , we plan to make it easier to test RISC-V behavior on x86-64 and ARM64 machines.'

Google also revealed that a RISC-V emulator for testing applications on various device form factors will be available to the public in 2024, and that RISC-V-based processors will first be used in wearable devices. I am.

Google is working with companies such as Intel, MediaTek, NVIDIA, and Qualcomm on the ` `RISC-V Software Ecosystem (RISE)'' project to promote highly efficient porting of Android OS to RISC-V. We emphasize that we are actively investing in V.