Industry interview
Why Codasip went all-in on CHERI
Codasip describes market pull for CHERI-RISC-V processor IP, base software and development platforms—and the ecosystem dependencies still required for wider use.
Strategic direction
Codasip says interest has moved beyond research advocacy toward market demand, supported by the Alliance’s work on coordination and standardisation. The company describes a strategy focused on CHERI-based architectures and on reducing the distance between processor IP and a usable product-development environment.
From processor IP to development systems
The interview points to commercially available CHERI-RISC-V processor IP, operating-system, compiler and debugger support, and the Codasip Prime FPGA development kit. It also describes customer interest in SoCs and physical FPGA products, particularly in defence and critical-infrastructure markets.
The supplier identifies application software, base software, standardisation and regulation as important ecosystem dependencies. That is a useful reminder that CPU availability alone does not complete an adoption path.
What adopters should evaluate
This is a supplier interview, so claims about demand, product maturity and market direction should be checked independently.
- Exact IP release, architecture profile and licensing terms.
- Supported toolchain, operating system, debugger and board revisions.
- Which components are production-supported, evaluation-only or planned.
- Performance, area and compatibility results for a representative workload.
- Safety, security and standards evidence required by the target sector.