CPython now officially supports RISC-V
RISC-V is now officially supported by CPython
CPython has added RISC-V as a tier 3 supported platform, marking a significant milestone for the open-source instruction set architecture. The announcement, made by a CPython developer, highlights the growing importance of RISC-V, whose ecosystem is projected to quadruple by 2032. The support was made possible through community contributions and testing on real hardware, with key assistance from the RISE Project, which provided buildbots and debugging support. Future plans include integrating RISC-V into CI, promoting to tier 2, and exploring architecture-specific optimizations.
RISC-V is an open instruction set architecture (ISA) that, unlike proprietary instruction sets such as x86 and ARM, is developed as an open standard and can be implemented by anyone.