RISCstar provides software engineering services that help companies maximize the performance, power efficiency, and security of Arm and RISC-V hardware platforms. The company specializes in embedded Linux, Zephyr, kernel upstreaming, and power management, with expertise spanning use cases from automotive and industrial to AI and mobile. RISCstar also offers toolchain resources, training, and community forums to support long-term product development.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Companies building products on Arm and RISC-V architectures often struggle to fully utilize the hardware's capabilities because the required software—such as board support packages, drivers, and power management frameworks—is complex and frequently locked into outdated downstream kernel versions. This leads to suboptimal performance, higher power consumption, security vulnerabilities, and increased long-term development and support costs.
Solution
RISCstar provides specialized software engineering services that help companies unlock the full potential of Arm and RISC-V hardware. The company's experts handle everything from device bring-up and Linux kernel integration to performance tuning and power management optimization. RISCstar also guides clients through the open-source landscape, helping them upstream their code to mainline Linux and Zephyr to reduce maintenance burdens and improve long-term stability. Their services span embedded systems, servers, automotive, edge/IoT, AI, mobile, and industrial applications, ensuring that software is optimized for the underlying hardware platform.
Target Audience
RISCstar serves product companies, semiconductor vendors, and system integrators building on Arm and RISC-V architectures across embedded, server, automotive, edge/IoT, AI, mobile, and industrial markets.
Features
- Embedded Linux engineering including BSPs, drivers, and SoC enablement for Arm and RISC-V platforms
- Upstreaming and open-source community engagement to move code from downstream forks to mainline kernel acceptance
- Power management optimization to reduce energy consumption on Arm and RISC-V architectures
- Performance tuning to maximize throughput and efficiency of high-performance hardware
- Zephyr engineering for real-time and resource-constrained embedded applications
- Linux platform security hardening, including implementation of hardware security features
- Linux server engineering for enterprise and data center deployments
- Toolchain resources, training programs, and community forums to support developer adoption