Market CoverageSiFive Demos AMD ROCm on RISC-V. Is BigSky Now the Neutral Head Node?Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum, examines the SiFive and AMD ROCm demonstration on BigSky, why both GPU software ecosystems reached the RISC-V server within three weeks, and what Instinct-scale validation still requires.Brendan Burke·September 16, 2026
Market CoverageSiFive BigSky Ships the First RISC-V Server. Is the GPU Head Node the Prize?Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum, shares his insights on SiFive’s BigSky, the first enterprise-grade RISC-V server, and why CUDA head node duty for NVIDIA GPUs is the socket that matters.Brendan Burke·August 28, 2026
