Nuvacore, a CPU startup founded by legendary architects Gerard Williams, John Bruno, and Ram Srinivasan, is taking an unconventional approach by designing its WarpCore processor's core IP independent of a specific instruction set architecture, deferring ISA selection until later in development. This Core First strategy allows the team to optimize the microarchitecture for performance and power efficiency in AI and data center applications before committing to an ISA like Arm, RISC-V, or x86.
The International Solar Alliance is a treaty-based organization of over 112 member countries, primarily located between the Tropics, aimed at promoting solar energy adoption to reduce fossil fuel dependence. Launched by Indian PM Narendra Modi in 2015 and headquartered in Haryana, India, the ISA opened for signatures in Marrakesh in November 2016 with 102 initial signatories.