I am excited to announce that I will be at RISC-V Summit Europe 2026 in Bologna, Italy — and I am bringing signed copies of Kubernetes Recipes!
RISC-V Summit Europe 2026
RISC-V is one of the most important movements in open computing: open standards, open collaboration, and a growing global ecosystem pushing innovation across hardware, software, AI, embedded systems, and cloud infrastructure.
The Summit brings together the entire RISC-V ecosystem — from silicon designers to software engineers — for keynotes, technical sessions, demos, and networking. This year features:
- RISC-V State of the Union by Krste Asanovic (Chief Architect, RISC-V International / SiFive)
- Security extensions and matrix extensions for AI
- New profile and platform initiatives
- Ecosystem showcases from hardware vendors, research labs, and open source projects
📍 Bologna, Italy 🎟️ Registration
Book Signing
I will be on site during the Summit with copies of Kubernetes Recipes available for signing. Whether you are a hardware engineer curious about cloud-native orchestration, a platform engineer interested in RISC-V edge deployments, or just want to connect — come find me!
After years of working across Linux, automation, Kubernetes, cloud-native platforms, and open source communities, I am especially excited to see how RISC-V continues to connect silicon innovation with real-world software ecosystems.
What I would love to discuss:
- Running Kubernetes on RISC-V hardware
- AI inference at the edge on open hardware
- Platform engineering for heterogeneous compute (x86 + ARM + RISC-V clusters)
- The convergence of open hardware and open source software communities
Why RISC-V Matters for Cloud-Native
The RISC-V ISA is not just a chip architecture — it represents the same open philosophy that drives Linux, Kubernetes, and the entire cloud-native stack. As AI workloads push toward specialized hardware (NPUs, matrix engines, custom accelerators), having an open instruction set means:
- No vendor lock-in at the silicon level
- Custom extensions for AI/ML workloads without licensing fees
- Security extensions designed in the open, auditable by everyone
- Edge-to-cloud consistency — same ISA from microcontrollers to datacenter chips
The RISC-V ecosystem is maturing rapidly. We are already seeing production Kubernetes clusters running on RISC-V boards, and the software toolchain (GCC, LLVM, Linux kernel support) is production-ready for many use cases.
See You in Bologna
If you are attending RISC-V Summit Europe 2026, reach out — I would love to meet, sign your book, and hear what you are building on open hardware.
