Gateways, routers and network appliances where operators need full-stack visibility — bootloader to application — and a supply chain that outlives a single vendor's product line.
Network operators need equipment they can audit end to end and keep in service for a decade. Closed platforms make the first impossible and the second a commercial negotiation rather than an engineering decision.
| Auditable stack | RISC-V gateways running OpenWrt give full-stack visibility — bootloader to application — with no opaque binary blobs. Every instruction is publicly specified, so a security review has something to review. |
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| Ecosystem maturity | The K1 has mature OpenWrt 23.05 support. That is the difference between 'RISC-V is interesting' and 'this is a drop-in target for our router build'. |
| Multi-source supply | The same ISA is produced by vendors across multiple regions. When lead times or allocation shift, an alternate part can be qualified without rewriting the firmware from scratch. |
Is OpenWrt support production grade on the K1?
OpenWrt 23.05 support on the K1 is mature and is the reason the part is viable for network products at all. Check the specific features you need against the target before committing.
How long is the part available?
We commit to 10+ years of supply on the parts we distribute, with advance EOL notification. The commercial terms are on the quotation.