Vortex 3.0: Open-Source RISC-V GPU Adds 3D Graphics Pipeline and Tensor Cores
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Written by Michael Larabel in Hardware on 9 June 2026 at 06:02 AM EDT. Add A Comment
Crisped on the outside, thoughtful enough on the inside.
Summary
Georgia Tech's open-source team has released Vortex 3.0, a major update to their OpenCL-compatible RISC-V GPGPU implementation. The new version introduces a fixed-function graphics stack with a rasterizer and texture units, adding a 3D pipeline to expand beyond GPGPU compute. It also adds tensor core support. Vortex 3.0 can be used as an open-source simulator, RTL simulator, or deployed on AMD-Xilinx or Altera FPGAs.
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· 3 pulledVortex continues to consist of an open-source simulator or RTL simulator and can also be used with either AMD-Xilinx or Altera FPGAs too for this RISC-V GPU design.
With Vortex 3.0 they have introduced a fixed-function graphics stack complete with a rasterizer and texture units and more in providing a 3D pipeline for expanding their scope beyond just GPGPU compute.
Vortex 3.0 also adds tensor core structured support.
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