2025 VeriSilicon Embedded Software Development Competition Kicks Off!

"VeriSilicon Cup" National Embedded Software Development Competition

2025 VeriSilicon Embedded Software Development Competition

Now Open for Registration!

This competition has been successfully held for three consecutive years.
Last year, it attracted 278 teams from 52 top universities across the country.

 

Why Join?

  • Hands-on RISC-V Development Experience– Dive into practical embedded programming.
  • Expert Mentorship & Training– Learn from industry veterans with dedicated courses.
  • Lucrative Rewards– Win prizes, internships, and career opportunities!

Don’t miss out—register now!

 

01 About the Contest


As an open-source RISC-based instruction set architecture, RISC-V has attracted significant attention across industrial, scientific research, and educational sectors since its inception, experiencing rapid growth and soaring popularity.


Today, RISC-V is globally adopted, with over 10 billion processor cores deployed worldwide. Chinese companies are now playing a pivotal role in the RISC-V ecosystem. According to research data, Chinese companies account for approximately 50% of global shipments, making them indispensable contributors to both technological advancement and real-world applications.


As a leading provider of one-stop chip customization services and semiconductor IP licensing in the semiconductor industry, VeriSilicon continues to advance the RISC-V ecosystem. The current competition aligns with emerging trends in AIoT and smart wearable devices. VeriSilicon has developed the VeriHealth Smart Wearable Platform, which integrates RISC-V core technology with its proprietary Digital Signal Processor (DSP) and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) wireless connectivity solutions. In addition, the company has developed a structured, progressive curriculum and professional competition tasks specifically designed to cultivate IC talents. More specifically, the curriculum and competition tasks aim to strengthen university students' innovation and practical abilities in embedded chip and system design, and stimulate students' creative thinking and passion for embedded system development. In addition, VeriSilicon also aspires to help students comprehensively master multi-level knowledge and skills ranging from driver development, algorithm implementation, and performance optimization to application solution design.


The N309 RISC-V main processor core and the Nuclei Studio development toolchain used in this competition are generously provided by Nuclei Technology.

 

 

02 Competition Content


  

03 Division


This competition is open to full-time undergraduate and postgraduate students nationwide. All participants will be grouped into 7 regional divisions as follows for preliminary rounds.

  • Shanghai
  • South China
  • Free Trade Port (Hainan)
  • East China
  • Central China
  • Western China
  • North China

Finals will be held in Haikou, Hainan Province. The final round will be conducted as a semi-open development challenge followed by project defense presentations.

 

04 Competition Schedule

 

  • Competition Registration April 3 – May 8
  • Teams of 3 students from the same university. Participants from any major or academic year are welcome
  • Limit: ≤1 team member with prior competition experience.

 

  • Coursework & Assignments May 11 – May 25
    • 2 live Q&A sessions (online).
    • Course materials and submission portal to be emailed to teams after registration closes.

 

  • Preliminary Round June 2 – June 16
    • Competition review to be conducted by each regional division.
    • Competition topics and scoring criteria to be released in late May.

 

  • Finals Mid-to-late July | Haikou
    • Finalists to be announced in early July.
    • Qualifying teams will travel to Haikou for on-site finals.

 

No registration fees apply!

 

 

05 Competition Reward


 

06 Registration Method


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Organizer

VeriSilicon Microelectronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.

Undertaker

VeriSilicon Microelectronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.

Co-organizer

    • Haikou National High-Tech Industrial Development Zone Administrative Committee
    • Haikou National High-Tech Zone Incubator Operation Management Co., Ltd.
    • Nuclei Semiconductor Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. [Nuclei Technology]
    • VeriSyno Microelectronics Co., Ltd.
    • Shanghai Open Processor Industry Innovation Center

 

 

 

ABOUT SOPIC

Established in September 2024 in Zhangjiang, Pudong, Shanghai, the Shanghai Open Processor Industry Innovation Center (SOPIC) is headquartered on the 15th floor of Building 1, Chuangxin Tiandi, No. 52 Jichuang Road. As a non-profit organization, it was co-founded by leading domestic semiconductor design companies including VeriSilicon, Nuclei Technology, and DAMO Academy (Shanghai).

SOPIC serves as an industrial nexus bringing together RISC-V ecosystem stakeholders, including chip designers, IP vendors, system integrators, software developers, OEMs, and top-tier research institutions, to co-develop critical generic technology platforms. By fostering open hardware architecture to accelerate open-source software ecosystems, the center drives the industrialization and commercial deployment of RISC-V technologies.

Complementing its technical mission, SOPIC partners with China's leading universities through three integrated channels: co-developing RISC-V-specific curricula, establishing joint research laboratories, and creating applied training centers. This tripartite approach systematically cultivates professionals with cross-functional RISC-V expertise, ensuring a sustainable talent pipeline to power the ecosystem's evolution.