[searedsteak]

Looks like it just shares a name with the spacecraft but isn't related?

[a2800276]

The European rocket is named after a Cretan princess from Greek mythology. This project is related to the rocket-chip generator. Nerds involved all around :)

[nickik]

The 'original' RISC-V core was called Rocket.

https://github.com/chipsalliance/rocket-chip

So they picked a European rocket as a name.

[rpiguy]

That one that blew up (Arriane V). lol.

[touisteur]

I think it was the first launch? Since then if memory serves the program has very reliable (if expensive). There also was a (very good) Ariane 4 before with quite the OK record...

[Ndymium]

I can't help but think of Ariane V and its famous launch failure due to a programming error. I hope Ariane RISC-V fares better. ;) (Ok, the rocket platform has been reliable since 2003, but that ruins the joke.)

[MaxBarraclough]

Was going to say the same. I learnt of the Ariane 5 explosion in a class on critical-systems software development. The out-of-range error that cost $0.5bn.

A summary of the failure: https://www-users.math.umn.edu/~arnold/disasters/ariane.html

[ncmncm]

It wasn't even the out-of-range value that caused the failure--that would have been fine. The failure was caused by trapping the error, and dumping debug data onto the realtime control bus.

[Symmetry]

Getting two explosions in the first 20 launches is par for the course in making a new rocket. :)