Master RISC-V architecture, assembly, calling convention and privilege modes. Debug real RISC-V systems using TRACE32, analyze Linux kernel and bootloader startup code, and prepare confidently for system software engineering interviews. This lecture is the second part of RISC-V in Practice.
You will learn how to:
- Explain trap operations (exceptions and interrupts) clearly in engineering interviews
- Understand interrupt controllers such as PLIC and CLIC in real systems
- Analyze crash scenarios and perform systematic debugging
- Use TRACE32 to inspect traps, interrupts, and fault conditions step by step
- Understand virtual memory, MMU behavior, and page table structures
- Analyze Linux kernel behavior during faults and exception handling with confidence
Why RISC-V Matters for Your Career
RISC-V is rapidly becoming a standard architecture for system and embedded software.
Leading semiconductor companies and startups adopt RISC-V for next-generation products:
- Adopted by leading semiconductor companies (e.g: Qualcomm, NVIDIA, NXP, and Infinion)
- Widely used in embedded and system software products
- Growing rapidly in AI and high-performance computing
- Actively researched in universities and graduate programs
- Increasingly required in system software interviews
RISC-V is becoming a core skill for embedded and system software engineers. Understanding RISC-V architecture and registers is now essential for low-level development. Companies expect engineers to debug RISC-V systems, not just write code. This course teaches real RISC-V internals using hands-on TRACE32 debugging.
If you work close to hardware, learning RISC-V accelerates your career growth.
