The RISC-V Board Election 2026 is now open! The Shanghai Open Processor Innovation Center (SOPIC) has officially nominated Jam Zhou for Community Director. We invite all RISC-V members to cast your vote.
About Jam Zhou
Jam Zhou currently leads the Vinaro Program at SOPIC. He is deeply involved in open-source software, cloud-edge architecture, and emerging tech, with extensive experience in AI, cloud computing, IoT, and automotive systems. He is also a strong advocate for the RISC-V chip ecosystem.
Through the Vinaro Program, Zhou focuses on smart terminals, AI computing, high-performance servers, and automotive electronics. His team is building a shared software foundation to help RISC-V evolve from functional to phenomenal.
A proven open-source leader, Zhou previously founded the Linaro China 96Boards open-source hardware community. He successfully recruited over 10 committee members and 20 manufacturing partners, bridging the entire stack from chips and dev boards to operating systems and applications.
Voting Guide
Voting Period:
June 8 – July 7, 2026
How to Vote:
Ballot links will be sent to your organization’s primary voting representative. Each organization may only vote once. To confirm your organization’s primary voting representative, please email elections@riscv.org
Every vote strengthens the RISC-V ecosystem and drives real-world adoption.
Please cast your vote for Jam Zhou today!
关于上海开放处理器产业创新中心
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, uniting RISC-V ecosystem stakeholders—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 architectures 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.
