# RISC-V Spike ISA Simulator

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/risc-v/spike-simulator/  
**Provider:** RISC-V International — https://apis.io/providers/risc-v/  
**Documentation:** https://github.com/riscv-software-src/riscv-isa-sim

RISC-V Spike ISA Simulator is one of 5 APIs that [RISC-V International](https://apis.io/providers/risc-v/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Reference Implementation, RISC-V, Simulator, and Testing. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes a GitHub repository.

Spike is the official RISC-V ISA Simulator and the golden reference implementation for RISC-V. It simulates the execution of RISC-V programs and is used for architecture validation and software development.

## Machine-readable artifacts (1)

- **GitHubRepository** — https://github.com/riscv-software-src/riscv-isa-sim

## Other RISC-V International APIs (4)

- [RISC-V ISA Specifications](https://apis.io/apis/risc-v/isa-specifications/)
- [RISC-V C API Documentation](https://apis.io/apis/risc-v/c-api-documentation/)
- [RISC-V Non-ISA Specifications](https://apis.io/apis/risc-v/non-isa-specifications/)
- [RISC-V OpenSBI](https://apis.io/apis/risc-v/opensbi/)

## Tags

Reference Implementation, RISC-V, Simulator, Testing

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