Computation Frontier

@0xAbix @eth_proofs @RiscZero @ziskvm @SuccinctLabs Thanks for the clarification, and the diagram is beautiful. Actually, we understand Zisk is using the AOT solution, rather than JIT. Additionally, another team might be using the JIT solution, so we also introduce it.

Thanks for the write-up nice to see folks digging into this level of detail. Just to clarify a small point about the “JIT” part [ Also this could just be a vocabulary thing too, But to clarify } : ZisK doesn’t actually perform dynamic transpilation at runtime, The RISC-V → ZiskRom translation happens once during initialisation (riscv2zisk.run()), and the resulting ZisK instructions are what the emulator executes. We have 2 modes of ZisK proof generation emulation: > A Rust-based interpreter, where each ZisK instruction is dispatched directly in Rust (useful for debugging and non-x86 targets). > An x86-64 assembly backend, generated ahead of time during rom-setup and compiled once per ROM/program for performance. So technically, it’s an AOT pipeline with different execution backends not a JIT in the traditional sense, since there’s no runtime code generation or recompilation. Though a great writeup !

We deeply dived into zkVM's trace generation technology, and just published: Evaluation of zkVM Trace Generation Methods: AOT vs. JIT medium.com/p/evaluation-o… @eth_proofs @RiscZero @ziskvm @SuccinctLabs

5️⃣ Takeaway: Both AOT and JIT technology have their own Pros and Cons. Usually, from the perspective of reducing latency, the AOT has more advantages. However, both of them advance real-time, verifiable, parallel compute for the next wave of ZK infrastructure. 🚀

4️⃣ JIT (Just-in-Time) compiles dynamically at runtime — adapting to workloads. Flexible, but adds startup overhead.

5️⃣ Outlook: zkVMs are becoming the Linux OS of verifiable compute — audited, standardized, open-source. Next stop: having zk proofs everywhere. 🚀 #ZK #Ethereum #zkVM

4️⃣ Cost revolution: Proofs now cost just a few cents per block — transforming ZK from a research demo to a viable production system.

We just published zkVMs Progress：zkVMs Are Continuously Improving medium.com/p/zkvms-progre… @eth_proofs

Congrats @ziskvm — single-machine 4090 results now live on @eth_proofs! 👏 Love to see a fully open-source, 128-bit-secure stack with reproducible runs. This is exactly the openness the ecosystem needs: code others can rebuild, verify, and benchmark—faster fixes, shared optimizations, stronger trust. Solid baseline on one 4090; excited to see how far perf can climb next.

10/10 — @thezkcloud switches to @RiscZero + Bento multi-GPU/multi-machine ZkCloud announced a production move from SP1 single-GPU to RISC Zero zkVM + Bento clusters, branding itself “the fastest multi-machine” setup. Translation: they’re not just a marketplace; they actively operate/optimize the proving stack. Why care: (1) lower latency for block-scale proving, (2) capacity scaling via open-cluster orchestration (@RiscZero pushes open-source real-time proving toward sub-12s), (3) a cross-prover router still lets workloads target other stacks if needed. Tweet: x.com/thezkcloud/sta…

9/10 — @openvm_org v1.4.0 brings GPU proving + distributed clusters OpenVM shipped v1.4.0 with a new GPU prover, a 150 MHz execution system, and orchestration for hundreds of GPUs. Claimed results: mainnet Ethereum blocks proven in ~15s at <$0.0003 per tx on L40S-class hardware—and the stack is MIT/Apache-2.0 and audited (Cantina). Implication: more teams can self-host/extend a performant zkVM without vendor lock-in; this also raises the bar for open-source zkVM ergonomics and perf transparency. Release blog: blog.openvm.dev/openvm-gpu

1/10 — Weekly ZK Roundup (Sep 8–14) We’re summarizing this week’s biggest ZK moves for builders and researchers: record-setting proving by @StarkWareLtd, @Starknet’s “Grinta” upgrade progress, @LineaBuild’s airdrop/TGE, @IrreducibleHW’s Binius64, in-browser verification on @eth_proofs with @ziskvm, @boundless_xyz’s @binance HODLer listing, @0xPolygon’s Rio testnet upgrade, @openvm_org’s GPU proving release, and @thezkcloud’s switch to @RiscZero + Bento. Let’s dive in.