* Using litex, nmigen, opencores HDL
- heavily depending on python OO (not possible with VHDL or Verilog)
- leap-frogging ahead by not reinventing the wheel
+ - yosys converts nmigen to verilog for standard tools.
## Why is it different from other SoCs?
- OpenPOWER ISA *itself* is extended to include 3D and Video instructions
- (SIN, ATAN2, YUV2RGB, Texture Interpolation)
- Only after approval of OpenPOWER Foundation!
+ - There is no separate GPU or VPU: it really is the same core.
- Massively simplifies driver development and application debugging
* Vectorisation is "Simple-V" (VSX not being implemented)
- VSX is SIMD and is considered harmful
- https://www.sigarch.org/simd-instructions-considered-harmful/
-* Developed in python HDL called "nmigen"
- - OO programming techniques can be deployed
- - Impossible to do in VHDL or Verilog
- - yosys converts nmigen to verilog for standard tools.
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## What is being developed? (Roadmap)