providing the customer the **freedom to study, modify, and redistribute** the full SoC source from HDL and boot loader to down to the VLSI.
-## LibreSOC is currently targeting:
+## Libre-SOC is currently targeting:
- chromebooks
- smartphones
a (quad core, 800mhz, dual issue, GPU, VPU, [and later an ML inference core] ) SOC.
-## Why a Libre SOC?
+## Why a Libre-SOC?
Its quite hard to guarantee that a performant processors (think pipelined, out-of-order) are functionally perfectly correct. In fact, it often turns out that they [aren’t](https://meltdownattack.com).
Given the fact that performant bug-free processors no longer exist, how can you trust your processor? The next best thing is to have access to a processor’s design files. Not only have access to them, you must have the freedom to study and improve them.
-Such a processor is referred to as a Libre processor. However, processors themselves are only a part of the picture. Nowadays, most contemporary computing tasks involve artificial intelligence, media consumption, wireless connectivity, etc... Thus, we must deliver an entire LibreSOC.
+Such a processor is referred to as a Libre processor. However, processors themselves are only a part of the picture. Nowadays, most contemporary computing tasks involve artificial intelligence, media consumption, wireless connectivity, etc... Thus, we must deliver an entire Libre-SOC.
## Benefits: Privacy, Safety-Critical, Peace of Mind...
-Our LibreSOC will not have backdoors that plague modern [processors](https://www.csoonline.com/article/3220476/researchers-say-now-you-too-can-disable-intel-me-backdoor-thanks-to-the-nsa.html).
+Our Libre-SOC will not have backdoors that plague modern [processors](https://www.csoonline.com/article/3220476/researchers-say-now-you-too-can-disable-intel-me-backdoor-thanks-to-the-nsa.html).
There is a very real need for reliable safety critical processors (think airplane, smart car, nuclear power plant, pacemaker...).
-LibreSOC posits that it is impossible to trust a processor in a safety critical environment without both access
+Libre-SOC posits that it is impossible to trust a processor in a safety critical environment without both access
to that processor's source and a cycle accurate HDL simulator that guarantees developers their code behaves as they
expect. An ISA level simulator is no longer satisfactory.
## Still Have Questions?
-Read about the business and practical benefits of a LibreSOC below.
+Read about the business and practical benefits of a Libre-SOC below.
[[why_a_libresoc]]