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 # RISC-V 3D GPU / CPU / VPU
 
+Creating a trustworthy processor for the world.
+
 Note: this is a **hybrid** CPU, VPU and GPU.  It is not, as many news articles
-are implying, a "dedicated exclusive GPU".  The option exists to **create**
+are implying, a "dedicated exclusive GPU".  The option exists to *create*
 a stand-alone GPU product (contact us if this is a product that you want).
 Our primary goal is to design a **complete** all-in-one processor
-(System-on-a-Chip) that happens to include a libre-licensed VPU and GPU.
+(System-on-a-Chip) that happens to include libre-licensed VPU and GPU
+accelerated instructions as part of the actual - main - CPU itself.
 
-We seek investors, sponsors, engineers and potential customers, who are
+We seek investors, sponsors (whose contributions thanks to NLNet may be
+tax-deductible), engineers and potential customers, who are
 interested, as a first product, in the creation and use of an entirely
 libre low-power mobile class system-on-a-chip.  Comparative benchmark
 performance, pincount and price is the Allwinner A64, except that the
@@ -27,11 +31,23 @@ the cost of product development when it comes to PCB design and layout:
 We can look at larger higher-power ASICs either later or, if funding
 is made available, immediately.
 
-See:
+Recent applications to NLNet (Oct 2019) are for a test chip in 180nm,
+64 bit, single core dual issue, around 300 to 350mhz.  This will provide
+the confidence to go to higher geometries, as well as be a commercially
+viable embedded product in its own right.
+
+# Business Objectives
+
+See [[3d_gpu/business_objectives]]
+
+# Links:
 
 * [[shakti/m_class/libre_3d_gpu]]
 * [[discussion]]
 * [[resources]]
+* [[overview]]
+* [[3d_gpu/funding]]
+* [[3d_gpu/architecture]]
 * Founding [[charter]]
 * Mailing list <http://lists.libre-riscv.org/pipermail/libre-riscv-dev/>
 * Crowdsupply page <https://www.crowdsupply.com/libre-risc-v/m-class>
@@ -42,9 +58,16 @@ See:
 * [NLNet 2019 Milestones](http://bugs.libre-riscv.org/buglist.cgi?columnlist=assigned_to%2Cbug_status%2Cresolution%2Cshort_desc%2Ccf_budget&f1=cf_nlnet_milestone&o1=equals&query_format=advanced&resolution=---&v1=NLnet.2019.02)
 * NLNet Project Page <https://nlnet.nl/project/Libre-RISCV/>
 * [[nlnet_proposals]]
+* [[llvm]]
 
-Progress:
+# Progress:
 
+* Jan 2020: New team members, Yehowshua and Michael.  Last-minute attendance of FOSDEM2020
+* Dec 2019: Second round NLNet questions answered.  External Review completed.  6 NLNet proposals accepted (EUR 200,000+)
+* Nov 2019: Alternative FP library to Berkeley softfloat developed. NLNet first round questions answered.
+* Oct 2019: 3D Standards continued.  POWER ISA considered.  Open 3D Alliance begins.  NLNet funding applications submitted.
+* Sep 2019: 3D Standards continued.  Additional NLNet Funding proposals discussed.
+* Aug 2019: Development of "Transcendentals" (SIN/COS/ATAN2) Specifications
 * Jul 2019: Sponsorship from Purism received.  IEEE754 FP Mul, Add, DIV,
   FCLASS and FCVT pipelines completed.
 * Jun 2019: IEEE754 FP Mul, Add, and FSM "DIV" completed.
@@ -63,6 +86,7 @@ Progress:
 
 # News Articles
 
+* <https://www.phoronix.com/forums/forum/hardware/processors-memory/1133806-libre-risc-v-open-source-effort-now-looking-at-power-instead-of-risc-v/page7>
 * <https://hub.packtpub.com/a-libre-gpu-effort-based-on-risc-v-rust-llvm-and-vulkan-by-the-developer-of-an-earth-friendly-computer/>
 * <https://riscv.org/2018/10/packt-hub-article-a-libre-gpu-effort-based-on-risc-v-rust-llvm-and-vulkan-by-the-developer-of-an-earth-friendly-computer/>
 * <https://www.reddit.com/r/RISCV/comments/9jts9t/theres_a_new_libre_gpu_effort_building_on_riscv/>
@@ -85,6 +109,8 @@ Progress:
 * <https://www.reddit.com/r/RISCV/comments/db04j3/libreriscv_3d_cpugpu_seeks_grants_for_ambitious/>
 * <https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/19/09/29/1845252/libre-risc-v-3d-cpugpu-seeks-grants-for-ambitious-expansion>
 * <https://forums.puri.sm/t/risc-v-m-class-effort-and-purism-donation/6528/15>
+* Dec 2019 ProLinux <https://www.pro-linux.de/news/1/27527/comm/1/show-all-comments.html>
+* Dec 2019 Phoronix <https://www.phoronix.com/forums/forum/hardware/graphics-cards/1148553-libre-risc-v-accelerator-secures-300k-eur-in-grants-still-undecided-about-the-isa/>
 
 # Information Resources and Tutorials
 
@@ -123,3 +149,7 @@ Progress:
 * <http://www.vlsiacademy.org/open-source-cad-tools.html>
 * <http://ngspice.sourceforge.net/adms.html>
 * <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verilog-AMS#Open_Source_Implementations>
+
+# Evaluations
+
+* [[openpower]]