X-Git-Url: https://git.libre-soc.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=The_Mission.mdwn;h=25879d68181e81316663b12ef79590ece1066a3d;hb=1e437ea646113be49bc3b388fc319bf0563ee501;hp=81c3585955918250ce4f9de7343945141f8e7cee;hpb=343310b4f3e6ba6fbc631762c9c5e5510ac747cd;p=libreriscv.git diff --git a/The_Mission.mdwn b/The_Mission.mdwn index 81c358595..25879d681 100644 --- a/The_Mission.mdwn +++ b/The_Mission.mdwn @@ -1,20 +1,40 @@ +> We believe a computer should be safe to use, and this starts with a +> safe processor. - - give mass volume appliance manufacturers an alternative to expensive un-auditable chips. - - maximize the degree of trust a customer can place in their processor. +# The Mission -## The Means: +- give mass volume appliance manufacturers an alternative to expensive + un-auditable chips. +- maximize the degree of trust a customer can place in their processor. -provide the customer the **freedom to study, modify, and redistribute** the full SoC source from HDL and boot loader to down to the VLSI. +# The Means: -## The Market: +- provide the customer the **freedom to study, modify, and redistribute** + the full SoC source from HDL and boot loader to down to the VLSI. +- engage in **full transparency** at every level of the development, + right from the inception through to delivery of silicon. no exceptions. +- listen to **constructive input** from world-leading industry experts, + engineers and enthusiasts alike, in real-time, without NDAs creating + artificial barriers to communication and hampering success. + +# The Market: - chromebooks - smartphones - tablets - industrial boards - single-board computers (like the Raspberry Pi) + - wearables + - CV capable flight controller for lightweight drones - whatever you want -## The Machine: +# The Machines: + +- our first target (Oct 2020): a single-core dual-issue 180nm 64-bit + "demo" QFP chip that will also be a saleable product in the "Embedded" + space (Arduino, STM32F, Ingenic jz4720). +- a full quad core SoC: 800mhz, dual issue, 4-wide FP32, Hybrid CPU / + GPU / VPU [and later an ML inference core], comparable to the Allwinner + 64 in capability. +- Products based on customer - and client - driven needs and requirements -a (quad core, 800mhz, dual issue, 4-wide FP32, CPU, GPU, VPU, [and later an ML inference core] ) SOC.