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Welcome to Libre-SOC

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We're building a chip. A fast chip. A safe chip. A trusted chip.

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We're building a chip. A fast chip. A safe chip. A trusted chip. +

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A chip with lots of peripherals. And a VPU. And a 3D GPU...

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A chip with lots of peripherals. And it's a VPU. And it's a 3D GPU... +

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Oh and here, have the source code...

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Oh and here, have the + Libre-SOC source code... +

@@ -32,7 +36,6 @@ providing our own Free/Libre drivers. Easy as 1, 2, 3!

A few names come to mind:

- - # Our Team -We are proud of our talented and diverse [team](about_us). +We are proud of our talented and diverse [team](about_us) +located all across the world: UK US Canada Germany Greece India +Kuwait. # Our sponsors and partners +* [NLnet](https://nlnet.nl) who have very kindly sponsored us with + over EUR 550,000 in various separate grants. +* [NGI POINTER](https://www.ngi.eu/ngi-projects/ngi-pointer/) who have + sponsored us with a EUR 200,000 Horizon 2020 Grant. +* [Mythic Beasts](http://mythic-beasts.com) who don't overcommit on + their VPS allocations (no memory ballooning), and put servers on + the fastest backbone Internet points. * [Purism](http://puri.sm) donates to us through [NLNet](nlnet) charitable gifting * [Raptor CS](http://raptorcs.com) has given us access to a powerful @@ -61,9 +71,10 @@ We are proud of our talented and diverse [team](about_us). interface (more to come) * [MarketNext](http://marketnext.org) is helping us connect to developer resources in Emerging markets, for completion of NLNet-funded tasks. - See the upcoming [Hackathon](https://www.youtube.com/embed/Px6eakWja3Q"), - deadline May 15th * The [[PowerPC Notebook]] Project +* [RED Semiconductor](http://redsemiconductor.com) is the commercial realisation of Libre-SOC technology that respects and actively supports Libre principles in its business objectives. +* [[fed4fire]] for supercomputer access for verilator simulations, + with thanks to Ghent University / IMEC. # How Can I Help? @@ -72,7 +83,7 @@ funding and always appreciate more! If you are a Corporation or an individual you can donate tax-free to NLNet, and they can in turn gift our developers. Contact lkcl@lkcl.net for more information. -# How Can I Help as a Developer? +# How Can I Help as a Developer? If you want to write code with us (and receive donations from NLNet for doing so), keep reading. If you want to *learn* @@ -81,52 +92,49 @@ below. If there is anything else, just get in touch on the list, there is plenty to do. 1. First, join the -[mailing list](http://lists.libre-riscv.org/mailman/listinfo/libre-riscv-dev), -introduce yourself (people will happily say "hello" back"). Read through -[recent posts](http://lists.libre-riscv.org/pipermail/libre-riscv-dev/) -and the [[charter]], and let everyone know, on the list that you're -happy with it and agree to it. -2. The next thing you should do is read through the [bugs -list](http://bugs.libre-riscv.org) and see if there are any bugs that -pique your interest. A fascinating way to do that is to view the -[dependency graph](https://bugs.libre-soc.org/showdependencygraph.cgi?id=1&display=web&rankdir=LR) -3. After that, go ahead and take a look at the [git repositories](https://git.libre-riscv.org). - + [mailing list](http://lists.libre-soc.org/mailman/listinfo/libre-soc-dev), + introduce yourself (people will happily say "hello" back) and + the Libera IRC channel + (#libre-soc at irc.libera.chat port 6697, see +https://libera.chat/guides/connect), + it's also accessible via Libera.Chat's Matrix Bridge + (`#libre-soc:libera.chat`) + [logs here](https://libre-soc.org/irclog/latest.log.html). + Read through + [recent posts](http://lists.libre-soc.org/pipermail/libre-soc-dev/) + and the [[charter]], ask questions if you have any and let everyone know, + on the list that you're happy with it and agree to it. +2. The next thing you should do is read through the + [bugs list](http://bugs.libre-soc.org) and + see if there are any bugs that pique your interest. + A fascinating way to do that is to view the + [dependency graph](https://bugs.libre-soc.org/showdependencygraph.cgi?id=1&display=web&rankdir=LR) +3. After that, go ahead and take a look at the + [git repositories](https://git.libre-soc.org). 4. If you plan to do HDL work, you should familiarize yourself with our - [[HDL_workflow]]. If you would like to help with the ASIC layout, - see [[HDL_workflow/coriolis2]] + [[HDL_workflow]]. If you would like to help with the ASIC layout, + see [[HDL_workflow/coriolis2]] 5. We do have funding available (see [[nlnet]]) upon completion of issues - -we are also working on procuring more funding which gets the project to -nanometre scale tapeout. + we are also working on procuring more funding which gets the project to + nanometre scale tapeout. 6. After all this, if you feel that Libre-SOC is a something - that you would like to contribute to, add yourself to the - [current_members](about_us) page, fill in some information about yourself, - and join the mailing list and say hello. + that you would like to contribute to, add yourself to the + [current_members](about_us) page, fill in some information about yourself, + and join the mailing list and say hello. Also note that you can edit this wiki. You can experiment in the [[Sandbox]]. ## Quick peek at the code -Here is an example process of how to play with the soc code: - - pip3 install virtualenv requests - mkdir ~/.virtualenvs && cd ~/.virtualenvs - python3 -m venv libresoc - source ~/.virtualenvs/libresoc/bin/activate - - cd ~; mkdir libresoc; cd libresoc - git clone https://git.libre-riscv.org/git/nmutil.git - git clone https://git.libre-riscv.org/git/ieee754fpu.git - git clone https://git.libre-riscv.org/git/soc.git - - cd nmutil; pip3 install -e .; cd .. - cd ieee754fpu; pip3 install -e .; cd .. - cd soc; git submodule init; git submodule update; pip3 install -e .; cd .. - - python3 soc/src/soc/decoder/power_decoder.py - yosys -p "read_ilang decoder.il; show dec31" +The full install process may be automated using scripts found +here: +which you can clone with: + git clone https://git.libre-soc.org/git/dev-env-setup.git +A convenient page which gives easy step-by-step instructions is: +[[HDL_workflow/devscripts]], and you can get started with a +[[docs/firststeps]] tutorial. ## How can I learn? @@ -155,10 +163,22 @@ design. See [[HDL_workflow]] We also need to find a c++ engineer with compiler experience to work on a MESA 3D driver. This will begin life similar to SwiftShader however -retaining the vectorisation and predication intrinsics as well as hardware -accelerated opcodes (all of which SwiftShader lacks) +retaining the vectorisation and predication intrinsics then adding +hardware accelerated opcodes (all of which SwiftShader lacks) Also, individuals with experience in formal mathematical verification are quite welcome. -# [Documentation](Documentation/SOC/index) +# Documentation + + - [Source Code](/docs/) + - [Architecture](3d_gpu/architecture) + +# Autism and Asperger's + +A number of our team have Autism, specifically a variant called Asperger's. +Please be mindful and aware when interacting with us. More information +may be found here: + +* +*