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+---
+description: "The LibreSOC Project is an ethically developed processor, based on OpenPOWER,\
+ \ intended for use in smartphones netbooks tablets chromebooks and Industrial Embedded\
+ \ SBC products. There will be no DRM, no TPM, and no backdoor spying co-processors.\r\
+ \n\r\nThe entire source code, traditionally known to OEMs as a \"Board Support Package\"\
+ , will not only be available free of charge under Libre Licenses, right to the BIOS\
+ \ level, the hardware HDL will also likewise be available (and is already available\
+ \ as it is developed). Access to a full BSP with greatly simplified drivers for\
+ \ 3D and Video is a huge cost and time saving for businesses.\r\n\r\nIt's also a\
+ \ fantastic educational and research base. Which would you rather have: a Pi-style\
+ \ SBC where the GPU boots the processor from a closed source binary and kids are\
+ \ taught that to play videos they must pay a license fee for a closed binary decoder,\
+ \ or would you prefer that they are able to get the full source of even the hardware\
+ \ and boot the entire processor including the GPU and VPU on a $200 FPGA and learn\
+ \ how it works?"
+layout: stand
+logo: stands/the_libresoc_project__a_hybrid_3d_cpu_vpu_gpu/logo.png
+new_this_year: LibreSOC has extra funding from NLnet, for the Video driver,
+ and for a MESA 3D driver as well. We are also funded to make a 180 nm test
+ ASIC due for tape-out in March. We also have plans for make a 5 port
+ Gigabit Ethernet Hub processor (running OpenWRT and LibreCMC).
+ Ridiculous amount going on: you're more than welcome to help.
+showcase: To learn that there exists an alternative to proprietary processors
+ from Intel, ARM and AMD, and that yes, they can actually be part of making
+ that happen. NLnet donations are available, and we have profit-sharing
+ in any commercial ventures and spin-offs. With thanks to Staf Verhagen
+ of Chips4Makers - https://chips4makers.io/ - for the 100% Libre FlexLib
+ Cell Library including SRAM; Jean-Paul and the team from https://lip6.fr
+ for coriolis2, and NLnet https://nlnet.nl for funding our research.
+themes:
+- Multimedia and graphics
+title: 'The LibreSOC Project'
+website: http://libre-soc.org
+show_on_overview: true
+chatroom: libresoc
+---