-# NL.net proposal
+# NL.net proposal 2019-10-046
## Project name
* <http://libre-riscv.org/3d_gpu/>
* <https://nlnet.nl/project/Libre-RISCV/>
* <https://symbiyosys.readthedocs.io>
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+# Management Summary
+
+The Libre RISC-V SoC Project, https://nlnet.nl/project/Libre-RISCV/, is funded by NLNet to reach ASIC-proven status. As of Dec 2019 It has been in development for a year, and writing comprehensive unit tests has been both a critical part of that process and a major part of the time taken. Formal Mathematical Proofs turn out to be critical for several reasons: firstly, they are simpler to read and much more comprehensive (100% coverage), saving hugely on development and maintenance; secondly, they're mathematically inviolate. From a security and trust perspective, both aspects are extremely important. Firstly: security mistakes are often accidental due to complexity: a reduction in complexity helps avoid mistakes. Secondly: independent auditing of the processor is a matter of running the formal proofs. This proposal therefore not only saves on development time, it helps us meet the goal of developing a privacy-respecting processor in a way that is *independently* verifiable.