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 # IEEE754 Floating-Point ALU, in nmigen
 
 This project implements a pipelined IEEE754 floating-point ALU that
-supports FP16, FP32 and FP64.
+supports FP16, FP32 and FP64.  It is a general-purpose unit that
+may be used in any project (not limited to one specific processor).
+
+# Useful resources
+
+* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_754-1985
+* http://weitz.de/ieee/
+* https://steve.hollasch.net/cgindex/coding/ieeefloat.html