From: yimmanuel3@f4ac60d763911c3fa518755176e4b9ed455c75d8 Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2020 09:08:24 +0000 (+0000) Subject: (no commit message) X-Git-Tag: convert-csv-opcode-to-binary~3612 X-Git-Url: https://git.libre-soc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=14b573bfb26ca31b1cc3cc1c9e3b8cc6042f2133;p=libreriscv.git --- diff --git a/index.mdwn b/index.mdwn index 0b366ac64..b7ac96d58 100644 --- a/index.mdwn +++ b/index.mdwn @@ -1,4 +1,9 @@ # Welcome to Libre-SoC ([provisionally renamed](http://lists.libre-riscv.org/pipermail/libre-riscv-dev/2020-January/003580.html) from Libre-RISCV)! + +LibreSOC strives to deliver a fully capable and competitive Libre integrated System on Chip. We want to maximize the degree of trust a customer can place in his or her processor. We do this by providing the customer the freedom to study, modify, and redistribute the SOC source from HDL to VLSI. + +Right now, we're targeting a (quad core, 800mhz, dual issue, GPU, VPU, [and later an ML inference core] ) SOC. + ## Why a Libre SOC? Its quite hard to guarantee that a performant processors(think pipelined, out-of-order) are functionally perfectly correct. In fact, it often turns out that they [aren’t](https://meltdownattack.com): @@ -9,11 +14,6 @@ Given the fact that [high performing]bug free processors don’t exist anymore, Such a processor is referred to as a Libre processor. However, processors themselves are only a part of the picture. Nowadays, most contemporary computing tasks involve artificial intelligence, media consumption, wireless connectivity, etc. -## What we Do -LibreSOC strives to deliver a fully capable and competitive Libre integrated System on Chip. We want to maximize the degree of trust a customer can place in his or her processor. We do this by providing the customer the freedom to study, modify, and redistribute the SOC source from HDL to VLSI. - -Right now, we're targeting a (quad core, 800mhz, dual issue, GPU, VPU, [and later an ML inference core] ) SOC. - ## But Why do I need a LibreSOC? Its entirely possible that you're OK with the fact that modern processors have [backdoors](https://www.csoonline.com/article/3220476/researchers-say-now-you-too-can-disable-intel-me-backdoor-thanks-to-the-nsa.html) that bad actors