From: lkcl Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2021 10:29:03 +0000 (+0100) Subject: (no commit message) X-Git-Tag: DRAFT_SVP64_0_1~1027 X-Git-Url: https://git.libre-soc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=1ff24ef79f8a723d68cb935cbbcea7528167795c;p=libreriscv.git --- diff --git a/openpower.mdwn b/openpower.mdwn index 0832f97fd..962aa81f0 100644 --- a/openpower.mdwn +++ b/openpower.mdwn @@ -1,9 +1,13 @@ # OpenPOWER In the late 1980s [[!wikipedia IBM]] developed a POWER family of processors. -This evolved to a specification known as the Power ISA. In 2019 IBM made the Power ISA [[!wikipedia Open_source]] to be looked after by the existing [[!wikipedia OpenPOWER_Foundation]]. Here is a longer history of [[!wikipedia IBM_POWER_microprocessors]]. +This evolved to a specification known as the OpenPOWER ISA. In 2019 IBM made the OpenPOWER ISA [[!wikipedia Open_source]], to be looked after by the existing [[!wikipedia OpenPOWER_Foundation]]. Here is a longer history of [[!wikipedia IBM_POWER_microprocessors]]. These IBM proprietary processors +happen to implement what is now known as the OpenPOWER ISA. The names +POWER8, POWER9, POWER10 etc. are product designations equivalent to Intel +i5, i7, i9 etc. and are frequently conflated with versions of the OpenPOWER ISA (v2.08, v3.0, v3.1). -Libre-SOC is basing its [[Simple-V Vectorisation|sv]] CPU extensions on OpenPOWER because it wants to be able to specify a machine that can be completely trusted, and because OpenPOWER is designed for high performance. +Libre-SOC is basing its [[Simple-V Vectorisation|sv]] CPU extensions on OpenPOWER because it wants to be able to specify a machine that can be completely trusted, and because OpenPOWER, thanks to IBM's involvement, +is designed for high performance. # Evaluation