From: addw@fa2f8cb1790dfac204f803a3bfd8edda6ef3edc6 Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2020 14:28:44 +0000 (+0100) Subject: tweak word ordering X-Git-Tag: convert-csv-opcode-to-binary~2842 X-Git-Url: https://git.libre-soc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=34ec9d13e53894868271a6e4936af729d09513d7;p=libreriscv.git tweak word ordering --- diff --git a/openpower/isans_letter.mdwn b/openpower/isans_letter.mdwn index 7b242c68d..5a7c16c5a 100644 --- a/openpower/isans_letter.mdwn +++ b/openpower/isans_letter.mdwn @@ -23,14 +23,11 @@ with people who can help us. Set Architecture (PPC ISA) is extended, enabling many different flavours within a well supported family to co-exist, long-term, without conflict, right across the board. -* This will facilitate the use of PPC in novel or niche applications - without breaking the PPC ISA into incompatible islands. This is about - more than just our project. -* Libre-SOC's project is to extend the PPC to integrate GPU and VPU +* This is about more than just our project. Our proposals will facilitate the use of PPC in novel or niche applications without breaking the PPC ISA into incompatible islands. +* PPC will gain a competitive market advantage by removing the need for separate VPU or GPU functions in RTL or ASICs thus enabling lower cost systems. + Libre-SOC's project is to extend the PPC to integrate the GPU and VPU functionality directly as part of the PPC ISA (example: Broadcom - VideoCore IV being based around extensions to an ARC core). By not - needing separate VPU or GPU RTL or ASICs this will enable lower cost - systems to be built so giving PPC a competitive market advantage. + VideoCore IV being based around extensions to an ARC core). * Libre-SOC's extensions will be easily adopted, as the standard GNU/Linux distributions will very deliberately run unmodified on our ISA, including full compatibility with illegal instruction requirements.