From: lkcl Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2023 16:31:38 +0000 (+0100) Subject: (no commit message) X-Git-Url: https://git.libre-soc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=da3b7b1ba63ae7808a4b4cc8344325f8300c46aa;p=libreriscv.git --- diff --git a/conferences/ngisearch2023/interview_jun2023.mdwn b/conferences/ngisearch2023/interview_jun2023.mdwn index 7d7acd757..e7e602c20 100644 --- a/conferences/ngisearch2023/interview_jun2023.mdwn +++ b/conferences/ngisearch2023/interview_jun2023.mdwn @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ # Questions -* __Introduce yourself and your company.__ +## __Introduce yourself and your company.__ I am Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton, lead of the Libre-SOC project. For the NGI Search project we created a consortium of the following companies: @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ we created a consortium of the following companies: - VectorCamp, represented by Konstantinos Margaritis - VanTosh, lead by Toshaan Bharvani -* Why is SVP64 relevant to Next Generation Internet Search? +## Why is SVP64 relevant to Next Generation Internet Search? Everyone thinks the Internet is a Software-only environment. Reality is that Software can only run on hardware, and we are @@ -26,12 +26,12 @@ actually improve the Instruction Set Architecture. The bottom line is that hardware-enhanced performance benefits *everyone's* algorithms, with performance improvements. -* Who are the individual consortium members, and what are their specialisations? +## Who are the individual consortium members, and what are their specialisations? - Red Semiconductor is a fabless semiconductor company which will implement working Silicon deploying the SVP64 Enhancements to the Power ISA, making developer kits available to prospective IoT/EDGE customers, the FOSSHW and NGI hardware communities alike - VectorCamp is a provider of SIMD Vectorization and Software optimization and Training Services. - VanTosh ... -* __Tell me about your project?__ +## __Tell me about your project?__ With prior kind funding from NLnet and NGI POINTER we have established and implemented the principles of the SVP64 Extension to the Power ISA. @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ The bottom line is that hardware-enhanced performance benefits establish new building-blocks to include Advanced Search capabilities, which are also applicable to all of the above. -* __What milestones have you set and how are you going about achieving them__ +## __What milestones have you set and how are you going about achieving them__ The three key milestones are: analysis, review and enhancement, and we are already well into the analysis process. The review @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ team and there will be cross-organisational cooperation on all Milestones. For those interested, anyone will be able to follow our work in real-time at -* What are your goals for the middle/long-time future? +## What are your goals for the middle/long-time future? The ultimate goal is to create a progressive family of micro-processors and this grant allows us to validate the critical elements of this