From 5fb9cc822ce1796fee5b9d5ccd2d3fc76d5d8a25 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: lkcl Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2020 16:57:49 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] --- openpower.mdwn | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/openpower.mdwn b/openpower.mdwn index 028781115..21b07c4a9 100644 --- a/openpower.mdwn +++ b/openpower.mdwn @@ -1,8 +1,9 @@ # 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]]. -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. +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. # Evaluation -- 2.30.2