From 999c4a5e14639e4af7a1edbc90790c98fb3087c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2021 14:37:23 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] add first version libresoc stand page --- _index.md | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+) create mode 100644 _index.md diff --git a/_index.md b/_index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..432b911 --- /dev/null +++ b/_index.md @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +--- +description: "The LibreSOC Project is an ethically developed processor, based on OpenPOWER,\ + \ intended for use in smartphones netbooks tablets chromebooks and Industrial Embedded\ + \ SBC products. There will be no DRM, no TPM, and no backdoor spying co-processors.\r\ + \n\r\nThe entire source code, traditionally known to OEMs as a \"Board Support Package\"\ + , will not only be available free of charge under Libre Licenses, right to the BIOS\ + \ level, the hardware HDL will also likewise be available (and is already available\ + \ as it is developed). Access to a full BSP with greatly simplified drivers for\ + \ 3D and Video is a huge cost and time saving for businesses.\r\n\r\nIt's also a\ + \ fantastic educational and research base. Which would you rather have: a Pi-style\ + \ SBC where the GPU boots the processor from a closed source binary and kids are\ + \ taught that to play videos they must pay a license fee for a closed binary decoder,\ + \ or would you prefer that they are able to get the full source of even the hardware\ + \ and boot the entire processor including the GPU and VPU on a $200 FPGA and learn\ + \ how it works?" +layout: stand +logo: stands/the_libresoc_project__a_hybrid_3d_cpu_vpu_gpu/logo.png +new_this_year: LibreSOC has extra funding from NLnet, for the Video driver, + and for a MESA 3D driver as well. We are also funded to make a 180 nm test + ASIC due for tape-out in March. We also have plans for make a 5 port + Gigabit Ethernet Hub processor (running OpenWRT and LibreCMC). + Ridiculous amount going on: you're more than welcome to help. +showcase: To learn that there exists an alternative to proprietary processors + from Intel, ARM and AMD, and that yes, they can actually be part of making + that happen. NLnet donations are available, and we have profit-sharing + in any commercial ventures and spin-offs. With thanks to Staf Verhagen + of Chips4Makers - https://chips4makers.io/ - for the 100% Libre FlexLib + Cell Library including SRAM; Jean-Paul and the team from https://lip6.fr + for coriolis2, and NLnet https://nlnet.nl for funding our research. +themes: +- Multimedia and graphics +title: 'The LibreSOC Project' +website: http://libre-soc.org +show_on_overview: true +chatroom: libresoc +--- -- 2.30.2