[libre-riscv-dev] PowerISA, NLNet grants

Tobias Platen hacks2019 at platen-software.de
Sat Jan 18 18:12:30 GMT 2020


On 18.01.20 18:43, whygee at f-cpu.org wrote:
> hi !
>
> On 2020-01-18 17:39, Immanuel, Yehowshua U wrote:
>> I am wondering why on earth one would wish to switch to PowerISA?
>
> That's a good question, it seems to be somewhat political due
> to the RVF being impermeable to Luke's arguments.
> oh and because this project does not seem to be "member" of the 
> foundation ?
>
> But POWER is a "sophisticated" architecture, the little I remember
> from it is crazy complex and RV is on the opposite side of the spectrum.
>
> Both complexity and politics will be crazy hurdles to this project :-/
>
>> I did read that Crowdsupply considers RISCV foundation unethical - but
>> why is that?
>
> Can you find the sources ? I'm curious.
https://www.crowdsupply.com/libre-risc-v/m-class/updates/nlnet-grants-approved-power-isa-under-consideration
> yg
>
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