X-Git-Url: https://git.libre-soc.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=markdown%2Fpre-launch.md;h=98de7146b0f9ce25e0884df4bceda3ef03256ff6;hb=146bfa23a0d50faa13b9626e02383c2e38af8873;hp=89f302e2a5f50867228c8bb98b1c2f19d44f1e49;hpb=d5951092ae05e09d914354386324aa4115bdfe46;p=crowdsupply.git diff --git a/markdown/pre-launch.md b/markdown/pre-launch.md index 89f302e..98de714 100644 --- a/markdown/pre-launch.md +++ b/markdown/pre-launch.md @@ -1,18 +1,26 @@ -Libre RICS-V M-Class +Libre RISC-V M-Class A 100% libre RISC-V + 3D GPU chip for mobile devices The Libre RISC-V M-Class is a RISC-V chip that is libre-licensed to the -bedrock. It's a low-power, mobile-class, 1.5 GHz, 64-bit SoC suitable -for tablet, netbook, and industrial embedded systems. Full source code -and files are available not only for the operating system and -bootloader, but also for the processor, its peripherals and its -3D GPU and VPU. +bedrock. It is a low-power, mobile-class, 64-bit Quad-Core SoC at a +minimum 800mhz clock rate, suitable for tablet, netbook, and industrial +embedded systems. Full source code and files are available not only +for the operating system and bootloader, but also for the processor, +its peripherals and its 3D GPU and VPU. + +{kazan-logo} Onboard the Libre RISC-V M-Class is the -[Kazan3D](https://salsa.debian.org/Kazan-team/kazan) GPU, a -libre-licensed software-rendered -[Vulkan3D](https://www.khronos.org/vulkan/) LLVM Driver written in -Rust. Optimised 3D instructions will be designed and added to the -Libre RISC-V M-Class SoC, to reach a mobile-class performance and -power budget. +[Kazan](https://salsa.debian.org/Kazan-team/kazan) GPU, a +libre-licensed, software-rendered +[Vulkan](https://www.khronos.org/vulkan/) Driver written in +Rust that uses LLVM for code generation. Kazan will use optimised 3D +instructions specifically designed for and added to the Libre RISC-V M-Class +SoC, yet Kazan itself may still be used (unoptimised) on other hardware. + +The performance target for Kazan on the Libre RISCV SoC is a very +modest mobile-class level (1280 x 720 25 fps, 100 Mpixels/sec, 30 +Mtriangles/sec, 5-6 GFLOPs), whilst the power budget is very tight +(under 2.5 watts in a 28 nm process). With RISC-V being 40% more +power efficient than x86 or ARM, this is very reasonably achievable.