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[crowdsupply.git] / updates / 021_2019dec29_nlnet_grants_approved.mdwn

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+++ b/updates/021_2019dec29_nlnet_grants_approved.mdwn
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ The goal here is to get to a working, commercially viable 180 nm single-core
 ASIC at around 300 to 350 MHz, suitable for use as a high-end embedded
 controller.  Staf from Chips4Makers will act as the "NDA firebreak" between
 us and TSMC.
+(side-note: Staf ran a
+[Crowdsupply](https://www.crowdsupply.com/chips4makers/retro-uc)
+campaign, and the NLNet funding will help him to realise that project and
+perhaps re-start a new campaign for the Retro-uC one day).
 
 All of these have been approved by NLNet, and, crucially, the external
 independent review process successfully completed for each.  The exact
@@ -42,7 +46,8 @@ up to the limit of EUR 50,000 for each sub-project.
 
 Part of the process was a little tricky, initially: the independent reviewers
 expressed surprise at the amounts being requested for *sub*-tasks when the
-initial application was so small.  The reason was very simple: both Jacob
+initial application back in December 2019 was so small, relative to
+the intended goal.  The reason was very simple: both Jacob
 and I have unique low-income circumstances that simply do not need European /
 Western style living expenses.  Whereas, when we get to much more specialist
 tasks (such as formal mathematical proofs, video assembly-level drivers,