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
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,
ISA itself, it's the abuse of power and the flagrant ignoring and abuse
of basic tenets of trademark law that are just completely untenable.
Not only that: one well-paid employee of SiFive has *repeatedly* engaged
-in defamation attacks for over eighteen months, even raising a formal
+in defamation attacks for over eighteen months. Even raising a formal
complaint through the newly-established relationship with the Linux
Foundation failed to keep that individual under control. Also adversely
impacted was the newly-established Open Graphics Alliance initiative,
good and necessary thing. With this **formally** in place as part
of an officially-approved Power ISA Standard, not only could our team
expand the Power ISA in a safe and controlled fashion, so could other
- adopters.
+ adopters of the Power ISA.
* that the core OpenPower members had *already been discussing* how to make
sure that new Libre teams with a commercial focus could join and not
have any transparency / patent / NDA / royalty / licensing conflicts
- of interest. The only major thing that the other members wanted was
- a "public relations blackout period," right around the time of announcement of
- new standards, which sounds perfectly reasonable to me.
+ of interest. The only major thing that the other members particularly
+ wanted was a "public relations blackout period," right around the time
+ of announcement of new standards, which sounds perfectly reasonable
+ to me.
* that IBM will be providing a royalty-free unlimited license grant
for *all* of its patents, as long as firstly the licensees do not
make any effort to assert patents **against** IBM, and secondly,
* that the use of a certification mark - not a service mark or a trade mark -
is the most appropriate thing for ISA standards. I mentioned this
only briefly however it takes a lot more than 15 minutes to properly
- explain, so I am not going to push it: Hugh is doing so much already.
+ explain, so I am not going to push it: Hugh is doing so much fantastic
+ work already.
It was a very busy and positive conversation, where it is clear that
-we caught them right at the beginning of the process. Consequently,
+we caught them at just the right time in the process. Consequently,
my discussion with Hugh was just at the right time. Without that,
the existing OpenPower members might never have really truly believed
that any Libre **commercial** project would ever in fact come forward
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