libswscale, libx264 etc. ultimately for use in VLC and ffmpeg and so on.
Best of all, two for actually doing a test ASIC: one working with
-chips4makers, the other with lip6.fr. It turns out that 180nm ASIC shuttle
+[chips4makers](http://chips4makers.io/blog), the other with
+[lip6.fr](https://www-soc.lip6.fr/en/). It turns out that 180nm ASIC shuttle
services cost only USD 600 per square mm, and we can get away with around
20 sq.mm which is about USD 12,000 and estimated 800,000 gates.
benefit from this project being a reality, sponsorship, via NLNet,
is tax deductible because it is a charitable donation.
+(Update: covered in a
+[Slashdot](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/19/09/29/1845252/libre-risc-v-3d-cpugpu-seeks-grants-for-ambitious-expansion#comments)
+article)