Libre-Chip Receives NLnet Grant to Develop Spectre-Immune Processor Prototype
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The Libre-Chip project, led by Jacob Lifshay, has received a grant from NLnet to develop a prototype processor design that aims to be high-performance while being immune to Spectre and other speculative execution vulnerabilities. The project focuses on creating free/libre CPU/GPU designs and supporting software, with Lifshay bringing previous experience from Vulkan-CPU and Kazan projects. Cesar Strauss has joined as co-founder.
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Libre-Chip is an effort to develop free/libre CPU/GPU designs and supporting software.
Jacob Lifshay is leading the Libre-Chip project and he previously was the one working on Vulkan-CPU and Kazan as a CPU-based Vulkan implementation.
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