Part II: Introduction to SiFive IP
- Shared screen with speaker view
Megan Wachs
11:48
panelist test
Andrew Boos
12:18
coming in loud and clear
Andrew Boos
12:31
no audio tho
Andrew Boos
12:35
(which is fine)
Megan Wachs
12:44
yeah we don’t hear anything, presumably Drew is on mute
Drew Barbier
12:55
Let me know if you hear beeping
Andrew Boos
12:56
let me know who should be promoted to panelist - there are some regular attendees already in the waiting room
Andrew Boos
13:15
no beeping
Drew Barbier
13:29
construction next door picked the perfect time to bring in the big trucks
Andrew Boos
13:51
haha maybe I'll order a pizza to your door mid webinar like I did yesterday
Megan Wachs
14:21
please be like the korean correspondant guy and have your kid come in and crash the seminar
Drew Barbier
14:43
Sadly that has happened a number of times
Drew Barbier
14:57
at faraday, I used to have many late night calls with taiwan
Andrew Boos
15:03
Ha! yes please, first silicon / microchip company ever to go super viral
Andrew Boos
15:56
we are at 177 registrations FYI
Megan Wachs
16:26
so we called in
Megan Wachs
16:31
and that is the phone jack is going to use to present
Megan Wachs
16:38
can we make sure that phone has the ability to speak>
Drew Barbier
16:49
Yea, do a test now
Megan Wachs
16:51
the number is 415-851-3785
Andrew Boos
17:00
sounds great
Megan Wachs
17:07
did you hear the SiFive mic test?
Andrew Boos
17:11
loud -n- clear
Drew Barbier
17:11
no
Andrew Boos
17:17
I did
Megan Wachs
17:25
drew maybe you have your sound off
Drew Barbier
17:33
Crap, try again? I just toggled mute
Megan Wachs
17:46
tried it again
Megan Wachs
17:53
Drew we heard you
Megan Wachs
17:56
we are asking if you can hear us
Drew Barbier
18:02
no
Drew Barbier
18:04
shoots
Megan Wachs
18:10
but andrew you can hear us?
Andrew Boos
18:26
yes I heard the 'mic check one-two'
Megan Wachs
18:35
the one Megan talking not drew?
Megan Wachs
18:39
there should have been two different voices
Megan Wachs
18:49
I will try one more time
Megan Wachs
18:56
did you hear that one?
Andrew Boos
19:10
no
Megan Wachs
19:13
ok
Drew Barbier
19:14
No, are you an attendee on the voice?
Megan Wachs
19:21
We are voice only on the pone
Megan Wachs
19:22
phone
Andrew Boos
19:24
I heard Drew's mic check but nothing else
Megan Wachs
19:25
we are using the phone for audio
Megan Wachs
19:32
415-851-3785
Megan Wachs
19:49
Who can make that phone a panelist or able to be unmuted?
Andrew Boos
19:53
oh shit I see a 'phone call in listener'
Andrew Boos
19:57
but I'm not sure if it can be promoted
Drew Barbier
20:19
who’s id did you use for the phone call?
Andrew Boos
20:23
Can you try to identify yourself as the phone user? it is anonymous
Megan Wachs
20:27
it didn’t have an ID
Megan Wachs
20:31
I just pressed #
Andrew Boos
20:37
hmm
Megan Wachs
20:42
we will call back again right now with a user ID
Megan Wachs
20:45
brb
Drew Barbier
20:46
Click audio options
Andrew Boos
20:49
yes that should do it
Andrew Boos
21:00
then the system will know its you and i may be able to promote
Drew Barbier
21:00
Call me
Andrew Boos
21:40
I heard Palmer
Andrew Boos
21:41
and Drew
Megan Wachs
21:42
ok great
Andrew Boos
21:47
no Megan tho!!
Megan Wachs
21:59
it was Megan talking on Palmer’s account
Megan Wachs
22:05
I mean, the user ID that we used is Palmers
Andrew Boos
22:09
ok
Andrew Boos
22:11
so are we OK?
Megan Wachs
22:13
we’re all in one room
Megan Wachs
22:13
yes
Megan Wachs
22:18
including jack
Andrew Boos
22:23
we have 8 min for any last minute fixes!!
Andrew Boos
22:27
ok great
Andrew Boos
23:59
ok we are buckled up and ready to rock - recording is on (i will trim it later)
Andrew Boos
24:06
are the question answerers at their battle stations?
Megan Wachs
24:13
yes
Megan Wachs
24:16
sword in hand
Andrew Boos
24:38
ok cool
Megan Wachs
24:42
jack is here ready to present his slides
Drew Barbier
24:43
please use the slack thread to send me questions to live answer at the end
Andrew Boos
24:49
and you will be spoon feeding the best questions to Drew for the end?
Megan Wachs
25:00
via slack
Andrew Boos
25:03
ok great
Megan Wachs
25:17
we will queue up questions for Drew on slack as we go along
Megan Wachs
25:25
but he can ignore them until the end
Megan Wachs
25:34
we heard the 5 min warning
Andrew Boos
26:32
yes the 5 min warning came through clearly
Drew Barbier
27:01
That was my smooth jazz radio voice
Andrew Boos
27:54
You may need to switch to the blockbuster movie trailer voice
Drew Barbier
28:29
just wait until I talk about the PMP… I get sooo excited
Drew Barbier
30:29
Ok, ready?
Megan Wachs
30:35
we are ready
Andrew Boos
30:36
yes
Megan Wachs
30:37
jack is ready
Andrew Boos
30:38
green light
Megan Wachs
32:55
drew suggest you go on mute now
Megan Wachs
37:19
cache question anyone?
Richard Xia
37:53
I don’t know about any specs or docs for Rocket’s caches
Megan Wachs
37:59
I think palmer is looking for something
Palmer Dabbelt
38:22
https://www.sifive.com/products/risc-v-core-ip/u54-mc/ and https://www.sifive.com/documentation/risc-v-core/u54-mc-risc-v-core-ip-manual/
Megan Wachs
38:27
palmer is going to send it
Megan Wachs
38:37
note that the U-54 has lots of closed source stuff but that’s ok
Megan Wachs
43:54
i can answer the cache timing
Palmer Dabbelt
44:21
John Tartagou: can you ask your question again? we clicked the wrong button :)
Palmer Dabbelt
44:50
never mind, we can add an answer!
Richard Xia
54:16
We can link him to the blog post
Megan Wachs
54:17
Richard want to answer the branding Q
Richard Xia
54:20
https://www.sifive.com/blog/2017/10/11/a-core-by-any-other-name/
Richard Xia
54:22
Yeah, sure
Megan Wachs
54:31
hah I haven’t seen that post
Richard Xia
54:45
Of course, Core Complex doesn’t actually appear in the post
Megan Wachs
58:46
its fin
Megan Wachs
58:48
fine
Megan Wachs
59:25
good answer
Megan Wachs
01:12:59
want me to answer rocket-chip Q?
Megan Wachs
01:13:01
i can answer
Megan Wachs
01:13:18
I think the answer is that rocket-chip is like a library and we use it
Andrew Boos
01:14:38
are any of the Q&As worth bringing up to the group?
Andrew Boos
01:15:21
I see 5 total
Andrew Boos
01:15:42
thanks
Andrew Boos
01:17:11
Great - glad we have at least 2. any other softballs? really helps people feel like this is live and they are participating
Andrew Boos
01:17:49
cool nice work all
Andrew Boos
01:18:14
content wll be provided in a followup email to all registrants
Andrew Boos
01:19:30
awesome, well done / real smooth
Megan Wachs
01:19:30
palmer is just finishing up a typed answer to the C++ one
Andrew Boos
01:19:41
ok I'll leave it on for another 10
Drew Barbier
01:19:49
k thanks! I probably botched it :)
Andrew Boos
01:20:03
not at all!
Megan Wachs
01:20:05
did someone capture all the Q*A in screenshots of whatever like we did last time?
Andrew Boos
01:20:21
I found a way to export them
Andrew Boos
01:20:32
you shouldn't need to unless you want back up
Megan Wachs
01:20:37
ok
Andrew Boos
01:22:26
All done? I see anoher question
Richard Xia
01:22:47
Palmer’s typing up a response to that
Andrew Boos
01:23:23
cool thx
Megan Wachs
01:25:04
we are hanging up
Drew Barbier
01:25:05
Ok done