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OpenPOWER Microwatt
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<p>Microwatt is an <a href="/facts/Open_source/7X9rCdz4">open source</a> <a href="/facts/Semiconductor_intellectual_property_core/yx66l6wL">soft processor core</a> originally written in <a href="/facts/VHDL/H6Exdjfs">VHDL</a> by Anton Blanchard at <a href="/facts/IBM/QszA7nwd">IBM</a>, announced at the OpenPOWER Summit NA 2019 and published on <a href="/facts/GitHub/n1hNCsc3">GitHub</a> in August 2019. It adheres to the <a href="/facts/Power_ISA/GLy1WS0m">Power ISA 3.0</a> <a href="/facts/Instruction_set_architecture/8p8vwUeE">instruction set</a> and can be run on <a href="/facts/Field-programmable_gate_array/M8LSGcAU">FPGA boards</a>, booting <a href="/facts/Linux/9FvCKSTq">Linux</a>, <a href="/facts/MicroPython/b4lbhpF2">MicroPython</a> and <a href="/facts/Zephyr_(operating_system)/gMSgLwHS">Zephyr</a>. </p>