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During 2015, ORSoC AB, commercial owners of [[OpenCores|opencores.org]] formed a joint venture with KNCMiner AB to develop bitcoin mining machines. As this became the primary focus of the business, they spent less time on the opencores.org project. In response to the growing lack of commitment, the core OpenRISC development team set up the Free and Open Source Silicon Foundation (FOSSi), and registered the [https://www.librecores.org/ LibreCores] website, as the basis for all future development, independent of commercial control.<ref>Announcement of FOSSi at ORConf2015, CERN, Geneva. [https://orconf.org/2015/schedule.html schedule] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbLNTo_J0j0&list=PLUg3wIOWD8yoX2ECfeU_QP5snbu2Zs1Wp&index=12 video]</ref>

In 2016, the [https://www.librecores.org/ LibreCores] development is intensifying and the annual "LibreCores Student Design Contest" was announced <ref>[https://lists.librecores.org/pipermail/discussion/2016-April/000046.html Announcement on the mailing list].</ref> The FOSSi Foundation is an umbrella organization in the [[Google Summer of Code]] 2016-2019.<ref>[https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/organizations/5516229267685376/ FOSSi in the Google Summer of Code]</ref>

==See also==