As the only toolchain supporting the Sega Dreamcast's SH4 CPU, GCC remains the lifeblood of a thriving homebrew community for the platform. This talk focuses on the journey to democratize the upper echelons of the SH4's FPU performance for the community at-large, by taking a look at SH4ZAM, a hardware accelerated matrix and linear algebra library which has been developed to drive the performance needs of modern homebrew and ports within the community.