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Free Silicon Foundation<p>The 2025 Free Silicon Conference is over. Slides are online, videos will follow. </p><p>Highlights: <br> * China to open a 55nm PDK in weeks<br> * ChipsJU DET call is open<br> * DE:SIGN + Taiwan partnership (submit pre-proposals by 1 October)<br> * Progress on parasitic extraction<br> * Former CTO of <a href="https://mastodon.f-si.org/tags/cst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CST</span></a> Studio (Peter Thoma) spoke at FSiC<br> * ElemRV: Open-source microcontroller taped in IHP130<br> * Visualization of chips in action: <a href="https://znah.net/tt09/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">znah.net/tt09/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br> <br> <a href="https://mastodon.f-si.org/tags/fsic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FSiC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.f-si.org/tags/silicon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Silicon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.f-si.org/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.f-si.org/tags/ngizero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NGIZero</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.f-si.org/tags/ihp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IHP</span></a></p>
Free Silicon Foundation<p>We are glad to announce the next edition of the Free Silicon Conference (<a href="https://mastodon.f-si.org/tags/fsic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FSiC</span></a>) which will be held at IHP Microelectronics (Frankfurt an der Oder) on July 2, 3, 4 2025: <br><a href="https://wiki.f-si.org/index.php/FSiC2025" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wiki.f-si.org/index.php/FSiC20</span><span class="invisible">25</span></a></p><p>Please help us to spread the voice and to identify new open-silicon projects and new open-source Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools.</p><p>To propose or suggest an idea just answer to this toot or write at fsic2025'at'f-si.org. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.f-si.org/tags/openhardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openHardware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.f-si.org/tags/semiconductor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>semiconductor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.f-si.org/tags/silicon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>silicon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.f-si.org/tags/goit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GoIT</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.f-si.org/tags/ngizero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NGIZero</span></a></p>
Free Silicon Foundation<p>We are glad to announce the next edition of the Free Silicon Conference (<a href="https://mastodon.f-si.org/tags/fsic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FSiC</span></a>) which will be held in Paris on June 19, 20, 21 2024:</p><p><a href="https://wiki.f-si.org/index.php/FSiC2024" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wiki.f-si.org/index.php/FSiC20</span><span class="invisible">24</span></a></p><p>Please help us to spread the voice and to identify new open-silicon projects and new open-source Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools.</p><p>To propose or suggest an idea just answer to this toot or write at fsic2024'at'f-si.org. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.f-si.org/tags/openhardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openHardware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.f-si.org/tags/semiconductor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>semiconductor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.f-si.org/tags/silicon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>silicon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.f-si.org/tags/goit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GoIT</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.f-si.org/tags/ngizero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NGIZero</span></a></p>
postmarketOS (old account)<p>Episode 34 was just pushed to the postmarketOS podcast git repo. This time:</p><p>* How the Fairphone 5 was added to pmaports on day 1<br>* SDM845 CI and patchsets that might get us closer to working cameras 📸 <br>* Linux Mobile related stuff at recent events (<a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FSiC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FSiC</span></a>, <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Akademy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Akademy</span></a>, <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/GUADEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GUADEC</span></a>, <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/froscon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>froscon</span></a>)<br>* A reasonable user-agent for mobile-config-firefox<br>* Crossdirect + Rust<br>* Tow-Boot news<br>* mtkclient<br>* MSM8953<br>* Initramfs improvements</p><p><a href="https://cast.postmarketos.org/episode/34-Events-Fairphone-5-FF-UA-SDM845-CI-Camera-MSM8953-initramfs/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cast.postmarketos.org/episode/</span><span class="invisible">34-Events-Fairphone-5-FF-UA-SDM845-CI-Camera-MSM8953-initramfs/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/fairphone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fairphone</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/sdm845" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sdm845</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/msm8953" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>msm8953</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/linuxmobile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linuxmobile</span></a></p>
Matt Venn<p>My <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/TinyTapeout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TinyTapeout</span></a> presentation at <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.f-si.org/@fsi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>fsi</span></a></span> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/FSiC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FSiC</span></a> 2023 is up:</p><p><a href="https://peertube.f-si.org/videos/watch/09faa177-6076-4ebb-a3a2-1c56eae629dc" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">peertube.f-si.org/videos/watch</span><span class="invisible">/09faa177-6076-4ebb-a3a2-1c56eae629dc</span></a></p>
Free Silicon Foundation<p><a href="https://mastodon.f-si.org/tags/fsic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FSiC</span></a> videos are available on PeerTube(<a href="https://peertube.f-si.org" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">peertube.f-si.org</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>)! </p><p>Watch David Bol presenting a critical view on technology (<a href="https://peertube.f-si.org/videos/watch/73680ce5-dd9e-483c-b6dd-88abcda548c4" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">peertube.f-si.org/videos/watch</span><span class="invisible">/73680ce5-dd9e-483c-b6dd-88abcda548c4</span></a>) and recent developments on <a href="https://mastodon.f-si.org/tags/yosys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Yosys</span></a> (<a href="https://peertube.f-si.org/videos/watch/b6ccf0de-06c3-42d3-897a-1e81cbe04ac1" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">peertube.f-si.org/videos/watch</span><span class="invisible">/b6ccf0de-06c3-42d3-897a-1e81cbe04ac1</span></a>)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.f-si.org/tags/openhardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openHardware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.f-si.org/tags/chips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chips</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.f-si.org/tags/integratedcircuits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IntegratedCircuits</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.f-si.org/tags/semiconductor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>semiconductor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.f-si.org/tags/silicon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>silicon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.f-si.org/tags/goit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GoIT</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.f-si.org/tags/sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sustainability</span></a></p>
Mäh W.<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://chaos.social/@matthewvenn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>matthewvenn</span></a></span> Do you know about <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.f-si.org/@fsi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>fsi</span></a></span> and the <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/FreeSiliconConference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSiliconConference</span></a> (<a href="https://chaos.social/tags/FSiC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FSiC</span></a>)?</p><p>"The 2023 Free Silicon Conference (FSiC) will take place in Paris (Sorbonne) on&nbsp;July 10,11,12 2023&nbsp;(Monday to Wednesday). This event will build on top of the past&nbsp;FSiC2019&nbsp;and&nbsp;FSiC2022&nbsp;editions. The conference will connect experts and enthusiasts who want to build a complete Free and Open Source CAD ecosystem for designing analog and digital integrated circuits."</p>
Free Silicon Foundation<p><a href="https://mastodon.f-si.org/tags/introductions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Introductions</span></a></p><p>We are proud to announce the birth of the Free Silicon Foundation (<a href="https://f-si.org" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">f-si.org</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>)!</p><p>We organize a conference in Paris, March 14-16 2019, to promote:</p><p>1. Free and Open Source (FOS) CAD tools for designing <a href="https://mastodon.f-si.org/tags/vlsi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VLSI</span></a> circuits<br>2. the sharing of hardware designs<br>3. common standards<br>4. the freedom of users in the context of <a href="https://mastodon.f-si.org/tags/silicon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>silicon</span></a> technology<br> <br>Program and submissions: <br><a href="https://wiki.f-si.org/index.php/FSiC2019" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wiki.f-si.org/index.php/FSiC20</span><span class="invisible">19</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.f-si.org/tags/hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hardware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.f-si.org/tags/fsic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FSiC</span></a></p>