Supercon 2022: Matt Venn’s Tiny Tapeout Brings Chip Design to the Masses

Matt Venn speaking at Supercon 2022

Not that long ago, rolling your own printed circuit boards was difficult, time-consuming and expensive. But thanks to an army of cheap, online manufacturing services as well as high-quality free …read more Continue reading Supercon 2022: Matt Venn’s Tiny Tapeout Brings Chip Design to the Masses

Your Own Open Source ASIC: SkyWater-PDF Plans First 130 nm Wafer in 2020

You might have caught Maya Posch’s article about the first open-source ASIC tools from Google and SkyWater Technology. It envisions increased access to make custom chips — Application Specific Integrated Circuits — designed using open-source tools, and made real through existing chip fabrication facilities. My first thought? How much does …read more

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