conferences/fosdem2022.mdwn

   1 # FOSDEM 2022
   2
   3 # Libre/Open VLSI and FPGA Hardware, Simulation and Verification Dev Room
   4
   5 TODO:
   6
   7 * write to openhardware dev room mailing list (private archives)
   8   - 13nov2022.  no response.  assume dead list DONE
   9   - therefore take responsibility for writing proposal DONE
  10 * write proposal DONE 14nov2022
  11 * submit proposal DONE 14no42022
  12 * CfP TODO
  13 * Talk to devroom managers ONGOING
  14 * contact interested people
  15   - https://www.crowdsupply.com/great-scott-gadgets/luna (ktemkin)
  16   - danielgrosse https://twitter.com/daniel_grosse
  17   - Ganesen Narayanasamy, IBM India, Education Course
  18   - openwifi <https://github.com/open-sdr/openwifi/issues/99>
  19   - libresilicon (actual DIY Foundry equipment)
  20   - opentapeoutdev
  21   - openlane / openroad
  22   - Staf (Chips4Makers)
  23   - efabless
  24   - libre-soc
  25   - LIP6 / CNRS (coriolis2)
  26   - apertus <https://www.apertus.org/axiom-ecosystem>
  27   - NLnet (to help with outreach)
  28   - Crowdsupply (ditto)
  29   - KiCAD and other EDA tools
  30   - LibreEDA developer (tkramer)
  31   - Pine64 <https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/PineNote>
  32   - Bunnie, xobs (https://www.bunniestudios.com/)
  33   - Tim Ansell/clifford wolf symbiflow et al https://symbiflow.github.io
  34
  35 ## OHW Devroom Proposal
  36
  37 <https://submission.fosdem.org/submission/devroom>
  38
  39 Title: **Libre/Open Hardware, CAD, Modelling and VLSI Dev Room**
  40
  41 Changed Title: **Libre/Open VLSI and FPGA Hardware, Simulation and Verification Dev Room**
  42
  43 **Updated** Elaborate description (including possible topics)
  44
  45 - Open Hardware projects
  46 - VLSI ASIC Design and Manufacture
  47   * Libre/Open DIY Foundries (nanoscale 3D printing)
  48   * Libre/Open VLSI tools and toolflow
  49   * Libre/Open VLSI Cell Libraries
  50   * VLSI Simulation and Verification
  51 - FPGAs
  52   * Libre/Open FPGA designs
  53   * FPGA toolchains and Reverse-Engineering
  54   * FPGA workflow
  55 - VLSI RTL and HDL
  56   * Advanced and innovative alternative HDL tools
  57   * Formal Correctness Proofs
  58   * Testing methodologies
  59   * Hardware Trust (and how to break it)
  60 - Circuit Design (EDA)
  61   * Printed circuit board design tools
  62   * Analog/Digital Circuit simulation
  63 - Software Engineering as applied to Hardware
  64   * Continuous Integration for VLSI
  65   * Automated tool development (RTL to GDS-II)
  66   * Automated testing
  67
  68 Why does it fit FOSDEM
  69
  70 There has been a lot of progress happening in the last few years regarding
  71 libre/free chip technology. From RISC-V and OpenPOWER to attempts to create
  72 libre/free processes to make your own chips. Various countries have been
  73 catching up and helping and building up their semiconductorr industries,
  74 some even pushing libre/free toolchains. E.g. EU sponsors various projects
  75 to work in this field to create open toolchains.
  76
  77 Meanwhile others push the boundaries to liberate former closed source toolchains for FPGAs. While an often neglected topic, a lot of work happens by various fantastic players all around the world. We hope to bring some attention to these areas which we basicly all too often take as a given when
  78 using computers or electronics.
  79 We therefore hope to give Open Hardware and their respective toolchains a
  80 small platform, all the way from silicon to PCB.
  81
  82 Note to organisers: we don't mind merging with another devroom (then
  83 helping out), as long as the words "Libre/Open Hardware" are included in
  84 the devroom title, and the VLSI and FPGA topics are included.  NLnet
  85 now sponsors dozens of hardware projects alone, and the google skywater
  86 130nm project with e-fabless has produced a massive new innovative
  87 community that simply did not exist last year.  We are also happy for
  88 other (smaller) devrooms to merge with this one.
  89
  90 Preferred slot: Full Day
  91
  92 # Call for Papers<a name="cfp" />
  93
  94 This is a new devroom dedicated to Libre/Open VLSI, aka "Nanoscale 3D
  95 Printing".
  96
  97 ### What is FOSDEM?
  98
  99 ~~Stolen~~/Borrowed from the website:
 100
 101 _**FOSDEM is a free event for software developers to meet, share ideas and collaborate.**
 102 Every year, thousands of developers of free and open source software from all over the world gather at the event in Brussels.
 103 ...
 104 FOSDEM 2022 will take place on Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 February 2022. It will be an online event._
 105
 106 ### Important stuff:
 107 - FOSDEM is free to attend. There is no registration.
 108 - [FOSDEM website](https://fosdem.org/)
 109 - [FOSDEM code of conduct](https://fosdem.org/2022/practical/conduct/)
 110 - [FOSDEM Schedule](https://fosdem.org/2022/schedule/)
 111
 112 ### Desirable topics:
 113
 114 This devroom welcomes anything related to the topic of nanoscale
 115 3D printing - more commonly known as "VLSI ASIC design".  If you
 116 are making an ASIC, or designing one, or using FPGAs, or developing
 117 an FPGA Board, or developing tools and techniques that make VLSI ASIC
 118 design easier, we'd love to hear from you.  Here's a list of topics:
 119
 120 - Open Hardware projects
 121 - VLSI ASIC Design and Manufacture
 122   * Libre/Open DIY Foundries (nanoscale 3D printing)
 123   * Libre/Open VLSI tools and toolflow
 124   * Libre/Open VLSI Cell Libraries
 125   * VLSI Simulation and Verification
 126 - VLSI Tools in use or in development
 127   * Silicon-proven (QFlow, coriolis2, OpenLANE)
 128   * Under development (LibreEDA, other)
 129   * Advances in Algorithmics in Place and Route and Layout
 130 - FPGAs
 131   * Libre/Open FPGA designs
 132   * FPGA toolchains and Reverse-Engineering
 133   * FPGA workflow
 134 - VLSI RTL and HDL
 135   * Advanced and innovative alternative HDL tools
 136   * Formal Correctness Proofs
 137   * Testing methodologies
 138   * Hardware Trust (and how to break it)
 139 - Circuit Design (EDA)
 140   * Printed circuit board design tools
 141   * Analog/Digital Circuit simulation
 142 - Software Engineering as applied to Hardware
 143   * Continuous Integration for VLSI
 144   * Automated tool development (RTL to GDS-II)
 145   * Automated testing
 146
 147 ### Topic overlap
 148
 149 There is quite a lot of overlap this year with:
 150
 151 * [CAD devroom]( https://fosdem.org/2022/schedule/track/open_source_computer_aided_modeling_and_design/),
 152 * [Emulator devroom](https://fosdem.org/2022/schedule/track/emulator_development/)
 153 * [Retro room](https://fosdem.org/2022/schedule/track/retrocomputing/)
 154
 155 It is entirely up to you as a speaker which devroom you choose: the
 156 main reason for a new VLSI devroom this year is because it is a rapidly
 157 expanding area formerly entirely NDA'd.
 158
 159 ### How to submit your proposal
 160
 161 To submit a talk, please visit the [FOSDEM 2022 Pentabarf website](https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM22) (the mystery of whether pentabarf means barfing in 5 directions or in 5 colors has not been solved yet).
 162
 163 Create an **event** and click on **Show all** in the top right corner to display the full form.
 164
 165 ### What should be in your submission
 166
 167 - name
 168 - short bio
 169 - contact info
 170 - title (funny titles are ~~required~~/appreciated)
 171 - abstract (what you're going talk about)
 172 - duration
 173
 174 ### Important Dates
 175
 176 - **December 28th: submission deadline**
 177   - FAQ - is the submission deadline final?
 178     - Technically speaking, you can submit talks till pentabarf
 179       closes, which should be somewhere in January
 180     - However, talks submitted before the 29th get a higher precedence
 181 - ASAP: announcement selected talks
 182 - January: speakers are contacted to upload pre-record sessions
 183 - February 6th: FOSDEM! (with live Q&A during recorded talks)
 184
 185 ### Contact us
 186
 187 - [Luke Leighton](mailto:lkcl@lkcl.net)
 188 - [Christophe PFaab](mailto:pfaab@uni-bremen.de)
 189 - "lkcl" or "mwfc" on #fosdem Libera.Chat IRC