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   1 # FOSDEM 2022
   2
   3 notes to devroom organisers:
   4 <https://fosdem.org/2022/manuals/program/devroom/>
   5
   6 # Libre/Open VLSI and FPGA Hardware, Simulation and Verification Dev Room
   7
   8 ## Devroom Proposal
   9
  10 <https://submission.fosdem.org/submission/devroom>
  11
  12 Title: **Libre/Open VLSI and FPGA Hardware, Simulation and Verification Dev Room**
  13
  14 **Updated** Elaborate description (including possible topics)
  15
  16 - Open Hardware projects
  17 - VLSI ASIC Design and Manufacture
  18   * Libre/Open DIY Foundries (nanoscale 3D printing)
  19   * Libre/Open VLSI tools and toolflow
  20   * Libre/Open VLSI Cell Libraries
  21   * VLSI Simulation and Verification
  22 - FPGAs
  23   * Libre/Open FPGA designs
  24   * FPGA toolchains and Reverse-Engineering
  25   * FPGA workflow
  26 - VLSI RTL and HDL
  27   * Advanced and innovative alternative HDL tools
  28   * Formal Correctness Proofs
  29   * Testing methodologies
  30   * Hardware Trust (and how to break it)
  31 - Software Engineering as applied to Hardware
  32   * Continuous Integration for VLSI
  33   * Automated tool development (RTL to GDS-II)
  34   * Automated testing
  35
  36 Why does it fit FOSDEM
  37
  38 There has been a lot of progress happening in the last few years regarding
  39 libre/free chip technology. From RISC-V and OpenPOWER to attempts to create
  40 libre/free processes to make your own chips. Various countries have been
  41 catching up and helping and building up their semiconductorr industries,
  42 some even pushing libre/free toolchains. E.g. EU sponsors various projects
  43 to work in this field to create open toolchains.
  44
  45 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
  46 using computers or electronics.
  47 We therefore hope to give Open Hardware and their respective toolchains a
  48 small platform, all the way from silicon to PCB.
  49
  50 Note to organisers: we don't mind merging with another devroom (then
  51 helping out), as long as the words "Libre/Open Hardware" are included in
  52 the devroom title, and the VLSI and FPGA topics are included.  NLnet
  53 now sponsors dozens of hardware projects alone, and the google skywater
  54 130nm project with e-fabless has produced a massive new innovative
  55 community that simply did not exist last year.  We are also happy for
  56 other (smaller) devrooms to merge with this one.
  57
  58 Preferred slot: Full Day
  59
  60 # Call for Papers<a name="cfp" />
  61
  62 This is a new devroom dedicated to Libre/Open VLSI, aka "Nanoscale 3D
  63 Printing".
  64
  65 ### What is FOSDEM?
  66
  67 ~~Stolen~~/Borrowed from the website:
  68
  69 _**FOSDEM is a free event for software developers to meet, share ideas and collaborate.**
  70 Every year, thousands of developers of free and open source software from all over the world gather at the event in Brussels.
  71 ...
  72 FOSDEM 2022 will take place on Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 February 2022. It will be an online event._
  73
  74 ### Important stuff:
  75 - FOSDEM is free to attend. There is no registration.
  76 - [FOSDEM website](https://fosdem.org/)
  77 - [FOSDEM code of conduct](https://fosdem.org/2022/practical/conduct/)
  78 - [FOSDEM Schedule](https://fosdem.org/2022/schedule/)
  79
  80 ### Desirable topics:
  81
  82 This devroom welcomes anything related to the topic of nanoscale
  83 3D printing - more commonly known as "VLSI ASIC design".  If you
  84 are making an ASIC, or designing one, or using FPGAs, or developing
  85 an FPGA Board, or developing tools and techniques that make VLSI ASIC
  86 design easier, we'd love to hear from you.  Here's a list of topics:
  87
  88 - Open Hardware projects
  89 - VLSI ASIC Design and Manufacture
  90   * Libre/Open DIY Foundries (nanoscale 3D printing)
  91   * Libre/Open VLSI tools and toolflow
  92   * Libre/Open VLSI Cell Libraries
  93   * VLSI Simulation and Verification
  94 - VLSI Tools in use or in development
  95   * Silicon-proven (QFlow, coriolis2, OpenLANE)
  96   * Under development (LibreEDA, other)
  97   * Advances in Algorithmics in Place and Route and Layout
  98 - FPGAs
  99   * Libre/Open FPGA designs
 100   * FPGA toolchains and Reverse-Engineering
 101   * FPGA workflow
 102 - VLSI RTL and HDL
 103   * Advanced and innovative alternative HDL tools
 104   * Formal Correctness Proofs
 105   * Testing methodologies
 106   * Hardware Trust (and how to break it)
 107 - Software Engineering as applied to Hardware
 108   * Continuous Integration for VLSI
 109   * Automated tool development (RTL to GDS-II)
 110   * Automated testing
 111
 112 ### Topic overlap
 113
 114 There is quite a lot of overlap this year with:
 115
 116 * [CAD devroom]( https://fosdem.org/2022/schedule/track/open_source_computer_aided_modeling_and_design/),
 117 * [Emulator devroom](https://fosdem.org/2022/schedule/track/emulator_development/)
 118 * [Retro room](https://fosdem.org/2022/schedule/track/retrocomputing/)
 119
 120 It is entirely up to you as a speaker which devroom you choose: the
 121 main reason for a new VLSI devroom this year is because it is a rapidly
 122 expanding area formerly entirely NDA'd.
 123
 124 ### How to submit your proposal
 125
 126 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).
 127
 128 Create an **event** and click on **Show all** in the top right corner to display the full form.  Make sure you choose the right devroom
 129 in the track drop-down menu (so that we see it rather than another
 130 devroom's organisers)
 131
 132 ### What should be in your submission
 133
 134 - name
 135 - short bio
 136 - contact info
 137 - title (funny titles are ~~required~~/appreciated)
 138 - abstract (what you're going talk about)
 139 - duration
 140
 141 ### Things to be aware of
 142
 143 * The reference time will be Brussels local lime (CET)
 144   <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/belgium/brussels>
 145 * Talks have to be pre-recorded in advance between the first two weeks
 146   of January, and will be streamed during the event.
 147 * Q/A session will be taken live, just after each recorded talk. As
 148   such, please make sure that you will be online and available on the
 149   day of the event.
 150 * A facility will be provided for people watching to chat between
 151   themselves.
 152 * A facility will be provided for people watching to submit questions.
 153
 154 ### Important Dates
 155
 156 - **December 28th: submission deadline**
 157   - FAQ - is the submission deadline final?
 158     - Technically speaking, you can submit talks till pentabarf
 159       closes, which should be somewhere in January
 160     - However, talks submitted before the 29th get a higher precedence
 161 - ASAP: announcement selected talks
 162 - January: speakers are contacted to upload pre-record sessions
 163 - February 6th: FOSDEM! (with live Q&A during recorded talks)
 164
 165 ### Contact us
 166
 167 - [Luke Leighton](mailto:lkcl@lkcl.net)
 168 - [Christian Pfaab](mailto:pfaab@uni-bremen.de)
 169 - [mwfc](mwfc@chaos.social)
 170 - "lkcl" or "mwfc" on #fosdem Libera.Chat IRC
 171
 172 # TODO
 173
 174 * write to openhardware dev room mailing list (private archives)
 175   - 13nov2022.  no response.  assume dead list DONE
 176   - therefore take responsibility for writing proposal DONE
 177 * write proposal DONE 14nov2022
 178 * submit proposal DONE 14no42022
 179 * CfP TODO
 180 * Talk to devroom managers ONGOING
 181 * contact interested people
 182   - https://www.crowdsupply.com/great-scott-gadgets/luna (ktemkin)
 183   - danielgrosse https://twitter.com/daniel_grosse
 184   - Ganesen Narayanasamy, IBM India, Education Course
 185   - openwifi <https://github.com/open-sdr/openwifi/issues/99>
 186   - libresilicon (actual DIY Foundry equipment)
 187   - opentapeoutdev
 188   - openlane / openroad
 189   - Staf (Chips4Makers)
 190   - efabless
 191   - libre-soc
 192   - LIP6 / CNRS (coriolis2)
 193   - apertus <https://www.apertus.org/axiom-ecosystem>
 194   - NLnet (to help with outreach)
 195   - Crowdsupply (ditto)
 196   - KiCAD and other EDA tools
 197   - LibreEDA developer (tkramer)
 198   - Pine64 <https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/PineNote>
 199   - Bunnie, xobs (https://www.bunniestudios.com/)
 200   - Tim Ansell / Claire Wolfe symbiflow et al https://symbiflow.github.io
 201   - Libera.Chat channels:
 202     - yosys DONE 29nov2021
 203     - opentapeoutdev DONE 29nov2021
 204     - symbiflow DONE 29nov2021
 205     - openpower DONE 29nov2021
 206     - libre-soc DONE 29nov2021
 207   - Twitter channels
 208     - Initial CfP <https://twitter.com/lkcl/status/1465290569681457157>
 209       DONE 29nov2021
 210       @Daniel_Grosse @GanesanBlue @TLLim888 @thepine64 @Chips4Makers
 211       @bunniestudios @librecores @efabless @LIP6_lab @OpenPOWERorg
 212       @OTapeout @YosysHQ @NLnetFDN @NgiPointer @symbiflow @mithro
 213       @pepijndevos @crowd_supply @jxjputaoshu