conferences/fosdem2022.mdwn

   1 # FOSDEM 2022
   2
   3 * Schedule:
   4 <https://fosdem.org/2022/schedule/track/libre_open_vlsi_and_fpga/>
   5 * notes to devroom organisers:
   6 <https://fosdem.org/2022/manuals/program/devroom/>
   7 * fosdem video overview: <https://upload.video.fosdem.org/overview>
   8 * reviewers: <https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM22/events>
   9
  10 # Libre/Open VLSI and FPGA Hardware, Simulation and Verification Dev Room
  11
  12 ## Devroom Proposal
  13
  14 <https://submission.fosdem.org/submission/devroom>
  15
  16 Title: **Libre/Open VLSI and FPGA Hardware, Simulation and Verification Dev Room**
  17
  18 **Updated** Elaborate description (including possible topics)
  19
  20 - Open Hardware projects
  21 - VLSI ASIC Design and Manufacture
  22   * Libre/Open DIY Foundries (nanoscale 3D printing)
  23   * Libre/Open VLSI tools and toolflow
  24   * Libre/Open VLSI Cell Libraries
  25   * VLSI Simulation and Verification
  26 - FPGAs
  27   * Libre/Open FPGA designs
  28   * FPGA toolchains and Reverse-Engineering
  29   * FPGA workflow
  30 - VLSI RTL and HDL
  31   * Advanced and innovative alternative HDL tools
  32   * Formal Correctness Proofs
  33   * Testing methodologies
  34   * Hardware Trust (and how to break it)
  35 - Software Engineering as applied to Hardware
  36   * Continuous Integration for VLSI
  37   * Automated tool development (RTL to GDS-II)
  38   * Automated testing
  39
  40 Why does it fit FOSDEM
  41
  42 There has been a lot of progress happening in the last few years regarding
  43 libre/free chip technology. From RISC-V and OpenPOWER to attempts to create
  44 libre/free processes to make your own chips. Various countries have been
  45 catching up and helping and building up their semiconductorr industries,
  46 some even pushing libre/free toolchains. E.g. EU sponsors various projects
  47 to work in this field to create open toolchains.
  48
  49 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
  50 using computers or electronics.
  51 We therefore hope to give Open Hardware and their respective toolchains a
  52 small platform, all the way from silicon to PCB.
  53
  54 Note to organisers: we don't mind merging with another devroom (then
  55 helping out), as long as the words "Libre/Open Hardware" are included in
  56 the devroom title, and the VLSI and FPGA topics are included.  NLnet
  57 now sponsors dozens of hardware projects alone, and the google skywater
  58 130nm project with e-fabless has produced a massive new innovative
  59 community that simply did not exist last year.  We are also happy for
  60 other (smaller) devrooms to merge with this one.
  61
  62 Preferred slot: Full Day
  63
  64 # Call for Papers<a name="cfp" />
  65
  66 This is a new devroom dedicated to Libre/Open VLSI, aka "Nanoscale 3D
  67 Printing".
  68
  69 ### What is FOSDEM?
  70
  71 ~~Stolen~~/Borrowed from the website:
  72
  73 _**FOSDEM is a free event for software developers to meet, share ideas and collaborate.**
  74 Every year, thousands of developers of free and open source software from all over the world gather at the event in Brussels.
  75 ...
  76 FOSDEM 2022 will take place on Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 February 2022. It will be an online event._
  77
  78 ### Important stuff:
  79 - FOSDEM is free to attend. There is no registration.
  80 - [FOSDEM website](https://fosdem.org/)
  81 - [FOSDEM code of conduct](https://fosdem.org/2022/practical/conduct/)
  82 - [FOSDEM Schedule](https://fosdem.org/2022/schedule/)
  83
  84 ### Desirable topics:
  85
  86 This devroom welcomes anything related to the topic of nanoscale
  87 3D printing - more commonly known as "VLSI ASIC design".  If you
  88 are making an ASIC, or designing one, or using FPGAs, or developing
  89 an FPGA Board, or developing tools and techniques that make VLSI ASIC
  90 design easier, we'd love to hear from you.  Here's a list of topics:
  91
  92 - Open Hardware projects
  93 - VLSI ASIC Design and Manufacture
  94   * Libre/Open DIY Foundries (nanoscale 3D printing)
  95   * Libre/Open VLSI tools and toolflow
  96   * Libre/Open VLSI Cell Libraries
  97   * VLSI Simulation and Verification
  98 - VLSI Tools in use or in development
  99   * Silicon-proven (QFlow, coriolis2, OpenLANE)
 100   * Under development (LibreEDA, other)
 101   * Advances in Algorithmics in Place and Route and Layout
 102 - FPGAs
 103   * Libre/Open FPGA designs
 104   * FPGA toolchains and Reverse-Engineering
 105   * FPGA workflow
 106 - VLSI RTL and HDL
 107   * Advanced and innovative alternative HDL tools
 108   * Formal Correctness Proofs
 109   * Testing methodologies
 110   * Hardware Trust (and how to break it)
 111 - Software Engineering as applied to Hardware
 112   * Continuous Integration for VLSI
 113   * Automated tool development (RTL to GDS-II)
 114   * Automated testing
 115
 116 ### Topic overlap
 117
 118 There is quite a lot of overlap this year with:
 119
 120 * [CAD devroom]( https://fosdem.org/2022/schedule/track/open_source_computer_aided_modeling_and_design/),
 121 * [Emulator devroom](https://fosdem.org/2022/schedule/track/emulator_development/)
 122 * [Retro room](https://fosdem.org/2022/schedule/track/retrocomputing/)
 123
 124 It is entirely up to you as a speaker which devroom you choose: the
 125 main reason for a new VLSI devroom this year is because it is a rapidly
 126 expanding area formerly entirely NDA'd.
 127
 128 ### How to submit your proposal
 129
 130 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).
 131
 132 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
 133 in the track drop-down menu (so that we see it rather than another
 134 devroom's organisers)
 135
 136 ### What should be in your submission
 137
 138 - name
 139 - short bio
 140 - contact info
 141 - title (funny titles are ~~required~~/appreciated)
 142 - abstract (what you're going talk about)
 143 - duration
 144
 145 ### Things to be aware of
 146
 147 * The reference time will be Brussels local lime (CET)
 148   <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/belgium/brussels>
 149 * Talks have to be pre-recorded in advance between the first two weeks
 150   of January, and will be streamed during the event.
 151 * Q/A session will be taken live, just after each recorded talk. As
 152   such, please make sure that you will be online and available on the
 153   day of the event.
 154 * A facility will be provided for people watching to chat between
 155   themselves.
 156 * A facility will be provided for people watching to submit questions.
 157
 158 ### Important Dates
 159
 160 - **December 28th: submission deadline**
 161   - FAQ - is the submission deadline final?
 162     - Technically speaking, you can submit talks till pentabarf
 163       closes, which should be somewhere in January
 164     - However, talks submitted before the 29th get a higher precedence
 165 - ASAP: announcement selected talks
 166 - January: speakers are contacted to upload pre-record sessions
 167 - February 6th: FOSDEM! (with live Q&A during recorded talks)
 168
 169 ### Contact us
 170
 171 - [Luke Leighton](mailto:lkcl@lkcl.net)
 172 - [Christian Pfaab](mailto:pfaab@uni-bremen.de)
 173 - [mwfc](mwfc@chaos.social)
 174 - "lkcl" or "mwfc" on #fosdem Libera.Chat IRC
 175
 176 # TODO
 177
 178 * write to openhardware dev room mailing list (private archives)
 179   - 13nov2022.  no response.  assume dead list DONE
 180   - therefore take responsibility for writing proposal DONE
 181 * write proposal DONE 14nov2022
 182 * submit proposal DONE 14no42022
 183 * CfP TODO
 184 * Talk to devroom managers ONGOING
 185 * contact interested people
 186   - https://www.crowdsupply.com/great-scott-gadgets/luna (ktemkin)
 187   - danielgrosse https://twitter.com/daniel_grosse
 188   - Ganesen Narayanasamy, IBM India, Education Course
 189   - openwifi <https://github.com/open-sdr/openwifi/issues/99>
 190   - libresilicon (actual DIY Foundry equipment)
 191   - opentapeoutdev
 192   - openlane / openroad
 193   - Staf (Chips4Makers)
 194   - efabless
 195   - libre-soc
 196   - LIP6 / CNRS (coriolis2)
 197   - apertus <https://www.apertus.org/axiom-ecosystem>
 198   - NLnet (to help with outreach)
 199   - Crowdsupply (ditto)
 200   - KiCAD and other EDA tools
 201   - LibreEDA developer (tkramer)
 202   - Pine64 <https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/PineNote>
 203   - Bunnie, xobs (https://www.bunniestudios.com/)
 204   - Tim Ansell / Claire Wolfe symbiflow et al https://symbiflow.github.io
 205   - Libera.Chat channels:
 206     - yosys DONE 29nov2021
 207     - opentapeoutdev DONE 29nov2021
 208     - symbiflow DONE 29nov2021
 209     - openpower DONE 29nov2021
 210     - libre-soc DONE 29nov2021
 211   - Twitter channels
 212     - Initial CfP <https://twitter.com/lkcl/status/1465290569681457157>
 213       DONE 29nov2021
 214       @Daniel_Grosse @GanesanBlue @TLLim888 @thepine64 @Chips4Makers
 215       @bunniestudios @librecores @efabless @LIP6_lab @OpenPOWERorg
 216       @OTapeout @YosysHQ @NLnetFDN @NgiPointer @symbiflow @mithro
 217       @pepijndevos @crowd_supply @jxjputaoshu