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   - Libera.Chat channels:
  35     - yosys DONE 29nov2021
  36     - opentapeoutdev DONE 29nov2021
  37     - symbiflow DONE 29nov2021
  38     - openpower DONE 29nov2021
  39   - Twitter channels
  40     - <https://twitter.com/lkcl/status/1465290569681457157>
  41       @Daniel_Grosse @GanesanBlue
  42 @TLLim888
  43
  44 @thepine64
  45
  46 @Chips4Makers
  47
  48 @bunniestudios
  49
  50 @librecores
  51
  52 @efabless
  53
  54 ## OHW Devroom Proposal
  55
  56 <https://submission.fosdem.org/submission/devroom>
  57
  58 Title: **Libre/Open Hardware, CAD, Modelling and VLSI Dev Room**
  59
  60 Changed Title: **Libre/Open VLSI and FPGA Hardware, Simulation and Verification Dev Room**
  61
  62 **Updated** Elaborate description (including possible topics)
  63
  64 - Open Hardware projects
  65 - VLSI ASIC Design and Manufacture
  66   * Libre/Open DIY Foundries (nanoscale 3D printing)
  67   * Libre/Open VLSI tools and toolflow
  68   * Libre/Open VLSI Cell Libraries
  69   * VLSI Simulation and Verification
  70 - FPGAs
  71   * Libre/Open FPGA designs
  72   * FPGA toolchains and Reverse-Engineering
  73   * FPGA workflow
  74 - VLSI RTL and HDL
  75   * Advanced and innovative alternative HDL tools
  76   * Formal Correctness Proofs
  77   * Testing methodologies
  78   * Hardware Trust (and how to break it)
  79 - Circuit Design (EDA)
  80   * Printed circuit board design tools
  81   * Analog/Digital Circuit simulation
  82 - Software Engineering as applied to Hardware
  83   * Continuous Integration for VLSI
  84   * Automated tool development (RTL to GDS-II)
  85   * Automated testing
  86
  87 Why does it fit FOSDEM
  88
  89 There has been a lot of progress happening in the last few years regarding
  90 libre/free chip technology. From RISC-V and OpenPOWER to attempts to create
  91 libre/free processes to make your own chips. Various countries have been
  92 catching up and helping and building up their semiconductorr industries,
  93 some even pushing libre/free toolchains. E.g. EU sponsors various projects
  94 to work in this field to create open toolchains.
  95
  96 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
  97 using computers or electronics.
  98 We therefore hope to give Open Hardware and their respective toolchains a
  99 small platform, all the way from silicon to PCB.
 100
 101 Note to organisers: we don't mind merging with another devroom (then
 102 helping out), as long as the words "Libre/Open Hardware" are included in
 103 the devroom title, and the VLSI and FPGA topics are included.  NLnet
 104 now sponsors dozens of hardware projects alone, and the google skywater
 105 130nm project with e-fabless has produced a massive new innovative
 106 community that simply did not exist last year.  We are also happy for
 107 other (smaller) devrooms to merge with this one.
 108
 109 Preferred slot: Full Day
 110
 111 # Call for Papers<a name="cfp" />
 112
 113 This is a new devroom dedicated to Libre/Open VLSI, aka "Nanoscale 3D
 114 Printing".
 115
 116 ### What is FOSDEM?
 117
 118 ~~Stolen~~/Borrowed from the website:
 119
 120 _**FOSDEM is a free event for software developers to meet, share ideas and collaborate.**
 121 Every year, thousands of developers of free and open source software from all over the world gather at the event in Brussels.
 122 ...
 123 FOSDEM 2022 will take place on Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 February 2022. It will be an online event._
 124
 125 ### Important stuff:
 126 - FOSDEM is free to attend. There is no registration.
 127 - [FOSDEM website](https://fosdem.org/)
 128 - [FOSDEM code of conduct](https://fosdem.org/2022/practical/conduct/)
 129 - [FOSDEM Schedule](https://fosdem.org/2022/schedule/)
 130
 131 ### Desirable topics:
 132
 133 This devroom welcomes anything related to the topic of nanoscale
 134 3D printing - more commonly known as "VLSI ASIC design".  If you
 135 are making an ASIC, or designing one, or using FPGAs, or developing
 136 an FPGA Board, or developing tools and techniques that make VLSI ASIC
 137 design easier, we'd love to hear from you.  Here's a list of topics:
 138
 139 - Open Hardware projects
 140 - VLSI ASIC Design and Manufacture
 141   * Libre/Open DIY Foundries (nanoscale 3D printing)
 142   * Libre/Open VLSI tools and toolflow
 143   * Libre/Open VLSI Cell Libraries
 144   * VLSI Simulation and Verification
 145 - VLSI Tools in use or in development
 146   * Silicon-proven (QFlow, coriolis2, OpenLANE)
 147   * Under development (LibreEDA, other)
 148   * Advances in Algorithmics in Place and Route and Layout
 149 - FPGAs
 150   * Libre/Open FPGA designs
 151   * FPGA toolchains and Reverse-Engineering
 152   * FPGA workflow
 153 - VLSI RTL and HDL
 154   * Advanced and innovative alternative HDL tools
 155   * Formal Correctness Proofs
 156   * Testing methodologies
 157   * Hardware Trust (and how to break it)
 158 - Circuit Design (EDA)
 159   * Printed circuit board design tools
 160   * Analog/Digital Circuit simulation
 161 - Software Engineering as applied to Hardware
 162   * Continuous Integration for VLSI
 163   * Automated tool development (RTL to GDS-II)
 164   * Automated testing
 165
 166 ### Topic overlap
 167
 168 There is quite a lot of overlap this year with:
 169
 170 * [CAD devroom]( https://fosdem.org/2022/schedule/track/open_source_computer_aided_modeling_and_design/),
 171 * [Emulator devroom](https://fosdem.org/2022/schedule/track/emulator_development/)
 172 * [Retro room](https://fosdem.org/2022/schedule/track/retrocomputing/)
 173
 174 It is entirely up to you as a speaker which devroom you choose: the
 175 main reason for a new VLSI devroom this year is because it is a rapidly
 176 expanding area formerly entirely NDA'd.
 177
 178 ### How to submit your proposal
 179
 180 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).
 181
 182 Create an **event** and click on **Show all** in the top right corner to display the full form.
 183
 184 ### What should be in your submission
 185
 186 - name
 187 - short bio
 188 - contact info
 189 - title (funny titles are ~~required~~/appreciated)
 190 - abstract (what you're going talk about)
 191 - duration
 192
 193 ### Important Dates
 194
 195 - **December 28th: submission deadline**
 196   - FAQ - is the submission deadline final?
 197     - Technically speaking, you can submit talks till pentabarf
 198       closes, which should be somewhere in January
 199     - However, talks submitted before the 29th get a higher precedence
 200 - ASAP: announcement selected talks
 201 - January: speakers are contacted to upload pre-record sessions
 202 - February 6th: FOSDEM! (with live Q&A during recorded talks)
 203
 204 ### Contact us
 205
 206 - [Luke Leighton](mailto:lkcl@lkcl.net)
 207 - [Christophe PFaab](mailto:pfaab@uni-bremen.de)
 208 - "lkcl" or "mwfc" on #fosdem Libera.Chat IRC