3 notes to devroom organisers:
4 <https://fosdem.org/2022/manuals/program/devroom/>
6 # Libre/Open VLSI and FPGA Hardware, Simulation and Verification Dev Room
10 <https://submission.fosdem.org/submission/devroom>
12 Title: **Libre/Open VLSI and FPGA Hardware, Simulation and Verification Dev Room**
14 **Updated** Elaborate description (including possible topics)
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
23 * Libre/Open FPGA designs
24 * FPGA toolchains and Reverse-Engineering
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)
36 Why does it fit FOSDEM
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.
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.
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.
58 Preferred slot: Full Day
60 # Call for Papers<a name="cfp" />
62 This is a new devroom dedicated to Libre/Open VLSI, aka "Nanoscale 3D
67 ~~Stolen~~/Borrowed from the website:
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.
72 FOSDEM 2022 will take place on Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 February 2022. It will be an online event._
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/)
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:
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
99 * Libre/Open FPGA designs
100 * FPGA toolchains and Reverse-Engineering
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)
114 There is quite a lot of overlap this year with:
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/)
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.
124 ### How to submit your proposal
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).
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)
132 ### What should be in your submission
137 - title (funny titles are ~~required~~/appreciated)
138 - abstract (what you're going talk about)
141 ### Things to be aware of
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
150 * A facility will be provided for people watching to chat between
152 * A facility will be provided for people watching to submit questions.
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)
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
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
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)
188 - openlane / openroad
189 - Staf (Chips4Makers)
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
208 - Initial CfP <https://twitter.com/lkcl/status/1465290569681457157>
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