3 # Libre/Open VLSI and FPGA Hardware, Simulation and Verification Dev Room
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
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)
25 - LIP6 / CNRS (coriolis2)
26 - apertus <https://www.apertus.org/axiom-ecosystem>
27 - NLnet (to help with outreach)
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
40 - <https://twitter.com/lkcl/status/1465290569681457157> DONE 29nov2021
41 @Daniel_Grosse @GanesanBlue @TLLim888 @thepine64 @Chips4Makers
42 @bunniestudios @librecores @efabless @LIP6_lab @OpenPOWERorg
43 @OTapeout @YosysHQ @NLnetFDN @NgiPointer @symbiflow @mithro
47 ## OHW Devroom Proposal
49 <https://submission.fosdem.org/submission/devroom>
51 Title: **Libre/Open Hardware, CAD, Modelling and VLSI Dev Room**
53 Changed Title: **Libre/Open VLSI and FPGA Hardware, Simulation and Verification Dev Room**
55 **Updated** Elaborate description (including possible topics)
57 - Open Hardware projects
58 - VLSI ASIC Design and Manufacture
59 * Libre/Open DIY Foundries (nanoscale 3D printing)
60 * Libre/Open VLSI tools and toolflow
61 * Libre/Open VLSI Cell Libraries
62 * VLSI Simulation and Verification
64 * Libre/Open FPGA designs
65 * FPGA toolchains and Reverse-Engineering
68 * Advanced and innovative alternative HDL tools
69 * Formal Correctness Proofs
70 * Testing methodologies
71 * Hardware Trust (and how to break it)
72 - Circuit Design (EDA)
73 * Printed circuit board design tools
74 * Analog/Digital Circuit simulation
75 - Software Engineering as applied to Hardware
76 * Continuous Integration for VLSI
77 * Automated tool development (RTL to GDS-II)
80 Why does it fit FOSDEM
82 There has been a lot of progress happening in the last few years regarding
83 libre/free chip technology. From RISC-V and OpenPOWER to attempts to create
84 libre/free processes to make your own chips. Various countries have been
85 catching up and helping and building up their semiconductorr industries,
86 some even pushing libre/free toolchains. E.g. EU sponsors various projects
87 to work in this field to create open toolchains.
89 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
90 using computers or electronics.
91 We therefore hope to give Open Hardware and their respective toolchains a
92 small platform, all the way from silicon to PCB.
94 Note to organisers: we don't mind merging with another devroom (then
95 helping out), as long as the words "Libre/Open Hardware" are included in
96 the devroom title, and the VLSI and FPGA topics are included. NLnet
97 now sponsors dozens of hardware projects alone, and the google skywater
98 130nm project with e-fabless has produced a massive new innovative
99 community that simply did not exist last year. We are also happy for
100 other (smaller) devrooms to merge with this one.
102 Preferred slot: Full Day
104 # Call for Papers<a name="cfp" />
106 This is a new devroom dedicated to Libre/Open VLSI, aka "Nanoscale 3D
111 ~~Stolen~~/Borrowed from the website:
113 _**FOSDEM is a free event for software developers to meet, share ideas and collaborate.**
114 Every year, thousands of developers of free and open source software from all over the world gather at the event in Brussels.
116 FOSDEM 2022 will take place on Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 February 2022. It will be an online event._
119 - FOSDEM is free to attend. There is no registration.
120 - [FOSDEM website](https://fosdem.org/)
121 - [FOSDEM code of conduct](https://fosdem.org/2022/practical/conduct/)
122 - [FOSDEM Schedule](https://fosdem.org/2022/schedule/)
124 ### Desirable topics:
126 This devroom welcomes anything related to the topic of nanoscale
127 3D printing - more commonly known as "VLSI ASIC design". If you
128 are making an ASIC, or designing one, or using FPGAs, or developing
129 an FPGA Board, or developing tools and techniques that make VLSI ASIC
130 design easier, we'd love to hear from you. Here's a list of topics:
132 - Open Hardware projects
133 - VLSI ASIC Design and Manufacture
134 * Libre/Open DIY Foundries (nanoscale 3D printing)
135 * Libre/Open VLSI tools and toolflow
136 * Libre/Open VLSI Cell Libraries
137 * VLSI Simulation and Verification
138 - VLSI Tools in use or in development
139 * Silicon-proven (QFlow, coriolis2, OpenLANE)
140 * Under development (LibreEDA, other)
141 * Advances in Algorithmics in Place and Route and Layout
143 * Libre/Open FPGA designs
144 * FPGA toolchains and Reverse-Engineering
147 * Advanced and innovative alternative HDL tools
148 * Formal Correctness Proofs
149 * Testing methodologies
150 * Hardware Trust (and how to break it)
151 - Circuit Design (EDA)
152 * Printed circuit board design tools
153 * Analog/Digital Circuit simulation
154 - Software Engineering as applied to Hardware
155 * Continuous Integration for VLSI
156 * Automated tool development (RTL to GDS-II)
161 There is quite a lot of overlap this year with:
163 * [CAD devroom]( https://fosdem.org/2022/schedule/track/open_source_computer_aided_modeling_and_design/),
164 * [Emulator devroom](https://fosdem.org/2022/schedule/track/emulator_development/)
165 * [Retro room](https://fosdem.org/2022/schedule/track/retrocomputing/)
167 It is entirely up to you as a speaker which devroom you choose: the
168 main reason for a new VLSI devroom this year is because it is a rapidly
169 expanding area formerly entirely NDA'd.
171 ### How to submit your proposal
173 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).
175 Create an **event** and click on **Show all** in the top right corner to display the full form.
177 ### What should be in your submission
182 - title (funny titles are ~~required~~/appreciated)
183 - abstract (what you're going talk about)
188 - **December 28th: submission deadline**
189 - FAQ - is the submission deadline final?
190 - Technically speaking, you can submit talks till pentabarf
191 closes, which should be somewhere in January
192 - However, talks submitted before the 29th get a higher precedence
193 - ASAP: announcement selected talks
194 - January: speakers are contacted to upload pre-record sessions
195 - February 6th: FOSDEM! (with live Q&A during recorded talks)
199 - [Luke Leighton](mailto:lkcl@lkcl.net)
200 - [Christophe PFaab](mailto:pfaab@uni-bremen.de)
201 - "lkcl" or "mwfc" on #fosdem Libera.Chat IRC