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