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[FOSSi Dial-Up] Tim Ansell - Skywater PDK: Fully open source manufacturable PDK for a 130nm process

FOSSi Foundation · talk · Watch on YouTube

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What it is

Tim Ansell presents the SkyWater PDK, a fully open source manufacturable process development kit for a 130nm process, as the first FOSSi Dial-Up talk. He covers its role in a fully open chip design flow.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters point to it for Google's reasons for backing open silicon and for background on the open-source chip design workflow.

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What HN commenters said

  1. “I suggest you watch this video from Google where they explain why they are doing what they are doing”

    Google explains why it invests in open hardware ecosystems.

    panick21_, 2024-10 · Recommendation · in “RISC-V is currently slow compared to modern CPUs”

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Topics: skywater pdk, 130nm, open hardware, asic, efabless, google

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