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Interviews and news from the world of Open Source Silicon, ASICs and Semiconductors

  1. 05/13/2024

    Rest in peace Z80, long live the open source Z80!

    00:00 intro 00:56 z80 04:54 Submitted to TT07 06:52 NMOS 08:22 dynamic memory 10:28 z80 was everything in one chip 12:00 hand layout 14:10 most widely used CPU in the 80s 17:27 Tiny Tapeout compromise 18:56 voltage compatibility 19:58 Fits in 4 TT tiles 21:09 comparison table 22:47 What is Tiny Tapeout 24:28 next steps 26:29 bond pads 28:09 multicore z80 28:59 pricing 29:30 why not use an FPGA? 30:30 what to use for 1.8v core? 31:02 all the classics? 31:53 important to preserve the old chips 32:50 the plan 35:19 how can you help?

    38 min

  2. 03/01/2024

    Analog Philosophy - interview with Nordic’s principal IC scientist Carsten Wulff

    * Carsten’s background and interest in analog circuit design * Open-source silicon and its benefits vs. challenges * Analog design tools evolution * Obstacles that hinder wider adoption of open-source silicon tools * Advice on approaching an analog design journey

    31 min

  3. 02/14/2024

    Chips in days with Minimal Fab - An interview with Leo Moser

    Talking about the minimal fab with Leo Moser. Leo recently won a competition run by minimal fab and had a design fabricated. He's published a few blog posts about it here: About the Minimal Fab: https://mole99.uber.space/2023/Minimal_Fab/About%20Minimal%20Fab%20and%20the%20ICPS%20PDK.html  NAND tutorial: https://mole99.uber.space/2024/NAND_tutorial/Design%20of%20a%20NAND%20gate%20using%20the%20ICPS%20PDK.html

    24 min

  4. 01/24/2024

    An interview with Ed Conway - Silicon Supply Chains

    Follow Ed here: https://twitter.com/EdConwaySky  Buy his book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/bo...  Sign up to my newsletter here: https://www.zerotoasiccourse.com/news...

    35 min

  5. 09/05/2023

    September open source silicon news update - Tiny Tapeout, Conferences, Silicon bringup & more!

    00:00 Intro 00:10 TT boards 00:51 TT04 closes on Friday 8th 01:09 ORConf https://orconf.org/ 01:21 Wuthering Bytes 01:53 FSiC videos released https://peertube.f-si.org/video-chann... 02:04 Hackaday Supercon 2023 02:19 YUG2 https://www.linkedin.com/posts/yosysh... 02:36 Silicon news - MPW3 and 2206 03:37 IHP workshop videos    • Introduction FMD-QNC project status a...   04:04 IHP cleanroom video footage

    5 min

  6. 07/19/2023

    Interviews from the Free Silicon Conference, Paris, 2023

    Interviews with: Luca Alloatti  Thomas Benz  Jørgen Kragh Jakobsen  Thomas Parry  Rene Scholz  Dan Fritchman  Harald Pretl

    22 min

  7. 06/12/2023

    The MOnSter 6502 - how Eric Schlaepfer built a 6502 processor out of discrete transistors

    Website: https://monster6502.com/ & visual 6502 http://www.visual6502.org/JSSim/index.html Eric's socials: https://twitter.com/TubeTimeUS & https://mastodon.social/@tubetime Other interviews: https://theamphour.com/609-open-circuits-with-eric-schlaepfer-and-windell-oskay/ & https://unnamedre.com/episode/58

    51 min

  8. 06/12/2023

    First chip designed with ChatGPT? An interview with Dr. Hammond Pearce & Jason Blocklove

    https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.13243 00:00 Intro 01:21 Hardware security 02:54 How long have they been using AI to generate Verilog 05:26 Methodology 17:40 Humans in the loop 21:21 Some designs already taped out on TinyTapeout 3 26:49 How to contact

    28 min
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Interviews and news from the world of Open Source Silicon, ASICs and Semiconductors

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  • Creator
    Matt Venn
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2024
  • Episodes
    38
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    © Matt Venn 2024
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