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We are proud to announce the birth of the Free Silicon Foundation (f-si.org)!

We organize a conference in Paris, March 14-16 2019, to promote:

1. Free and Open Source (FOS) CAD tools for designing circuits
2. the sharing of hardware designs
3. common standards
4. the freedom of users in the context of technology

Program and submissions:
wiki.f-si.org/index.php/FSiC20

Join us for the webinar Open source CPU and SoC design : The flow, the challenges and a perspective with Charles Papon on April 11, 2024, 13:00-14:30 CET.

Through the lens of the SpinalHDL, VexRiscv and NaxRiscv projects, Papon will discuss open CPU design, deploying it on hardware, lessons learned and challenges.

For more info and a link to the BBB room see nlnet.nl/webinars/. No need to subscribe, the room is open.

#openhardware #RISC-V #webinar

We are glad to announce the next edition of the Free Silicon Conference () which will be held in Paris on June 19, 20, 21 2024:

wiki.f-si.org/index.php/FSiC20

Please help us to spread the voice and to identify new open-silicon projects and new open-source Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools.

To propose or suggest an idea just answer to this toot or write at fsic2024'at'f-si.org.

Join on November 15-16 in Brussels or online the 2023 Forum and connect with policymakers, researchers, innovators, industry representatives, and users.

NGI has catalysed projects such as , and .

ngi.eu/event/ngi-forum-2023/

We prepared a list of recommendations and a roadmap for the European Commission for the development of open-source silicon in the EU.

The full text can be downloaded here:
wiki.f-si.org/index.php?title=

If you have any thoughts or comments on the document please answer to this thread.

2. unpublished files from the #Snowden archive (2013) reveal that the #NSA backdoored #Cavium, an American semiconductor company marketing Central Processing Units (CPUs):

computerweekly.com/news/366552

Check out Gaëtan Cassiers from TU Graz presenting "Physical for implementations with open hardware" (peertube.f-si.org/videos/watch).

At min 10:05 he says "We develop it once, we evaluate it a lot and hopefully it is secure forever".

A RISC-V chip with with secret RTL (not to mention the layout) does not qualify as open-hardware. Otherwise MS Word would be open-source software just because it implements the Open Document Format (ODF).

The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research () is announcing funding opportunities for open-source EDA development (careful: text in formal German only!):
elektronikforschung.de/foerder

i will be keynote speaking at Free Silicon Conference 2023 at Sorbonne University, Paris. The conference goes from July 10-12. wiki.f-si.org/index.php/FSiC20

We are glad to announce the next edition of the Free Silicon Conference () which will be held in Paris on July 10,11,12 2023.

The tentative program is:
wiki.f-si.org/index.php/FSiC20

Please help us spreading the voice, and please propose or suggest ideas by answering this toot or by writing at fsic2023'at'f-si.org.

The EU proposal we submitted in October last year HAS BEEN ACCEPTED!!

It is a "Coordination and Support Action" for open-source chip development.

The full text of the submitted version can be downloaded at:
wiki.f-si.org/index.php/Horizo

The project begins today.

During the "Grant Agreement" preparation some significant modifications were requested. In particular, F-Si is no longer the coordinator, but EDI in Latvia.

The Free Silicon Conference 2022 is over and most videos are available on:
https:peertube.f-si.org

Watch the keynote speech by Frank Karlitschek founder of
"Why Open Hardware and Open Software are necessary for our future":
peertube.f-si.org/videos/watch

@Karlitschek thanks again for your contribution!

The next Free Silicon Conference will be held in Paris on July 7,8,9 2022 (COVID permitting) and we need your help to reach out to new people!

We want to bring together followers of the free/libre chip idea, people who love sharing experience, code and tools.

Is there any name/entity you would like to see or to meet? If so, please drop us a note.

If your idea is not listed yet on wiki.f-si.org/index.php/FSiC20 you should definitely let us know!

We have submitted a proposal for a European call entitled "Coordination and Support Action (CSA) for Open Source Hardware for ultra-low-power, secure microprocessors":

ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tend

Our proposal can be downloaded at:
wiki.f-si.org/index.php/Horizo

We feel that sufficiently new ideas have been generated for justifying the publication. This will further increase the of the selection process.

If you have any comments please leave them below.


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