Chip shortage? DIY...

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First Google-Sponsored MPW Shuttle Launched at SkyWater with 40 Open Source Community Submitted Designs

Collaboration among SkyWater, Efabless and Google enables industry's first open source ASICs

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. and SAN JOSE, Calif. - April 6, 2021 - SkyWater Technology, the trusted technology realization partner, and Efabless, a crowdsourcing design platform for custom silicon, today announced the first tapeout in a series of Google-sponsored open source multi-project wafer (MPW) shuttles, managed by Efabless and manufactured at SkyWater. In this partnership, open source designs were selected to be fabricated at no cost to designers. The design submission process was open for 30 days, generating 1700 downloads in the first two weeks and filling all 40 available slots. Additional designs will be accommodated starting in the next MPW shuttle run which is anticipated in mid-2021. The designs utilize SkyWater's 130 nm open process design kit which has been made publicly available.

The program illustrates the potential of applying open source to all levels of IC design to improve access to resources such as design tools, IP, and foundry process design kits (PDKs) that can be shared by a larger pool of individuals with specialized skill sets. To enable wider engagement from the community, Efabless has developed Caravel, a carrier RISC-V based System on Chip that includes all the housekeeping functions that support users' designs and acts as a standard test harness. This further reduces barriers to design, prototyping and verification. Every project owner will receive four development boards with their design plus additional parts for other uses.

Google is doing FREE 130nm fab runs : synthdiy

Google Partners with SkyWater and Efabless to Enable Open Source Manufacturing of Custom ASICs - Skywater Technology If you wanna make your own open-source chip, just Google it Literally. Web giant says it'll fab them for free The Register Antmicro Open Source Process Design Kit from Google, SkyWater technologies and partners released GitHub - google/skywater-pdk: Open source process design kit for usage with SkyWater Technology Foundry's 130nm node Your Own Open Source ASIC: SkyWater-PDK Plans First 130 Nm Wafer In

2020 | Hackaday Google offers free fabbing for 130nm open-source chips | Hacker News How to Design a New Chip on a Budget - IEEE Spectrum Developing Silicon IP with Open Source Tools Free Chips Produce your own physical chips. For free. In the Open Is Helping Design an Open Source, Ultra-Secure Chip | WIRED

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