May be the particular forum (english version) is inactive for now, but these guys published theit photos of process at habrhabr.ru a 2-3 months ago.
Intersting thing is that they consider Electric as most appropriate tool! Yet they seem nave have any connections to our community :( Can't locate habrhabr URL-s right now, but only rpossts on Belorussian portals https://3.14.by/ru/read/making-microchips-at-home https://geektimes.ru/post/258062/ On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 9:36 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > [email protected] > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email#!forum/electricvlsi/topics> > Google > Groups > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email/#!overview> > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email/#!overview> > Topic digest > View all topics > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email#!forum/electricvlsi/topics> > > - Digest for [email protected] - 3 updates in 1 topic > <#m_-3925038471406340173_group_thread_0> - 2 Updates > - Fully open source SoC <#m_-3925038471406340173_group_thread_1> - 2 > Updates > > Digest for [email protected] - 3 updates in 1 topic > <http://groups.google.com/group/electricvlsi/t/8328a0ba1254ad06?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > Alexandre Rusev <[email protected]>: May 16 07:11PM +0300 > > May be some university may be interested in supporting this project? > I know a few guys ehusiasts of this idea! > > > English forum: > https://3.14.by/forum/viewforum.php?f=11 > > URL-s (in Russian) > https://3.14.by/ru/read/making-microchips-at-home > https://geektimes.ru/post/258062/ > > Their title "Делаем микросхемы дома" means "Making chips at home"I am > looking onto FreePDK45 and NanGate cells for FreePDK support in Electric, > still no big success > > Anyone in this forum can contact NanGate for research lisence and request > cell library download. > (I did that a week ago and now I have their sample cell library) > > I notified them on our potential interest to add support for FreePDK in > Electric along, possibly with their cell library. > > > > > > Travis Ayres <[email protected]>: May 16 10:17AM -0700 > > It looks like that forum is dead - no activity for many years. > > Back to top <#m_-3925038471406340173_digest_top> > Fully open source SoC > <http://groups.google.com/group/electricvlsi/t/56b11324395373c4?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > "Maurício Carvalho" <[email protected]>: May 16 09:41AM +0100 > > Thank you Travis and Patryk! > > I have a few remarks though: > > 1) The idea is to set up open source hardware and tools for ASIC design > (Digital and Analog) to reduce as many NDAs as I can. The idea behind this > to make ASIC design freely available to whoever wants to develop their own > design. Last year I was an ASIC design instructor linked to an University > in the south of Brazil. I taught DFT and test to engineers, but focusing on > "piloting" EDA tools and the ASIC design flow. I was also involved in some > designs linked to research. The course is fabulous and it teaches ASIC > design thoroughly that one would not learn in regular university courses > unless they have worked in the industry on a real design. However, before > attending this 2-year hands-on specialized course, our students needed to > sign EDA/CAD NDA contracts committing to not use it on any commercial > activity, as well as to keep every material and scripts they produced > secret to themselves or to whoever is involved. In addition, you'd often > see many students with entrepreneur skills keen on developing their own > ASIC projects (after studying viability to market and design feasibility) > but they'd need to pay EDA licenses which are very costly. On the > fabrication part, there are several multiuser projects out there that they > can use, specially if this open source platform is finely tuned for a > target Foundry. > > 2) I have designed a few CPU cores for academic research as well as worked > on a few commercial CPU cores. I have also used the openrisc1200 and I > admire it, but I would really like to develop my own CPU with a free ISA > based on the RISCV. (This part is personal). However, any case study CPU > would be fine, in order to set up the open source ASIC platform (kind of > like Fedora had once, namely FEL) but I would also add free to use scripts, > IDEs and everything needed so that one can actually produce a professional > sign-off and send it to the target Foundry. > > 3) I have no intention to manufacture it in a garage, but could be a future > challenge, probably with the help of others (if that's even possible). > > > Please feel free to add as many problems I may find and probable solutions! > > Kind regards, > Mauricio De Carvalho > > > Travis Ayres <[email protected]>: May 16 09:00AM -0700 > > Minimal NDA probably exists already - RISCV code, that's as close as you > could get without starting to sign NDAs, unless you target an ancient > process, even then it won't necessarily be prodicible. > > I think getting a handful of people together and targeting an ancient node > would be fun, but I'd aim for something even simpler than RISCV. > > Back to top <#m_-3925038471406340173_digest_top> > You received this digest because you're subscribed to updates for this > group. 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