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ORConf 2024

ORConf 2024

Our 10th ORConf! The FOSSi Foundation is proud to announce the 10th installment of ORConf, a conference dedicated to free and open source silicon to be held over the weekend of Friday September 13 to… 

Open-source 2024

Open-source silicon and EDA workshop 2024

The chip design ecosystem in Europe is challenged by expensive development tools, legal constraints, lock-in threats and dependency on external supply chains. Open-source Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools and open-source silicon chips are emerging as… 

WOSET 2024

Workshop on Open Source EDA Technologies (WOSET)

Virtual! No registration fee! The WOSET workshop aims to galvanize the open-source EDA movement. The workshop will bring together EDA researchers who are committed to open-source principles to share their experiences and coordinate efforts towards… 

Open-source EDA ecosystem

Introduction to the Open-source EDA Ecosystem

Open-source hardware in the European Chips Act Matthew Xuereb, European Commission Free and open-source semiconductor ecosystem Luca Alloatti, Free Silicon Foundation ETS Open-source EDA software and semiconductor design Jean-Paul Chaput, Sorbonne University, Coriolis Foundation European… 

Latch-Up 2024

Latch-Up 2024: Boston

Friday to Sunday April 19–21, 2024 in Boston, MA, USA The Latch-Up conference is a weekend of presentations and networking dedicated to free and open source silicon. It’s an event for the open source digital… 

ORConf 2023

ORConf 2023

FOSSi Foundation are pleased to announce ORConf 2023 will be taking place in beautiful Munich, Germany on September, 15th to 17th, 2023. It will start Friday morning and Sunday is currently reserved for tutorials and… 

efabless, April 13, 2023

Analog Layout with Thomas Parry and Tim Edwards

In this webinar we will take the comparator circuit from last time and look at how to do the layout with the 2 most used open source layout tools. We will send the link to… 

OpenROAD, April 15, 2023

ASIC Design Using OpenROAD

Join us for a free, half-day workshop on the key concepts of an ASIC design physical implementation flow using OpenROAD.  OpenROAD delivers a fast, barrier-free, and low-cost RTL-to-GDS, no-human-in-loop flow for design above 12nm and is one of… 

FSiC 2023

Free Silicon Conference – FSiC2023

The 2023 Free Silicon Conference (FSiC) will take place in Paris (Sorbonne) on July 10,11,12 2023 (Monday to Wednesday). This event will build on top of the past FSiC2019 and FSiC2022 editions. The conference will connect experts and enthusiasts who want… 

OSDA 2023

3rd Workshop on Open-Source Design Automation

Call for papers There is no doubt that proprietary EDA tools are successful, mature, and fundamental for hardware development. However, the “walled garden” approach created by closed-source tool flows can hamper novel FPGA/ASIC-based applications and…