SSCS April Technical Webinar

SSCS April Technical Webinar

Getting Started with Open Source Silicon, Presented By: Matthew Venn

Abstract: In this presentation, Matt Venn will share his experience of getting started with chip design using the free and open source tools. Going from zero to 20 chips in 3 years, there are plenty of successes and failures to share. Matt will then move on to sharing the best resources, inspirational example projects, and showcase some of his own tools. The presentation will finish with a demonstration showing just how easy and cheap it is to get your own chip manufactured today.

Biography: Matt Venn is a science & technology communicator and electronic engineer. He has been involved with open source silicon for the last 3 years and has sent 20 chips for manufacture. He has helped over 600 people learn the tools, with 300 people taking part in manufacturable designs:

• https://zerotoasiccourse.com/
• https://tinytapeout.com

Date: 2024-04-19 Time: 11 AM ET

Location Webinar - Online

Contact Aeisha VanBuskirk – a.vanbuskirk@ieee.org

Register Here

[Open PDK] IEEE EDS DL at IISc Banglare

IEEE EDS/SSCS Bangalore Chapter Presents DL Series

FOSS TCAD/EDA Tools SPICE and Verilog-A

Modeling Flow Technology - Devices - Applications

W.Grabinski, MOS-AK (EU)

DATE AND TIME	LOCATION	HOSTS
Date: 07 Mar 2024 Time: 04:00 PM to 05:00 PM All times are (UTC+05:30) Chennai Add Event to Calendar iCal Google Calendar	Auditorium, Dept. of ESE, IISc Bangalore Karnataka India 560012	Bangalore Section Jt. Chapter ED15/SSC37

[FOSSDEM 2024] Open PDK Initiative

FOSDEM 2024 was a two-day event organized by volunteers to promote the widespread use of free and open source software. Took place at the ULB Solbosch campus in the beautiful city of Brussels (Belgium), FOSDEM is widely recognized as the best FOSS conference in Europe.

There were two DevRooms to discuss the status and further FOSS CAD/EDA IC design tools developments and open PDK initiative:

• Libre-SOC, FPGA and VLSI DevRoom
• Verilog-AMS in Gnucap
• FOSS CAD/EDA tools supporting the open access PDK initiative
• Open Hardware and CAD/CAM DevRoom
• ngspice circuit simulator - stand-alone and embedded into KiCad

FOSDEM'24 Inauguration Session

[IHP Career] Research associate for Open PDK Development

Research associate for Open PDK Development (m/f/d)

Developer for Open Source Process Design Kits for SiGe-BiCMOS technolog

Job-ID: 7064/23 | Department: Technology | Salary: as per tariff TV-L | Working time: 40h/week (part-time work option) | Limitation: initially 2 years with option of extension | Entry Date: as soon as possible

The position:

As a member of the group Research & Prototyping Service you will develop Process Design Kit (PDK) for IHP’s BiCMOS technologies and new future technology modules. Your detailed tasks will include programming (e.g. pcells or run decks for DRC and LVS) for commercial as well as open-source tools for ASIC design environments.

Devices descriptions, user guides and test cases are important aspects of your work, too. Implementation of new devices and investigations into new design tools and flows, this includes adaption of tools, will give this position room interesting development opportunities.

Your profile:

You hold a Master's degree in computer science with strong background in semiconductors, physics or electrical engineering. Knowledge in semiconductor devices and programming are of advantage. Your specialized knowledge preferably covers ASIC design environment like Cadence Virtuoso, Mentor/Siemens/Tanner, KeySight ADS or the open source tools like OpenROAD/OpenLane.

Furthermore, you have skills for programming in scripting languages (e.g. Python, Perl or TCL). You are well organized and always keep the overview even with many parallel projects. Thanks to your skillful communication, you are a binding and reliable contact person for our partners.

You are also a strong team player. We are looking for a team member, who is able to structure his or her own work and to bring a well-organized and systematic way of working into the cooperation with creative minds. You are an ideal match for this position, when you have experimental, analytical and problem-solving skills, very strong communicative skills and the ability to quickly learn how to operate the latest technical equipment including various software. It is necessary that you confidently handle the English language. Knowledge of the German language is welcome.

The consolidating of German language skills is expected and highly encouraged, for example in in-house language courses and intensive courses.

Further Information Online Application Form