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Paper 2: PNR for digital core IC to pads using Cloud based eda tool

A simple chip frequency divider but most prominently used in counter modules of a microproceesor or as standalone IC can be completely designed from Verilog code to layout . A complete chip with IO pins and labels on it can be designed with help of efabless cloud based eda tool just like a commercial IC. There are two toolbox in efabless one is CloudV for Verilog or c code & other is Open Galaxy for backend design for designing commercial like IC with zero cost involved & same can be given to Semiconductor foundries for mass production. From Preparation , synthesis to DRC cleanup using Q flow manager a Core part of IC can be obtained with log files of each stage used in this process. A innovative feature of interactive DRC under Magic tool enables the designer to rectify DRC violations on the spot. Moreover, ESD protection is also available under Opengalaxy tool for use of chip in electrosensitive applications.

VSDOpen 2018 Keynote 3: Applying Open community Innovation to hardware Product creation

Mohamed Kassem is the CTO and Co-Founder of efabless.com, the first semiconductor company applying open community innovation to all aspects of product development. Prior to launching efablesshe […]

Paper 1: Padframe Generator for Qflow

An opensource padframe generator was developed on the efabless platform for usage with the Open-Source Qflow Digital Synthesis Flow, for digital logic chips in the X-FAB XH018, 180nm process.

VSDOpen 2018 Keynote 1 : A New Golden Age for Computer Architecture: History, Challenges, and Opportunities

A New Golden Age for Computer Architecture: History, Challenges, and Opportunities, David Patterson, UC Berkeley and Google, October 26, 2018Full Turing Lecture: https://www.acm.org/hennessy-patterson-turing-lecture

IITM Student Registration

Welcome to first ever online semiconductor technology conference with prime focus to build SoC using RISC-V CPU using Open-source EDA tool on 27th October 2018, 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM
(https://www.vlsisystemdesign.com/vsdopen2018-2/)

Free registration for IITM Participants:
Online viewing Zoom link will be send 12 hours in advance.
Alternatively, IITM view point: A.M. Turing Hall (BSB 361)

Please register using the form below, its on first come first serve basis.
Contact us at 8548037643 or [email protected]

SiFive RISCV Symposium Day 2 – Bangalore, the land of AI/ML

AI and machine learning (branch of AI) needs deep neural networks, which in turn requires high-performance computing. SiFive and RISC-V organization were happy to announce a solution, tailored to this requirement to AI/ML start-ups in Bangalore on 23rd August

SiFive RISCV Symposium Day 1 – Blockbuster opening at Hyderabad

The tech symposium started with Krste’s talk on “History of RISC-V Ecosystem around the world”. The talk started from very basic topic like “Why Instruction Set Architecture Matters?” and ended on a very important note on the need of a FREE ISA. He also provided ideas on how chip design factories can become company like Instagram, which exactly is everybody’s vision of abstracting details, and take advantage of existing online infrastructure

RISC-V enters India and VSD personally invite you…

We would like to invite you to attend one of the SiFive & Open-Silicon Tech Symposiums taking place at six different locations throughout India in August. See map in below image for exact locations and date of events.

I would be presenting a very important tutorial, which closely connects open-source ISA implementation to open-source EDA tools – “How to design complex RISC-V SoC with open-source EDA tools and time to productize design ideas?”

From concept to algorithm – RISC-V floating point addition

First thing which comes in the title is “concept”, which is the simple one. It says, if I want to add 2 floating-point numbers, I simply add them. Second, “algorithm” is the details for a computer, how it will add 2 floating-point numbers.Third, which is “RISC-V”, which deals with binary numbers, describes how can you use same concept and algorithm to do a “binary floating-point addition”

Opensource hierarchical physical design update on RISC-V SoC

Few months back, I had posted the below floorplan of picoSoC, which is a simple (yet powerful) example of SoC using picoRV32, which can run code directly from SPI flash chip and can be used as a turn-key solution for trivial tasks in ASIC and FPGA designs