From luke.leighton at gmail.com Wed Dec 1 16:24:05 2021 From: luke.leighton at gmail.com (lkcl) Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2021 15:24:05 +0000 Subject: [Libre-silicon-devel] [FOSDEM] [CfP] Libre/Open VLSI and FPGA devroom In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: # Call for Papers This is a new devroom dedicated to Libre/Open VLSI, aka "Nanoscale 3D Printing". It is a specialisation of the CAD/CAM / Open Hardware devroom. Libre/Open VLSI, very excitingly, has begun to take off, recently. NLnet sponsors several VLSI-related projects (Cell Libraries, HDL, VLSI tools), Google sponsors Skywater 130nm MPWs. Please distribute widely to interested parties: anything related to VLSI and Open Tape-outs is welcome. ### What is FOSDEM? _**FOSDEM is a free event for software developers to meet, share ideas and collaborate.** Every year, thousands of developers of free and open source software from all over the world gather at the event in Brussels. ... FOSDEM 2022 will take place on Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 February 2022. It will be an online event._ ### Important stuff: - FOSDEM is free to attend. There is no registration. - [FOSDEM website](https://fosdem.org/) - [FOSDEM code of conduct](https://fosdem.org/2022/practical/conduct/) - [FOSDEM Schedule](https://fosdem.org/2022/schedule/) ### Desirable topics: This devroom welcomes anything related to the topic of nanoscale 3D printing - more commonly known as "VLSI ASIC design". If you are making an ASIC, or designing one, or using FPGAs, or developing an FPGA Board, or developing tools and techniques that make VLSI ASIC design easier, we'd love to hear from you. Here's a list of topics: - Open Hardware projects - VLSI ASIC Design and Manufacture * Libre/Open DIY Foundries (nanoscale 3D printing) * Libre/Open VLSI tools and toolflow * Libre/Open VLSI Cell Libraries * VLSI Simulation and Verification - VLSI Tools in use or in development * Silicon-proven (QFlow, coriolis2, OpenLANE) * Under development (LibreEDA, other) * Advances in Algorithmics in Place and Route and Layout - FPGAs * Libre/Open FPGA designs * FPGA toolchains and Reverse-Engineering * FPGA workflow - VLSI RTL and HDL * Advanced and innovative alternative HDL tools * Formal Correctness Proofs * Testing methodologies * Hardware Trust (and how to break it) - Software Engineering as applied to Hardware * Continuous Integration for VLSI * Automated tool development (RTL to GDS-II) * Automated testing ### Topic overlap There is quite a lot of overlap this year with: * [CAD devroom]( https://fosdem.org/2022/schedule/track/open_source_computer_aided_modeling_and_design/), * [Emulator devroom](https://fosdem.org/2022/schedule/track/emulator_development/) * [Retro room](https://fosdem.org/2022/schedule/track/retrocomputing/) It is entirely up to you as a speaker which devroom you choose: the main reason for a new VLSI devroom this year is because it is a rapidly expanding area formerly entirely NDA'd. ### How to submit your proposal To submit a talk, please visit the [FOSDEM 2022 Pentabarf website](https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM22) (the mystery of whether pentabarf means barfing in 5 directions or in 5 colors has not been solved yet). Create an **event** and click on **Show all** in the top right corner to display the full form. Make sure you choose the right devroom in the track drop-down menu (so that we see it rather than another devroom's organisers) ### What should be in your submission - name - short bio - contact info - title (funny titles are ~~required~~/appreciated) - abstract (what you're going talk about) - duration ### Things to be aware of * The reference time will be Brussels local lime (CET) * Talks have to be pre-recorded in advance between the first two weeks of January, and will be streamed during the event. * Q/A session will be taken live, just after each recorded talk. As such, please make sure that you will be online and available on the day of the event. * A facility will be provided for people watching to chat between themselves. * A facility will be provided for people watching to submit questions. ### Important Dates - **December 28th: submission deadline** - FAQ - is the submission deadline final? - Technically speaking, you can submit talks till pentabarf closes, which should be somewhere in January - However, talks submitted before the 29th get a higher precedence - ASAP: announcement selected talks - January: speakers are contacted to upload pre-record sessions - February 6th: FOSDEM! (with live Q&A during recorded talks) ### Contact us - [Luke Leighton](mailto:lkcl at lkcl.net) - [Christophe PFaab](mailto:pfaab at uni-bremen.de) - "lkcl" or "mwfc" on #fosdem Libera.Chat IRC From hsank at posteo.de Fri Dec 3 19:15:04 2021 From: hsank at posteo.de (Hagen SANKOWSKI) Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2021 18:15:04 +0000 Subject: [Libre-silicon-devel] Announcement - Mumble session on Sunday 2021-12-05 @ 18:00 UTC Message-ID: Hello List! This is our weekly announcement for the next Mumble Sessions on Sunday 2021-12-05 @ 18:00 UTC. Please join us as usual at our Mumble Server murmur.libresilicon.com at Port 64738, the Channel is IC. We like to follow-up our topics from mumble sessions before. Regards, Hagen. From leviathan at libresilicon.com Sat Dec 4 01:51:05 2021 From: leviathan at libresilicon.com (David =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Lanzend=F6rfer?=) Date: Sat, 04 Dec 2021 00:51:05 +0000 Subject: [Libre-silicon-devel] [FOSDEM] [CfP] Libre/Open VLSI and FPGA devroom In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <2793600.DtKWthrOIP@harvey> Hi So I assume it's online this year? Because as far as I understood, I'd be denied entrance to Brussels if I'd refused to disclose my private medical information, when I want to travel there. I do not like to share my medical status, and I refuse to travel into a country, which demands my private medical information when entering. Which means no, I won't tell you about my medical status either. If anyone now wants to assume I'd be anti-this, denyer-that, I'd suggest to take a deep breath, hold for a moment, and think very hard, whether a privacy focused conference is the right place for you :-) Cheers -lev On Wednesday, December 1, 2021 3:24:05 PM WET lkcl wrote: > # Call for Papers > > This is a new devroom dedicated to Libre/Open VLSI, aka "Nanoscale 3D > Printing". It is a specialisation of the CAD/CAM / Open Hardware devroom. > Libre/Open VLSI, very excitingly, has begun to take off, recently. > NLnet sponsors several VLSI-related projects (Cell Libraries, HDL, VLSI > tools), Google sponsors Skywater 130nm MPWs. > > Please distribute widely to interested parties: anything related to > VLSI and Open Tape-outs is welcome. > > ### What is FOSDEM? > > _**FOSDEM is a free event for software developers to meet, share ideas > and collaborate.** > Every year, thousands of developers of free and open source software > from all over the world gather at the event in Brussels. > ... > FOSDEM 2022 will take place on Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 February 2022. > It will be an online event._ > > ### Important stuff: > > - FOSDEM is free to attend. There is no registration. > - [FOSDEM website](https://fosdem.org/) > - [FOSDEM code of conduct](https://fosdem.org/2022/practical/conduct/) > - [FOSDEM Schedule](https://fosdem.org/2022/schedule/) > > ### Desirable topics: > > This devroom welcomes anything related to the topic of nanoscale > 3D printing - more commonly known as "VLSI ASIC design". If you > are making an ASIC, or designing one, or using FPGAs, or developing > an FPGA Board, or developing tools and techniques that make VLSI ASIC > design easier, we'd love to hear from you. Here's a list of topics: > > - Open Hardware projects > - VLSI ASIC Design and Manufacture > * Libre/Open DIY Foundries (nanoscale 3D printing) > * Libre/Open VLSI tools and toolflow > * Libre/Open VLSI Cell Libraries > * VLSI Simulation and Verification > - VLSI Tools in use or in development > * Silicon-proven (QFlow, coriolis2, OpenLANE) > * Under development (LibreEDA, other) > * Advances in Algorithmics in Place and Route and Layout > - FPGAs > * Libre/Open FPGA designs > * FPGA toolchains and Reverse-Engineering > * FPGA workflow > - VLSI RTL and HDL > * Advanced and innovative alternative HDL tools > * Formal Correctness Proofs > * Testing methodologies > * Hardware Trust (and how to break it) > - Software Engineering as applied to Hardware > * Continuous Integration for VLSI > * Automated tool development (RTL to GDS-II) > * Automated testing > > ### Topic overlap > > There is quite a lot of overlap this year with: > > * [CAD devroom]( > https://fosdem.org/2022/schedule/track/open_source_computer_aided_modeling_a > nd_design/), * [Emulator > devroom](https://fosdem.org/2022/schedule/track/emulator_development/) * > [Retro room](https://fosdem.org/2022/schedule/track/retrocomputing/) > > It is entirely up to you as a speaker which devroom you choose: the > main reason for a new VLSI devroom this year is because it is a rapidly > expanding area formerly entirely NDA'd. > > ### How to submit your proposal > > To submit a talk, please visit the [FOSDEM 2022 Pentabarf > website](https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM22) (the mystery of > whether pentabarf means barfing in 5 directions or in 5 colors has not > been solved yet). > > Create an **event** and click on **Show all** in the top right corner > to display the full form. Make sure you choose the right devroom > in the track drop-down menu (so that we see it rather than another > devroom's organisers) > > ### What should be in your submission > > - name > - short bio > - contact info > - title (funny titles are ~~required~~/appreciated) > - abstract (what you're going talk about) > - duration > > ### Things to be aware of > > * The reference time will be Brussels local lime (CET) > > * Talks have to be pre-recorded in advance between the first two weeks > of January, and will be streamed during the event. > * Q/A session will be taken live, just after each recorded talk. As > such, please make sure that you will be online and available on the > day of the event. > * A facility will be provided for people watching to chat between > themselves. > * A facility will be provided for people watching to submit questions. > > ### Important Dates > > - **December 28th: submission deadline** > - FAQ - is the submission deadline final? > - Technically speaking, you can submit talks till pentabarf > closes, which should be somewhere in January > - However, talks submitted before the 29th get a higher precedence > - ASAP: announcement selected talks > - January: speakers are contacted to upload pre-record sessions > - February 6th: FOSDEM! (with live Q&A during recorded talks) > > ### Contact us > > - [Luke Leighton](mailto:lkcl at lkcl.net) > - [Christophe PFaab](mailto:pfaab at uni-bremen.de) > - "lkcl" or "mwfc" on #fosdem Libera.Chat IRC > _______________________________________________ > Libresilicon-developers mailing list > Libresilicon-developers at list.libresilicon.com > https://list.libresilicon.com/mailman/listinfo/libresilicon-developers From luke.leighton at gmail.com Sat Dec 4 02:13:50 2021 From: luke.leighton at gmail.com (lkcl) Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2021 01:13:50 +0000 Subject: [Libre-silicon-devel] [FOSDEM] [CfP] Libre/Open VLSI and FPGA devroom In-Reply-To: <2793600.DtKWthrOIP@harvey> References: <2793600.DtKWthrOIP@harvey> Message-ID: On Sat, Dec 4, 2021 at 12:51 AM David Lanzend?rfer wrote: > Hi > So I assume it's online this year? yes. > to take a deep breath, hold for a moment, and think very hard, whether > a privacy focused conference is the right place for you :-) i'm sure that history will relate that this took a while for the significance to sink in. in the meantime - luckily - FOSDEM is entirely online. l. From hsank at posteo.de Fri Dec 10 19:31:45 2021 From: hsank at posteo.de (Hagen SANKOWSKI) Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2021 18:31:45 +0000 Subject: [Libre-silicon-devel] Announcement - Mumble session on Sunday 2021-12-12 @ 18:00 UTC Message-ID: <1abee0a7-53d4-9b1b-365c-fff349acbeba@posteo.de> Hello List! This is our weekly announcement for the next Mumble Sessions on Sunday 2021-12-12 @ 18:00 UTC. Please join us as usual at our Mumble Server murmur.libresilicon.com at Port 64738, the Channel is IC. We like to follow-up our topics from mumble sessions before. Regards, Hagen. From hsank at posteo.de Fri Dec 17 20:48:29 2021 From: hsank at posteo.de (Hagen SANKOWSKI) Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2021 19:48:29 +0000 Subject: [Libre-silicon-devel] Announcement - last Mumble session this year Message-ID: Hello List! This is our weekly announcement for the last Mumble Sessions this year on Sunday 2021-12-19 @ 18:00 UTC. Please join us as usual at our Mumble Server murmur.libresilicon.com at Port 64738, the Channel is IC. We like to look ahead into year 2022. Regards, Hagen. From luke.leighton at gmail.com Wed Dec 29 20:58:48 2021 From: luke.leighton at gmail.com (lkcl) Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2021 19:58:48 +0000 Subject: [Libre-silicon-devel] [FOSDEM] [CfP] Libre/Open VLSI and FPGA devroom In-Reply-To: References: <2793600.DtKWthrOIP@harvey> Message-ID: folks, thank you to the people who have submitted talks already for the (completely new, experimental) VLSI / FPGA devroom, there are three so far and another three that i know of which are promised: although small at this point i'd say it warrants keeping its own devroom rather than merging with the CAD one? whatever the decision please do submit your abstracts! https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM22 it would be nice to have a finalised schedule, it makes the organisers task easier, and everyone is volunteers. l. From leviathan at libresilicon.com Wed Dec 29 21:10:48 2021 From: leviathan at libresilicon.com (David =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Lanzend=F6rfer?=) Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2021 20:10:48 +0000 Subject: [Libre-silicon-devel] [FOSDEM] [CfP] Libre/Open VLSI and FPGA devroom In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <9126399.MVMoA8OBGM@harvey> There we go :-) https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM22/event/13037 I'll probably need an hour, but damn, I already hear myself cursing during cutting of the video -_- Cheers -lev On Wednesday, December 29, 2021 7:58:48 PM WET lkcl wrote: > folks, thank you to the people who have submitted talks already for the > (completely new, experimental) VLSI / FPGA devroom, there are three so far > and another three that i know of which are promised: although small at > this point i'd say it warrants keeping its own devroom rather than merging > with the CAD one? > > whatever the decision please do submit your abstracts! > https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM22 > > it would be nice to have a finalised schedule, it makes the organisers > task easier, and everyone is volunteers. > > l. -- (\__/) (='.'=) This is Ninja Bunny. (")_(") Copy and paste Bunny into your signature to help him gain world domination From luke.leighton at gmail.com Wed Dec 29 21:21:51 2021 From: luke.leighton at gmail.com (lkcl) Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2021 20:21:51 +0000 Subject: [Libre-silicon-devel] [FOSDEM] [CfP] Libre/Open VLSI and FPGA devroom In-Reply-To: <9126399.MVMoA8OBGM@harvey> References: <9126399.MVMoA8OBGM@harvey> Message-ID: On Wed, Dec 29, 2021 at 8:10 PM David Lanzend?rfer wrote: > > There we go :-) > https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM22/event/13037 star. > I'll probably need an hour, but damn, I already hear myself cursing during > cutting of the video -_- there's probably a limit set by FOSDEM, max 1hr talk, i'm not sure but hey, i have some ffmpeg commands which you can speed up audio and video, and still stay sync'd - it does have the disadvantage that if you naturally speak fast anyway, people can barely keep up :) > Cheers > -lev From leviathan at libresilicon.com Wed Dec 29 21:24:49 2021 From: leviathan at libresilicon.com (David =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Lanzend=F6rfer?=) Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2021 20:24:49 +0000 Subject: [Libre-silicon-devel] [FOSDEM] [CfP] Libre/Open VLSI and FPGA devroom In-Reply-To: References: <9126399.MVMoA8OBGM@harvey> Message-ID: <3118389.ZVSBCSuB3g@harvey> Hi > > I'll probably need an hour, but damn, I already hear myself cursing during > > cutting of the video -_- > there's probably a limit set by FOSDEM, max 1hr talk, i'm not sure > but hey, i have some ffmpeg commands which you can speed up audio > and video, and still stay sync'd - it does have the disadvantage > that if you naturally speak fast anyway, people can barely keep up :) My natural speech is already very fast and contains a lot of complex concepts, and people naturally already have trouble following. I don't think speeding up the speed of my voice will be helpful :-) Cheers -lev From ludwig.jaffe_gmail at openhardware.de Wed Dec 29 22:50:06 2021 From: ludwig.jaffe_gmail at openhardware.de (Ludwig Jaffe) Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2021 22:50:06 +0100 Subject: [Libre-silicon-devel] [FOSDEM] [CfP] Libre/Open VLSI and FPGA devroom In-Reply-To: <3118389.ZVSBCSuB3g@harvey> References: <9126399.MVMoA8OBGM@harvey> <3118389.ZVSBCSuB3g@harvey> Message-ID: <3C3879E8-AB06-4F58-93DE-D66A8F87A8AD@openhardware.de> Yes folks buy this insurance (speed x2.3) the terms and conditions apply snd you will loose miney as this can not be condidered an investment (speed x0.8) you should rake the limited offers. This way it will be a funny talk Or just use speed as "compression" algo yn announce that you need to set vlc to 0.4 speed for playback (resamplung srtefacts, mhh) Funny idea, cheers Luja On December 29, 2021 9:24:49 PM GMT+01:00, "David Lanzend?rfer" wrote: >Hi >> > I'll probably need an hour, but damn, I already hear myself cursing during >> > cutting of the video -_- >> there's probably a limit set by FOSDEM, max 1hr talk, i'm not sure >> but hey, i have some ffmpeg commands which you can speed up audio >> and video, and still stay sync'd - it does have the disadvantage >> that if you naturally speak fast anyway, people can barely keep up :) >My natural speech is already very fast and contains a lot of complex concepts, >and people naturally already have trouble following. >I don't think speeding up the speed of my voice will be helpful :-) > >Cheers >-lev > >_______________________________________________ >Libresilicon-developers mailing list >Libresilicon-developers at list.libresilicon.com >https://list.libresilicon.com/mailman/listinfo/libresilicon-developers -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. 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