chipIgnite and Google Open MPW Resources

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Contents

• Join the community
• Miscellaneous News Articles
• LinkedIn Posts
• Open Source MPW Test SoC - Caravel
• Community designs and tools
  • Repositories targeting Google-funded MPW-ONE
  • Useful Repositories
• Jumpstarter Videos
• Conferences and Workshops
• FOSSi Foundation Dialup Talk Series
• Podcasts
• University Courses and activities

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Miscellaneous News Articles

• Open Source ASICs Take a Giant Leap Forward with the First Ever Open Foundry PDK
• Google Partners with SkyWater and Efabless to Enable Open Source Manufacturing of Custom ASICs
• Open Source MPW Program - Skywater Technology
• Efabless - Open Source MPW Shuttle Program
• Create Free Silicon Chips Courtesy of Google, SkyWater, and Efabless!

Other Articles

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• https://ef.link/yML5f
• https://ef.link/JOlP9
• https://ef.link/SbTsr
• https://ef.link/78ajq
• https://ef.link/VlLNt

LinkedIn Posts

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mkkassem/detail/recent-activity/shares/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-wishart-81480612/detail/recent-activity/shares/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/efabless-com

Open Source MPW Test SoC - Caravel

• Open Source Test Harness - Caravel
• OpenLane - Full Open Source RTL2GDS Compiler
• Open Source Manufacturable 130nm PDK

Community designs and tools

• VLSI System Design IP
• DIYChip.org

Repositories targeting Google-funded MPW-ONE

• https://github.com/mattvenn/caravel-mph
• https://github.com/RAPcores/caravel_rapcores
• https://github.com/thesourcerer8/caravel-stdcelllib-stdcells.git
• https://github.com/0x01be/q-rib.git
• https://github.com/affanabbasi/G_Skywater130nm_1stTO.git
• https://github.com/asinghani/crypto-accelerator-builds
• https://github.com/Bryce-Readyhough/caravel_UNCC_MPW_1
• https://github.com/dan-rodrigues/caravel-vdp-lite.git
• https://github.com/diadatp/caravel_DSP48_DAC.git
• https://github.com/diegohernando/caravel_fulgor_opamp
• https://github.com/lakshmi-sathi/caravel_avsdpll1v8
• https://github.com/elektrotehnika/caravel_linsorter
• https://github.com/fiberhood/MorphleLogic
• https://github.com/hadirkhan10/caravel_ibtida_soc
• https://github.com/hsc-latte/caravel-hs32core.git
• https://github.com/LoesterFranco/caravel-LoesterSoC.git
• https://github.com/mabrains/caravel_analog_rf
• https://github.com/merledu/caravel_Ghazi_SoC
• https://github.com/milovanovic/caravel_spectrometer
• https://github.com/miscellaneousbits/caravel_sha3_256_crypto_miner.git
• https://github.com/nurirfansyah/caravel-ELITS.git
• https://github.com/PyFive-RISC-V/caravel_pyfive
• https://github.com/SweeperAA/caravel_skywater130_decred_miner
• https://github.com/tgingold/caravel_OpenTDC
• https://github.com/ucb-cs250/caravel_fpga250
• https://github.com/yrrapt/caravel_amsat_txrx_ic
• https://github.com/mballance/caravel_fwpayload_dev
• https://github.com/antmicro/caravel_aes
• https://github.com/Manarabdelaty/Caravel-OpenFPGA-EF
• https://github.com/shalan/Caravel_Chameleon_SoC
• https://github.com/shalan/Caravel_N5_SoC
• https://github.com/lnis-uofu/Caravel-SOFA-HD
• https://github.com/lnis-uofu/Caravel-SOFA-CHD.git
• https://github.com/lnis-uofu/Caravel-QLSOFA-HD
• https://github.com/harrisonpham/caravel-softshell.git
• https://github.com/vorixo/caravel_RT-PseudoRNG
• https://github.com/chipsalliance/caravel-swerv-el2
• https://github.com/AlexSUnderwood/caravel_riscv_osu
• https://github.com/antonblanchard/microwatt-caravel/tree/microwatt-20210114
• https://gitlab.com/efabless/designs/caravel_plus
• https://gitlab.com/msaligane/caravel_fasoc

Other Useful Repositories

• https://github.com/shalan/DFFRAM
• https://github.com/tclarke/sky130radio
• https://github.com/mkghub/skywater_fd_pr_tree
• https://github.com/yrrapt/amsat_txrx_ic
• https://github.com/xorbit/sky130-power-blocks/
• https://github.com/westonb/sky130-analog/
• https://github.com/StefanSchippers/xschem_sky130
• https://github.com/laurentc2/SKY130_for_KLayout
• https://github.com/pepijndevos/sky130-experiments
• https://github.com/bluecmd/learn-sky130/
• https://github.com/RTimothyEdwards/open_pdks
• https://github.com/diadatp/sky130_rf_tools
• https://github.com/mabrains/sky130_ubuntu_setup
• https://github.com/lakshmi-sathi/avsdpll_1v8
• https://github.com/mattvenn/multi-project-harness
• https://github.com/thesourcerer8/caravel-stdcelllib-stdcells.git
• https://github.com/mattvenn/multi-project-harness.git
• https://github.com/RAPcores/rapcore_caravel_flow.git
• https://github.com/fiberhood/MorphleLogic.git
• https://github.com/asinghani/pifive-caravel
• https://github.com/dan-rodrigues/caravel-vdp-lite.git
• https://github.com/PyFive-RISC-V/caravel.git
• https://github.com/milovanovic/spectravel.git
• https://github.com/Bryce-Readyhough/UNCC-MPW-Shuttle.git
• https://github.com/vorixo/RT-PseudoRNG
• https://github.com/yrrapt/caravel
• https://github.com/LNIS-Projects/skywater-openfpga
• https://github.com/merledu/Ghazi
• https://github.com/HamzaShabbir517/Analog-ARM
• https://github.com/diegohernando/fulgor-opamp-sky130.git
• https://github.com/diadatp/caravel.git
• https://github.com/hadirkhan10/ibtida-soc.git
• https://github.com/affanabbasi/G_Skywater130nm_1stTO.git
• https://github.com/0x01be/q-rib.git
• https://github.com/mballance/fwpayload.git
• https://github.com/tgingold/OpenTDC.git
• https://github.com/joelsanchezmoreno/caravel_custom_core.git
• https://github.com/SweeperAA/skywater130_decred_miner.git
• https://github.com/harrisonpham/caravel-softshell.git
• https://github.com/LoesterFranco/caravel-LoesterSoC.git
• https://github.com/galv/caravel.git

Jumpstarter Videos

1. Open MPW Submission and Caravel Walk-thru -- video
2. Caravel User Project Features -- video
3. Aboard Caravel -- video
4. Things to Clarify About Caravel -- video

Conferences and Workshops

• ICCAD 2020- NOV 2-5
• WOSET - Open Source EDA
• VLSI SoC Conference 2020

FOSSi Foundation Dialup Talk Series

Free and Open Source Silicon and EDA tools

Fully open source manufacturable PDK for a 130nm process

Tim Ansell - Google - Kick-off Presentation of Open Source Foundry
Video: https://youtu.be/EczW2IWdnOM
Slides: https://ef.link/5sB6b (GDOC)

The striVe RISC-V SoC Family on SkyWater 130nm Apache 2.0-Licensed Software to Silicon

Mohamed Kassem - efabless
Video: https://youtu.be/HvWveK2fZt0
Slides: https://ef.link/fossi-pptx (PPTX)
Slides: https://ef.link/fossi-pdf (PDF)

Mohamed Shalan - efabless’ Presentation

OpenLane, A Digital ASIC Flow for SkyWater 130nm Open PDK
Video: https://youtu.be/Vhyv0eq_mLU
Slides: https://ef.link/cygME (PDF)

James Stine - OSU Presentation

Designing new 130nm cells for SkyWater 130nm
Video: https://youtu.be/Svus4uQ_CAA
Slides: https://ef.link/uUArY

Matt Guthaus - UCSC Presentation

OpenRAM on SkyWater 130nm
Video: https://youtu.be/9Lw83kFtnc4
Slides: https://ef.link/edstV

Podcasts

The Amp Hour Podcast

Fabless Chip Design with Mohamed Kassem
Podcast: https://ef.link/amp-hour

University Courses and Activities

• American University in Cairo - CSCE337 - Digital Design II
  https://ef.link/fTbNC
• UC Berkeley - OpenLANE Lab - CS 250 Fall 2020
  https://inst.eecs.berkeley.edu/~cs250/fa20/
  https://inst.eecs.berkeley.edu/~cs250/fa20/labs/lab1/