The Amp Hour Electronics Podcast

#672 – Silicon Revolution with Matt Venn

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Welcome back, Matt Venn of the Zero to Asic Course and Tiny Tapeout!

(Due to illness and some life stuff happening, my recording setup was crap. Apologies. I also leaned heavily on Matt’s notes, so some of the following links will be out of order. Think of it like an ad hoc scavenger hunt…fun!)

  • Matt was last on the show on episode 616, about 18 months ago
  • Tiny Tapeout has continued, now working on it’s 8th run. the 5th run is shipping soon.
  • Uri Shaked made Wokwi compatible with making chip designs and then compiling them to verilog for later processing by open source tools
  • 12 bit SAR ADC on TT07
  • linux capable riscv
  • Analog ASIC design with digital standard cells!
  • We had previously posted Matt’s review of 2023 and aims for 2024 
  • Siliwiz
  • ASIC inside synchrotron 
  • Touring IHP (Germany) facilities
  • Interview with Nordic Semi designer
  • People are building analog structures on Tiny Tapeout
  • There’s a new course on Zero to Asic that will be about Analog (sign up for the waitlist)
  • There are some new tools being developed
    • surfer  – browser based waveform
    • moosic – logic locking plugin for yosys
    • eqy – formal equivalence checking
    • Matt will be doing a TT workshop at supercon 2024
    • TT08 will have a demoscene competition – VGA and sound output – what’s the coolest thing you can fit in 1 tile? You have until Sept 6th 2024 to submit!
    • Not discussed, but on the list and interesting!
      • Silicon Supply Chains with Ed Conway
      • An early analog design (temp sensor) on TT03
      • Get TT quality stickers
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