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