conferences/fosdem2022.mdwn

   1 # FOSDEM 2022
   2
   3 * Schedule:
   4 <https://fosdem.org/2022/schedule/track/libre_open_vlsi_and_fpga/>
   5 * notes to devroom organisers:
   6 <https://fosdem.org/2022/manuals/program/devroom/>
   7 * fosdem video overview: <https://upload.video.fosdem.org/overview>
   8 * reviewers: <https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM22/events>
   9 * Libre-SOC Project with video <https://fosdem.org/2022/schedule/event/libresocproject/>
  10 * Coriolis2 <https://fosdem.org/2022/schedule/event/coriolis2/>
  11
  12 # Libre/Open VLSI and FPGA Hardware, Simulation and Verification Dev Room
  13
  14 ## Devroom Proposal
  15
  16 <https://submission.fosdem.org/submission/devroom>
  17
  18 Title: **Libre/Open VLSI and FPGA Hardware, Simulation and Verification Dev Room**
  19
  20 **Updated** Elaborate description (including possible topics)
  21
  22 - Open Hardware projects
  23 - VLSI ASIC Design and Manufacture
  24   * Libre/Open DIY Foundries (nanoscale 3D printing)
  25   * Libre/Open VLSI tools and toolflow
  26   * Libre/Open VLSI Cell Libraries
  27   * VLSI Simulation and Verification
  28 - FPGAs
  29   * Libre/Open FPGA designs
  30   * FPGA toolchains and Reverse-Engineering
  31   * FPGA workflow
  32 - VLSI RTL and HDL
  33   * Advanced and innovative alternative HDL tools
  34   * Formal Correctness Proofs
  35   * Testing methodologies
  36   * Hardware Trust (and how to break it)
  37 - Software Engineering as applied to Hardware
  38   * Continuous Integration for VLSI
  39   * Automated tool development (RTL to GDS-II)
  40   * Automated testing
  41
  42 Why does it fit FOSDEM
  43
  44 There has been a lot of progress happening in the last few years regarding
  45 libre/free chip technology. From RISC-V and OpenPOWER to attempts to create
  46 libre/free processes to make your own chips. Various countries have been
  47 catching up and helping and building up their semiconductorr industries,
  48 some even pushing libre/free toolchains. E.g. EU sponsors various projects
  49 to work in this field to create open toolchains.
  50
  51 Meanwhile others push the boundaries to liberate former closed source toolchains for FPGAs. While an often neglected topic, a lot of work happens by various fantastic players all around the world. We hope to bring some attention to these areas which we basicly all too often take as a given when
  52 using computers or electronics.
  53 We therefore hope to give Open Hardware and their respective toolchains a
  54 small platform, all the way from silicon to PCB.
  55
  56 Note to organisers: we don't mind merging with another devroom (then
  57 helping out), as long as the words "Libre/Open Hardware" are included in
  58 the devroom title, and the VLSI and FPGA topics are included.  NLnet
  59 now sponsors dozens of hardware projects alone, and the google skywater
  60 130nm project with e-fabless has produced a massive new innovative
  61 community that simply did not exist last year.  We are also happy for
  62 other (smaller) devrooms to merge with this one.
  63
  64 Preferred slot: Full Day
  65
  66 # Call for Papers<a name="cfp" />
  67
  68 This is a new devroom dedicated to Libre/Open VLSI, aka "Nanoscale 3D
  69 Printing".
  70
  71 ### What is FOSDEM?
  72
  73 ~~Stolen~~/Borrowed from the website:
  74
  75 _**FOSDEM is a free event for software developers to meet, share ideas and collaborate.**
  76 Every year, thousands of developers of free and open source software from all over the world gather at the event in Brussels.
  77 ...
  78 FOSDEM 2022 will take place on Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 February 2022. It will be an online event._
  79
  80 ### Important stuff:
  81 - FOSDEM is free to attend. There is no registration.
  82 - [FOSDEM website](https://fosdem.org/)
  83 - [FOSDEM code of conduct](https://fosdem.org/2022/practical/conduct/)
  84 - [FOSDEM Schedule](https://fosdem.org/2022/schedule/)
  85
  86 ### Desirable topics:
  87
  88 This devroom welcomes anything related to the topic of nanoscale
  89 3D printing - more commonly known as "VLSI ASIC design".  If you
  90 are making an ASIC, or designing one, or using FPGAs, or developing
  91 an FPGA Board, or developing tools and techniques that make VLSI ASIC
  92 design easier, we'd love to hear from you.  Here's a list of topics:
  93
  94 - Open Hardware projects
  95 - VLSI ASIC Design and Manufacture
  96   * Libre/Open DIY Foundries (nanoscale 3D printing)
  97   * Libre/Open VLSI tools and toolflow
  98   * Libre/Open VLSI Cell Libraries
  99   * VLSI Simulation and Verification
 100 - VLSI Tools in use or in development
 101   * Silicon-proven (QFlow, coriolis2, OpenLANE)
 102   * Under development (LibreEDA, other)
 103   * Advances in Algorithmics in Place and Route and Layout
 104 - FPGAs
 105   * Libre/Open FPGA designs
 106   * FPGA toolchains and Reverse-Engineering
 107   * FPGA workflow
 108 - VLSI RTL and HDL
 109   * Advanced and innovative alternative HDL tools
 110   * Formal Correctness Proofs
 111   * Testing methodologies
 112   * Hardware Trust (and how to break it)
 113 - Software Engineering as applied to Hardware
 114   * Continuous Integration for VLSI
 115   * Automated tool development (RTL to GDS-II)
 116   * Automated testing
 117
 118 ### Topic overlap
 119
 120 There is quite a lot of overlap this year with:
 121
 122 * [CAD devroom]( https://fosdem.org/2022/schedule/track/open_source_computer_aided_modeling_and_design/),
 123 * [Emulator devroom](https://fosdem.org/2022/schedule/track/emulator_development/)
 124 * [Retro room](https://fosdem.org/2022/schedule/track/retrocomputing/)
 125
 126 It is entirely up to you as a speaker which devroom you choose: the
 127 main reason for a new VLSI devroom this year is because it is a rapidly
 128 expanding area formerly entirely NDA'd.
 129
 130 ### How to submit your proposal
 131
 132 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).
 133
 134 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
 135 in the track drop-down menu (so that we see it rather than another
 136 devroom's organisers)
 137
 138 ### What should be in your submission
 139
 140 - name
 141 - short bio
 142 - contact info
 143 - title (funny titles are ~~required~~/appreciated)
 144 - abstract (what you're going talk about)
 145 - duration
 146
 147 ### Things to be aware of
 148
 149 * The reference time will be Brussels local lime (CET)
 150   <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/belgium/brussels>
 151 * Talks have to be pre-recorded in advance between the first two weeks
 152   of January, and will be streamed during the event.
 153 * Q/A session will be taken live, just after each recorded talk. As
 154   such, please make sure that you will be online and available on the
 155   day of the event.
 156 * A facility will be provided for people watching to chat between
 157   themselves.
 158 * A facility will be provided for people watching to submit questions.
 159
 160 ### Important Dates
 161
 162 - **December 28th: submission deadline**
 163   - FAQ - is the submission deadline final?
 164     - Technically speaking, you can submit talks till pentabarf
 165       closes, which should be somewhere in January
 166     - However, talks submitted before the 29th get a higher precedence
 167 - ASAP: announcement selected talks
 168 - January: speakers are contacted to upload pre-record sessions
 169 - February 6th: FOSDEM! (with live Q&A during recorded talks)
 170
 171 ### Contact us
 172
 173 - [Luke Leighton](mailto:lkcl@lkcl.net)
 174 - [Christian Pfaab](mailto:pfaab@uni-bremen.de)
 175 - [mwfc](mwfc@chaos.social)
 176 - "lkcl" or "mwfc" on #fosdem Libera.Chat IRC
 177
 178 # TODO
 179
 180 * write to openhardware dev room mailing list (private archives)
 181   - 13nov2022.  no response.  assume dead list DONE
 182   - therefore take responsibility for writing proposal DONE
 183 * write proposal DONE 14nov2022
 184 * submit proposal DONE 14no42022
 185 * CfP TODO
 186 * Talk to devroom managers ONGOING
 187 * contact interested people
 188   - https://www.crowdsupply.com/great-scott-gadgets/luna (ktemkin)
 189   - danielgrosse https://twitter.com/daniel_grosse
 190   - Ganesen Narayanasamy, IBM India, Education Course
 191   - openwifi <https://github.com/open-sdr/openwifi/issues/99>
 192   - libresilicon (actual DIY Foundry equipment)
 193   - opentapeoutdev
 194   - openlane / openroad
 195   - Staf (Chips4Makers)
 196   - efabless
 197   - libre-soc
 198   - LIP6 / CNRS (coriolis2)
 199   - apertus <https://www.apertus.org/axiom-ecosystem>
 200   - NLnet (to help with outreach)
 201   - Crowdsupply (ditto)
 202   - KiCAD and other EDA tools
 203   - LibreEDA developer (tkramer)
 204   - Pine64 <https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/PineNote>
 205   - Bunnie, xobs (https://www.bunniestudios.com/)
 206   - Tim Ansell / Claire Wolfe symbiflow et al https://symbiflow.github.io
 207   - Libera.Chat channels:
 208     - yosys DONE 29nov2021
 209     - opentapeoutdev DONE 29nov2021
 210     - symbiflow DONE 29nov2021
 211     - openpower DONE 29nov2021
 212     - libre-soc DONE 29nov2021
 213   - Twitter channels
 214     - Initial CfP <https://twitter.com/lkcl/status/1465290569681457157>
 215       DONE 29nov2021
 216       @Daniel_Grosse @GanesanBlue @TLLim888 @thepine64 @Chips4Makers
 217       @bunniestudios @librecores @efabless @LIP6_lab @OpenPOWERorg
 218       @OTapeout @YosysHQ @NLnetFDN @NgiPointer @symbiflow @mithro
 219       @pepijndevos @crowd_supply @jxjputaoshu