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The FOSSi Foundation is here to enable everyone to collaborate, innovate, and enjoy the benefits of open source chip design. Get to know like-minded developers at conferences like ORConf. Read about what's happening in our world in our newsletter El Correo Libre. And reach out to us if you feel confused. We're here to help.
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El Correo Libre Issue 92
Reader and Jane Street FPGA engineer Anish Singhani has written in to let us know of a new twist on the Advent of Code educational programming initiative, which takes the same challenges and asks participants to solve them using synthesisable hardware: Advent of FPGA.
El Correo Libre Issue 91
Open artificial intelligence startup Ainekko has announced the AI Foundry, an initiative which aims to deliver a platform for community-driven open-source AI hardware and software development.
El Correo Libre Issue 90
The FOSSi Foundation is heading Down Under! We’re pleased to announce the inaugural Down Underflow, a conference in the shape of ORConf and Latch-Up, to be held the weekend of February 28 2026 in Sydney, Australia.
