News from the FOSSi Foundation

ORConf is back!

ORConf is back! We've returned with yet another open source chip design tour de force courtesy of the brilliant community, our first since the previous outing in Bordeaux in 2019. The years have been kind, it seems to us all; with much progress to be presented and discussed over the three days being hosted by the University of Applied Sciences in beautiful Munich.

El Correo Libre Issue 63

Hardware verification can be as rewarding as a treasure hunt. Or as tedious as doing your tax returns. With cocotb, the Python-based verification framework, engineers can enjoy more of the treasure hunt experience. And today this experience is turning 10!

El Correo Libre Issue 61

That was fun! Exhausting, but fun. I'm of course talking about Latch-Up in Santa Barbara, our first conference since ORConf in 2019. Having organized open source silicon conferences since 2012, I pretty much knew what we were getting into, but at some level I had forgotten exactly how much work it really is.

El Correo Libre Issue 60

We have once again been selected as a mentor organisation for Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2023. Google Summer of Code is an excellent program for new open-source contributors to receive a stipend (generously provided by Google) to contribute to open source projects in the FOSSi community. As an organisation, we encompass a variety of community projects in the space of open source silicon design, EDA tools, and the surrounding ecosystem.

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Apply Now For GSoC 2023!

We have once again been selected as a mentor organisation for Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2023. Google Summer of Code is an excellent program for new open-source contributors to receive a stipend (generously provided by Google) to contribute to open source projects in the FOSSi community. As an organisation, we encompass a variety of community projects in the space of open source silicon design, EDA tools, and the surrounding ecosystem.

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Latch-Up and ORConf return in 2023

We announced in ECL 57 our North American open source silicon conference "Latch-Up" will return in 2023. And it will be joined by another edition of ORConf!

El Correo Libre Issue 57

The FOSSi Foundation is proud to announce Latch-Up, a conference dedicated to free and open source silicon, to be held over the weekend of Friday, March 31 to Sunday, April 2, 2023 in Santa Barbara, California, USA.

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Apply Now For GSoC 2022!

We have once again been selected as a mentor organisation for Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2022. Google Summer of Code is an excellent program for new open-source contributors to receive a stipend (generously provided by Google) to contribute to open source projects in the FOSSi community. As an organisation, we encompass a variety of community projects in the space of open source silicon design, EDA tools, and the surrounding ecosystem.

Cocotb 1.6.0 provides better HDL datatypes, improved coroutine scheduling, and much more

The cocotb project is proud to announce the immediate release of its new version 1.6.0. cocotb is a COroutine based COsimulation TestBench environment for verifying VHDL/Verilog RTL using Python.

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Cocotb 1.5.0 is out!

The cocotb project is proud to announce the release of its new version 1.5.0. cocotb is a COroutine based COsimulation TestBench environment for verifying VHDL/Verilog RTL using Python.

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Become a GSoC student 2021!

We are delighted to announce that we have once again been selected as a mentor organisation for the 2021 edition of Google Summer of Code (GSoC) Google Summer of Code is an excellent program for students to receive a stipend (generously provided by Google) to contribute to open source projects in the FOSSi community. As an organisation, we serve as an umbrella org for projects in the space of open source silicon design, EDA tools, and the surrounding ecosystem.

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Cocotb releases version 1.4.0 with major improvements

The cocotb project is proud to announce the release of its new version 1.4.0. cocotb is a COroutine based COsimulation TestBench environment for verifying VHDL/Verilog RTL using Python.

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Your input is needed for the Cocotb User Survey 2020!

Are you a cocotb user? Then please help out by taking 10 minutes to fill out this year's cocotb user survey. This survey gives the development community important feedback to steer future of cocotb into the right direction for your use case.

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Google Summer of Code 2020

Since 2016 the FOSSi Foundation has participated every year in the Google Summer of Code, a Google-sponsored summer internship for students from all over the world. We are honored to be part of GSoC again this year. As in previous years, the FOSSi Foundation acts as an umbrella organization, supporting community members to mentor students in their respective FOSSi-related projects.

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Announcing Latch-Up in Cambridge, Massachusetts

The FOSSi Foundation is proud to announce Latch-Up (latchup.io), a conference dedicated to free and open source silicon to be held over the weekend of April 11th and 12th in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

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GSoC Project Report: Continuous Integration for Hardware Projects on LibreCores CI

Librecores provides a platform to share projects and ideas, in the area of free and open-source digital hardware design. Librecores CI is a service to provide CI for hardware projects hosted on Librecores to improve user experience and reliability.

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ORConf 2019 Announcement

It's that time of year again. Following on from the FOSSi Foundation's Latch-Up and WOSH events, ORConf is now less than 3 months away and if you haven't heard, we're hosting it in beautiful Bordeaux, France over the weekend of September 27 to 29.

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OpenHW Group Announced

Today the OpenHW Group was announced. This is yet another great step for Free and Open Source Silicon. With the rise of RISC-V we have seen some great momentum beyond the processor cores itself. We now see groups growing from and around the RISC-V ecosystem with big players involved. This strongly confirms our story and we look forward to the next months of continuous growth of the FOSSi community.

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Google Summer of Code 2019 - Kickoff

The Google Summer of Code (GSoC) has started and we are happy to announce that we have seven students working for projects related to FOSSi Foundation:

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Latch-Up Portland venue, speakers and sponsors

The FOSSi Foundation announced Latch-Up (latchup.io), earlier this year - its annual North American open source digital design conference in the mold of ORConf.

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Become a GSoC student 2019!

We are happy and honored to be part of the Google Summer of Code (GSoC) again this year. We are a mentoring organization and serve as an umbrella organization for many projects related to open source silicon design, open source EDA tools and the related ecosystem.

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Announcing Latch-Up in Portland, Oregon

The FOSSi Foundation is proud to announce Latch-Up (latchup.io), a conference dedicated to free and open source silicon to be held over the weekend of May 4th and 5th in Portland, Oregon, USA.

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ORConf 2018 update

This year's ORConf is but 8 weeks away and we're pleased to announce that we have another great event lined up for everyone.

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Become a GSoC student 2018!

We are happy and honored to be part of the Google Summer of Code (GSoC) again this year. We are a mentoring organization and serve as an umbrella organization for many projects related to open source silicon design, open source EDA tools and the related ecosystem.

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ORConf 2018 Announcement

The FOSSi Foundation is pleased to announce that ORConf 2018 will be held over the weekend of September 21 to 23 in Gdansk, Poland. This year marks the 7th installment of ORConf, and we're very grateful to the Gdansk University of Technology for hosting the event.

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Call for Proposals: GSoC 2018

We are applying for Google Summer of Code (GSoC) again this year. In the last two years we had the honor to be part of GSoC as an umbrella organization. You find the projects here: 2016, 2017

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Become a LibreCores.org contributor or contractor

LibreCores.org is a modern portal for Free and Open Source Silicon (FOSSi). Our aim is that it becomes the entry point to find and promote high quality free and open source digital IP blocks, free and open source platforms and free and open EDA tools. The focus is on user collaboration, for example by recommendations, and providing a simple interface to understand the fitness of a project.

ORConf 2017 Round-up

ORConf 2017 came to a close last Sunday, and on behalf of the FOSSi Foundation I'd like to thank all who attended, presented and sponsored the event!

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RS Components sponsors Open Source Digital Design Conference

LONDON, UK, 11 August, 2017 - RS Components (RS), the trading brand of Electrocomponents plc (LSE:ECM), the global distributor for engineers, is sponsoring ORConf, an open source digital design and embedded systems conference that covers from the transistor level up to Linux user space and beyond — featuring presentations and discussion on free and open source IP projects, implementations on FPGA and in silicon, verification, EDA tools, licensing and embedded software, to name but a few.

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Prelude to orconf 2017 - Open Source Digital Design Insights

Over the years orconf has grown to be the most prominent conference for open source silicon, and with presentations from some of the most interesting open source silicon projects lined up, this year does not seem to be an exception. Our audience can expect to learn about brand new projects as well as updates from long-running ones.

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OSH Park sponsor the FOSSi Foundation

We are pleased to announce that OSH Park, the purveyors of perfect purple PCBs, have become sponsors of the FOSSi Foundation's activities. We are very grateful for their support and would like to recognize this by listing them on our Sponsors page at the Bronze tier.

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Google Summer of Code Projects

We are happy to announce we have six students in this years' Google Summer of Code. We are very grateful to Google to support the students financially to bring the Free and Open Source Silicon community forward.

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Wrapup of the RISC-V Event in Munich

Two weeks ago we organized an event at TU Munich, Germany, that featured talks around RISC-V, lowRISC and the FOSSi Foundation. It was a great event with very interesting discussions.

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Google Summer of Code 2017

We just get the word from Google that FOSSi Foundation has been selected to participate in Google Summer of Code 2017 . Just as last year, we are very happy about this great opportunity to mentor students around the world who want to contribute to FOSSi projects. Last year we had three excellent students who all made great contributions and we look forward to meet new students this year.

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FOSSi @ FOSDEM 2017: What can digital designers learn from software developers?

One of my favourite conferences every year is FOSDEM in Brussels. This year I have the privilige to represent the FOSSi Foundation in the EDA Devroom, organized by our friend Javier Serrano. I'll talk about Digital hardware design: What can we learn from software development – and what not. Join me for a look at processes and tools that make the lifes of developers, both of software and hardware, easier. What can we learn from each other? Where are different approaches needed?

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LibreCores Student Design Contest Winner

This year we held the LibreCores Student Design Contest for the first time and it was a great success. We received six high quality submissions of open source silicon and its ecosystem from the last year (since October 2015).

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Google Summer of Code 2016

The Free and Open Source Silicon Foundation has been accepted as a mentoring organization in Google Summer of Code 2016. We are very happy about this great opportunity to mentor students around the world that want to contribute to FOSSi projects and the FOSSi ecosystem.

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Introduction to FOSSi/HDL licenses

We have published and article that discusses open source licenses in general and how licenses apply to FOSSi. Th article will be extended with the ongoing discussion. Licenses are an important topic for the FOSSi Foundation.

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FOSSi Update and FOSDEM

After two months months of discussion and planning FOSSi Foundation is making a lot of progress recently. Most importantly we are now officially registered as a Community Interest Company (CIC) in the UK. This is a proper legal body that we have chosen to run an independent, community-based foundation. We are still in the process of opening a bank account which seems to be more complex with our international officers.