To help guide us over the next year, weโd really appreciate 2 minutes of your time to fill out this short survey:
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As a thank-you, one lucky respondent will win a genuine 150mm silicon wafer.
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Want to get your hands on a real lithography photomask? How about some silicon wafers?
Enter our demoscene competition for a chance to win one!
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Mamdani: When I ran for mayor, I said I was going to tax the rich
โจWell, today we're taxing the rich...
Antenna Report is the #ASIC terminology of the week!
In the last month, Antenna Report has been the 15th most popular out of 42 terms.
Picture of the century. ๐
๐ท credit: Science Tube
We already have some nice looking entries into our #demoscene competition!
There's still 33 days to go, but don't leave it too late! Start on your entry today:
tinytapeout.com/competitions...
#ASIC #opensource #TinyTapeout
WLCSP is the #ASIC terminology of the week!
In the last month, WLCSP has been the 20th most popular out of 42 terms.
Jeri in front of a pinball machine pointing to a resistor on her cool tshirt
Sprite wearing 'I are a programmer' tshirt
Will with his feet up in front a pair of monitors showing hello world from his FPGA graphics system
Meet the awesome judges of our #ASIC demoscene competition: @jeriellsworth.bsky.social, @willflux.bsky.social and Sprite_tm!
tinytapeout.com/competitions...
#opensource #ASIC #competition
Thank you Antmicro for your support of Free and Open Source Silicon.
ASIC plugged into a monitor showing the Trans flag
Happy Trans day of visibility from a Tiny Tapeout ASIC!
A CRT on top of a 90s PC (with floppy disk) showing the Trans Pride Flag
Happy International Transgender Day of Visibility!
We're everywhere and we're cool.
Here's the trans pride flag ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ on a mid-90s Pentium running DOS.
Wafer is the #ASIC terminology of the week!
In the last month, Wafer has been the 36th most popular out of 42 terms.
Tiny Tapeout's Matt Venn has announced the project's second Demoscene Competition, offering free slots to have designs inspired by the home computing demoscene built into physical chips โ and a chance at winning a variety of swag.
Announcing the second Tiny Tapeout demoscene competition!
Free silicon space for all entrants!
tinytapeout.com/competitions...
Bristol Braille Technology is preparing to launch an open source Braille workstation, designed with the needs of scientists with visual impairment in mind โ offering a 40ร9 six-dot Braille display above a traditional input keyboard, all powered by Raspberry Pi.
VLSI is the #ASIC terminology of the week!
In the last month, VLSI has been the 34th most popular out of 42 terms.
Our community built a chip. Tom put it in space.
New interview with the CEO of AlbaOrbital - the Scottish startup that's launched more satellites than most countries, with zero government funding.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVeH...
Verification is the #ASIC terminology of the week!
In the last month, Verification has been the 25th most popular out of 42 terms.
Tapeout is the #ASIC terminology of the week!
In the last month, Tapeout has been the 10th most popular out of 42 terms.
We live in a world where billions of transistors sit in our pockets - yet most of us never stop to think about how chips are actually designed or made.
Join us on Tuesday 10th to learn how to make your own!
tinytapeout.com/swisschips2026
Happy to announce I won the European Open Source Academy Special Recognition for Skills and Education! @eosa.bsky.social
www.zerotoasiccourse.com/post/eosa_aw...
Interested in trying out a Baochip-1x? The 'dabao' evaluation board is now taking pre-orders on Crowd Supply: www.crowdsupply.com/baochip/dabao
Woop, placed my order. There are a few left. Excited for the BIO ๐ค
Synthesis is the #ASIC terminology of the week!
In the last month, Synthesis has been the 17th most popular out of 42 terms.
What if you could design your own microchip - and actually have it manufactured? Free if you live in switzerland! ๐จ๐ญ
Get started with this 1 hour online workshop.
Go to tinytapeout.com/swisschips2026 to sign up!
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Standard cell is the #ASIC terminology of the week!
In the last month, Standard cell has been the 4th most popular out of 42 terms.
Blown away by the amazing entries to this ASIC competition!
Very happy to announce the winners of our demoscene competition! ๐
We had some amazing entries - check out what can be done in just a few square microns of silicon!
tinytapeout.com/competitions...
Thanks again to our judges and participants!
#silicon #demoscene #ASIC