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Six weeks after submitting a design to Tiny Tapeout, it's in the hands of the factory🤲 But what does that mean? In this video, we visit IHP @waferffo, a semiconductor fab in Germany, to see how a design goes from a file on a computer to a physical structure on a silicon wafer. youtu.be/sMSQDQZa4FE

Every week, we spotlight a design from our community and share what it does and why we think it’s cool. This week's Chip of the Week is a design by Zachary Kohnen. Created as part of his bachelor’s thesis, the Manchester Decoder. Learn more about it here: tiny.tt/explore-tt07...

Check my recent talk at FOSSi ORConf! I spoke about chips on boards and in space, interactive visualisation tools, growth in the community and some exciting future projects - including some awesome new packaging! youtu.be/95unqpAZPeM

Thanks @tinytapeout.com 🙌

Georgous chips from IHP! This chip has a RISCV by Hirosh , an Atari 2600 and a LGN hand-written digit classifier by @renaldas.bsky.social , and some original silicon artwork by @bleeptrack.de For all the details: tinytapeout.com/chips/ttihp2... #ASIC #opensource #silicon #TinyTapeout

Dive into #ASIC design this summer with the Zero to ASIC course! The Zero to ASIC courses are the best known, highest rated and still the only ones to include a guaranteed tapeout. Use code summer26 to get $100 off the course until the 10th August. zerotoasiccourse.com

Check out my @tinytapeout.com personal ASIC project loaded up into the new Tiny Tapeout Explorer! An interactive simulator, all in a browser. Very cool. 😎 znah.net/tiny_explore...

Did you see the video when @mattvenn.net sliced open one of our chips and cut a 1 micron wide wire inside? youtu.be/plcgYPm3h9A

We have the silicon. And it's working🎉🍾 ROM-less CORDIC engine hooked up to an SPI master @ 22 MHz. Thanks @tinytapeout.com We pulled it off! Cheers to @aksharvastarpara.bsky.social, Rohan Sundar, @deeempak.bsky.social, Praveen, Devang, Rishik, and Tejas.

The green traces show a chip designer’s worst nightmare! If they take too long to settle, it causes a serious problem that can’t be fixed after a chip is manufactured. Try out my updated metastability explorer tool here: zerotoasiccourse.com/metastability/

Design your first chip online! Two days, guided sessions, worldwide - and at the end, you submit a design to be manufactured. Register here: tinytapeout.com/online-works...

Been meaning to try chip design but never found the time? This workshop is the hello world of ASIC design. In just two sessions you'll go from zero to submitting your first design for manufacture. Here’s how it works… #workshop #TinyTapeout #ASIC #semiconductor #opensource

You don't need expensive equipment or years of training to design your first chip. All you need is your laptop and a community to help you! Join our 2-day online workshop. July 13 & July 17, 5pm-7pm CEST. More info to follow 👀 Subscribe to our newsletter to get the latest updates. tinytapeout.com

Design your first chip online. Submit it for fabrication. Hold it in your hands 🤲 The Hello World of chip design is coming soon! 🚀 Dates will be announced next 👀 🔁🔁 #TinyTapeout #ASIC #OpenSourceHardware #ChipDesign #Verilog

Mini MOSBius is a fantastic, practical tool for learning the fundamentals of analog microelectronics. It’s like an FPGA, but with transistors, current mirrors, differential pairs and an opamp. It's now included on all our future Tiny Tapeout Sky130 based chips! tinytapeout.com/news/mini-mo...

@tinytapeout.com logo is crisp 😍

My 2023 KianV uLinux SoC (RV32IMA), fabricated through @tinytapeout.com TT05/TT06, now supports dual boot with Zephyr RTOS and MicroPython on real ASIC hardware.

$1200 too much for a Vivado license? How about: $0 - Yosys $0 - nextpnr $0 - OpenROAD $30 -Subnautica 2 $30 - Blahaj $180 - Glasgow interface explorer from @crowdsupply.bsky.social $950 -160kum^2 of Sky130 silicon + ASIC from @tinytapeout.com #opensource #FPGA #ASIC

30 more PCBs released on TTSKY26b, and tapeout extended by 1 week to 18th May.

We cut a microscopic wire inside a chip with an ion beam, then brought it back to life with platinum gas! My latest video is a collaboration with Mikhail from Zeptobars, and I’m releasing it as a Youtube premiere at 18:00 CEST on Tuesday 12th May. www.youtube.com/watch?v=plcg... #ASIC

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! tinytapeout.com/competitions... Last 6 days to get involved! #demoscene #opensource #ASIC

The demoscene have had it far too easy for all these years with their CPUs and RAM. Pffft... Gates only is the real flex now! @tinytapeout.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=il_q...

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! tinytapeout.com/competitions... Last 6 days to get involved! #demoscene #opensource #ASIC

We have 17 entrants so far to the #ASIC #demoscene competition! Don't miss your chance to win some excellent prizes. Details and sign up here: tinytapeout.com/competitions...

To help guide us over the next year, we’d really appreciate 2 minutes of your time to fill out this short survey: forms.gle/tvcbz5R6iXV3... As a thank-you, one lucky respondent will win a genuine 150mm silicon wafer.

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! tinytapeout.com/competitions...

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

Happy Trans day of visibility from a Tiny Tapeout ASIC!

Announcing the second Tiny Tapeout demoscene competition! Free silicon space for all entrants! tinytapeout.com/competitions...

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...

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...

What if you could design your own microchip - and actually have it manufactured? Free if you live in switzerland! 🇨🇭 Get started with this 1 hour online workshop. Go to tinytapeout.com/swisschips2026 to sign up!

Switzerland has an incredible engineering community, so we’d love to see more #Swiss designs on silicon. Tuesday, 10th March at 18:00 CET we’re running a free webinar to show you how to get started with chip design and submit for free fabrication. tinytapeout.com/swisschips2026

4/5 Congratulations to everyone and thanks to @tinytapeout.com for making this possible! Never have imagined doing a (winning) demoscene entry in 2026 on ASIC. This is beyond wild. I was last involved in demoscene in ~1999, I dearly miss these days. TT makes all the fun come back. tinytapeout.com

Very happy to announce the winners of our demoscene competition! 🏆 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

Join us tomorrow at 19:00 CET for the announcement of the TT08 demoscene competition winners! www.youtube.com/live/il_qKTi...

For our 12th Yosys User’s Group we’re inviting your questions! What have you always wanted to ask the team? - Formal verification - Synthesis - Plugins / internals - How to contribute - Roadmap Join us at 18:00 CET / 22:30 IST / 09:00 PT on Thursday 12th February.