Intro

Welcome back, Matt Venn of the Zero to Asic Course and Tiny Tapeout!

(Due to illness and some life stuff happening, my recording setup was crap. Apologies. I also leaned heavily on Matt’s notes, so some of the following links will be out of order. Think of it like an ad hoc scavenger hunt…fun!)

• Matt was last on the show on episode 616, about 18 months ago
• Tiny Tapeout has continued, now working on it’s 8th run. the 5th run is shipping soon.
• Uri Shaked made Wokwi compatible with making chip designs and then compiling them to verilog for later processing by open source tools
• 12 bit SAR ADC on TT07
• linux capable riscv
• Analog ASIC design with digital standard cells!
• We had previously posted Matt’s review of 2023 and aims for 2024 
• Siliwiz
• ASIC inside synchrotron 
• Touring IHP (Germany) facilities
• Interview with Nordic Semi designer
• People are building analog structures on Tiny Tapeout
• There’s a new course on Zero to Asic that will be about Analog (sign up for the waitlist)
• There are some new tools being developed
  • surfer  – browser based waveform
  • moosic – logic locking plugin for yosys
  • eqy – formal equivalence checking
• Matt will be doing a TT workshop at supercon 2024
• TT08 will have a demoscene competition – VGA and sound output – what’s the coolest thing you can fit in 1 tile? You have until Sept 6th 2024 to submit!
• Not discussed, but on the list and interesting!
  • Silicon Supply Chains with Ed Conway
  • An early analog design (temp sensor) on TT03
  • Get TT quality stickers