TinyTapeout
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Tiny Tapeout makes it easier and cheaper than ever to get your designs manufactured on a real chip!
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Join us tomorrow at 19:00 CET for the announcement of the TT08 demoscene competition winners!
www.youtube.com/live/il_qKTi...
www.youtube.com/live/il_qKTi...
Tiny Tapeout demoscene competition winners will be announced!
YouTube video by Zero To ASIC Course
www.youtube.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Join us tomorrow at 19:00 CET for the announcement of the TT08 demoscene competition winners!
www.youtube.com/live/il_qKTi...
www.youtube.com/live/il_qKTi...
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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.
- 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.
February 9, 2026 at 3:17 PM
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.
- 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.
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How can you fit a retro tunnel effect with a sound track in 161x225 μm of silicon? www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELOY...
Checkout my detailed write up on making a demo entry to the @tinytapeout.com tt08 competition: github.com/sylefeb/tt08...
#asic #fpga #graphics #hardware
Checkout my detailed write up on making a demo entry to the @tinytapeout.com tt08 competition: github.com/sylefeb/tt08...
#asic #fpga #graphics #hardware
Warp (tt08 demo submission)
YouTube video by sylefeb
www.youtube.com
January 29, 2026 at 7:27 PM
How can you fit a retro tunnel effect with a sound track in 161x225 μm of silicon? www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELOY...
Checkout my detailed write up on making a demo entry to the @tinytapeout.com tt08 competition: github.com/sylefeb/tt08...
#asic #fpga #graphics #hardware
Checkout my detailed write up on making a demo entry to the @tinytapeout.com tt08 competition: github.com/sylefeb/tt08...
#asic #fpga #graphics #hardware
Finally, we’re ready to announce the demoscene competition winners! 🎉
Join us live on Wednesday the 11th at 19:00 CET to find out who won—and to hear how our amazing judges chose the winners.
Click “Notify me” on the stream to get an alert when we go live:
www.youtube.com/live/il_qKTi...
Join us live on Wednesday the 11th at 19:00 CET to find out who won—and to hear how our amazing judges chose the winners.
Click “Notify me” on the stream to get an alert when we go live:
www.youtube.com/live/il_qKTi...
February 4, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Finally, we’re ready to announce the demoscene competition winners! 🎉
Join us live on Wednesday the 11th at 19:00 CET to find out who won—and to hear how our amazing judges chose the winners.
Click “Notify me” on the stream to get an alert when we go live:
www.youtube.com/live/il_qKTi...
Join us live on Wednesday the 11th at 19:00 CET to find out who won—and to hear how our amazing judges chose the winners.
Click “Notify me” on the stream to get an alert when we go live:
www.youtube.com/live/il_qKTi...
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2/3) Amazingly my two entries work: 'Warp' and 'WhyNot' ; 'Warp' is my entry to the demoscene competition and 'WhyNot' was a crazy "let's do it in one day" last minute entry. Both work on actual ASIC!! How cool is that?
Preview of Warp: youtu.be/ELOYGwZgHnw
Preview of Warp: youtu.be/ELOYGwZgHnw
Warp (tt08 demo submission)
YouTube video by sylefeb
youtu.be
January 22, 2026 at 7:48 PM
2/3) Amazingly my two entries work: 'Warp' and 'WhyNot' ; 'Warp' is my entry to the demoscene competition and 'WhyNot' was a crazy "let's do it in one day" last minute entry. Both work on actual ASIC!! How cool is that?
Preview of Warp: youtu.be/ELOYGwZgHnw
Preview of Warp: youtu.be/ELOYGwZgHnw
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Fly through video for ROM-less Cordic Engine design.
This design is on TTSKY25A shuttle by @tinytapeout.com
Made easy with BlenderGDS plugin - github.com/aesc-silicon...
@mattvenn.net @urishaked.bsky.social @aksharvastarpara.bsky.social
This design is on TTSKY25A shuttle by @tinytapeout.com
Made easy with BlenderGDS plugin - github.com/aesc-silicon...
@mattvenn.net @urishaked.bsky.social @aksharvastarpara.bsky.social
January 21, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Fly through video for ROM-less Cordic Engine design.
This design is on TTSKY25A shuttle by @tinytapeout.com
Made easy with BlenderGDS plugin - github.com/aesc-silicon...
@mattvenn.net @urishaked.bsky.social @aksharvastarpara.bsky.social
This design is on TTSKY25A shuttle by @tinytapeout.com
Made easy with BlenderGDS plugin - github.com/aesc-silicon...
@mattvenn.net @urishaked.bsky.social @aksharvastarpara.bsky.social
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1/3) Wow, TT08 @tinytapeout.com including all demoscene entries landed and I had no clue, imagine my surprise discovering all the fantastic demos (see below, thx bitluni!) on actual hardware. Kudos to all contributors and the team!!
youtube.com/watch?v=A9BhSaqL7jg
youtube.com/watch?v=A9BhSaqL7jg
LIVE: Casual Making
YouTube video by bitluni live
youtube.com
January 22, 2026 at 7:47 PM
1/3) Wow, TT08 @tinytapeout.com including all demoscene entries landed and I had no clue, imagine my surprise discovering all the fantastic demos (see below, thx bitluni!) on actual hardware. Kudos to all contributors and the team!!
youtube.com/watch?v=A9BhSaqL7jg
youtube.com/watch?v=A9BhSaqL7jg
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3/3 You too can make it, it is not easy, but not as hard as you might think, checkout @tinytapeout.com here:
tinytapeout.com/
tinytapeout.com/
Tiny Tapeout - Tiny Tapeout
Tiny Tapeout makes it more accessible than ever to get your designs manufactured on a real chip!
tinytapeout.com
January 22, 2026 at 7:48 PM
3/3 You too can make it, it is not easy, but not as hard as you might think, checkout @tinytapeout.com here:
tinytapeout.com/
tinytapeout.com/
Happy to announce that Anton Maurovic's "Antonalog analog VGA" design on our experimental chip TTIHP0.3 has been tested and is working!
www.tinytapeout.com/chips/ttihp0...
#opensource #ASIC #TinyTapeout
www.tinytapeout.com/chips/ttihp0...
#opensource #ASIC #TinyTapeout
January 21, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Happy to announce that Anton Maurovic's "Antonalog analog VGA" design on our experimental chip TTIHP0.3 has been tested and is working!
www.tinytapeout.com/chips/ttihp0...
#opensource #ASIC #TinyTapeout
www.tinytapeout.com/chips/ttihp0...
#opensource #ASIC #TinyTapeout
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Graph shows frequency over time - why do you think it has a ~3 minute oscillation?
What if I tell you the signal comes from a skull shaped ring oscillator?
This open source silicon is currently sending data from low earth orbit, 500km up!
And the satellite is slowly spinning!
What if I tell you the signal comes from a skull shaped ring oscillator?
This open source silicon is currently sending data from low earth orbit, 500km up!
And the satellite is slowly spinning!
January 10, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Graph shows frequency over time - why do you think it has a ~3 minute oscillation?
What if I tell you the signal comes from a skull shaped ring oscillator?
This open source silicon is currently sending data from low earth orbit, 500km up!
And the satellite is slowly spinning!
What if I tell you the signal comes from a skull shaped ring oscillator?
This open source silicon is currently sending data from low earth orbit, 500km up!
And the satellite is slowly spinning!
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Yes, that’s a GDSII render.
Yes, it’s inside Blender.
Yes, it’s our design on TTSKY25A chip.
@tinytapeout.com @mattvenn.net @urishaked.bsky.social
Yes, it’s inside Blender.
Yes, it’s our design on TTSKY25A chip.
@tinytapeout.com @mattvenn.net @urishaked.bsky.social
January 15, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Yes, that’s a GDSII render.
Yes, it’s inside Blender.
Yes, it’s our design on TTSKY25A chip.
@tinytapeout.com @mattvenn.net @urishaked.bsky.social
Yes, it’s inside Blender.
Yes, it’s our design on TTSKY25A chip.
@tinytapeout.com @mattvenn.net @urishaked.bsky.social
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We sent an ASIC to space.
Then we asked a nuclear engineer what would happen to it.
A deep dive into radiation, bit flips, orbital hot spots, and what it really takes for silicon to survive in low Earth orbit.
youtu.be/FJE5eBg7iQ4
Then we asked a nuclear engineer what would happen to it.
A deep dive into radiation, bit flips, orbital hot spots, and what it really takes for silicon to survive in low Earth orbit.
youtu.be/FJE5eBg7iQ4
Surviving Space: Radiation, Bit Flips, and Naked Silicon
YouTube video by Zero To ASIC Course
youtu.be
January 17, 2026 at 5:56 PM
We sent an ASIC to space.
Then we asked a nuclear engineer what would happen to it.
A deep dive into radiation, bit flips, orbital hot spots, and what it really takes for silicon to survive in low Earth orbit.
youtu.be/FJE5eBg7iQ4
Then we asked a nuclear engineer what would happen to it.
A deep dive into radiation, bit flips, orbital hot spots, and what it really takes for silicon to survive in low Earth orbit.
youtu.be/FJE5eBg7iQ4
Graph shows frequency over time - why do you think it has a ~3 minute oscillation?
What if I tell you the signal comes from a skull shaped ring oscillator?
This open source silicon is currently sending data from low earth orbit, 500km up!
And the satellite is slowly spinning!
What if I tell you the signal comes from a skull shaped ring oscillator?
This open source silicon is currently sending data from low earth orbit, 500km up!
And the satellite is slowly spinning!
January 10, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Graph shows frequency over time - why do you think it has a ~3 minute oscillation?
What if I tell you the signal comes from a skull shaped ring oscillator?
This open source silicon is currently sending data from low earth orbit, 500km up!
And the satellite is slowly spinning!
What if I tell you the signal comes from a skull shaped ring oscillator?
This open source silicon is currently sending data from low earth orbit, 500km up!
And the satellite is slowly spinning!
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Then somehow we recovered, sent 12 chips to be manufactured, sent 1 chip into space and gained access to another fab!
Read my review of 2025 and goals for 2026 here: zerotoasiccourse.com/post/year_up...
Read my review of 2025 and goals for 2026 here: zerotoasiccourse.com/post/year_up...
January 5, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Then somehow we recovered, sent 12 chips to be manufactured, sent 1 chip into space and gained access to another fab!
Read my review of 2025 and goals for 2026 here: zerotoasiccourse.com/post/year_up...
Read my review of 2025 and goals for 2026 here: zerotoasiccourse.com/post/year_up...
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For the first time, open silicon wasn’t just a niche experiment in 2025 - it was a real ecosystem spanning three fabs and thousands of designs. And then one company collapsed and hundreds of chips effectively disappeared overnight.
January 5, 2026 at 6:10 PM
For the first time, open silicon wasn’t just a niche experiment in 2025 - it was a real ecosystem spanning three fabs and thousands of designs. And then one company collapsed and hundreds of chips effectively disappeared overnight.
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Finally got the #TinyTapeout 8 ASIC with a couple of my designs on it.
When Efabless shut down we thought these chips were lost, but Tiny Tapeout managed to get hold of them and ship them out!
This design calculates the Mandelbrot fractal, racing the beam style. It’s clocked at 100MHz.
When Efabless shut down we thought these chips were lost, but Tiny Tapeout managed to get hold of them and ship them out!
This design calculates the Mandelbrot fractal, racing the beam style. It’s clocked at 100MHz.
December 9, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Finally got the #TinyTapeout 8 ASIC with a couple of my designs on it.
When Efabless shut down we thought these chips were lost, but Tiny Tapeout managed to get hold of them and ship them out!
This design calculates the Mandelbrot fractal, racing the beam style. It’s clocked at 100MHz.
When Efabless shut down we thought these chips were lost, but Tiny Tapeout managed to get hold of them and ship them out!
This design calculates the Mandelbrot fractal, racing the beam style. It’s clocked at 100MHz.
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The last month of my life: BreakingTTAPs
This is a custom transport-triggered, 32 bit processor that will be fabricated by GlobalFoundries on their 180nm process (via of wafer.space)
I'll make a video at some point, but some high level details here:
This is a custom transport-triggered, 32 bit processor that will be fabricated by GlobalFoundries on their 180nm process (via of wafer.space)
I'll make a video at some point, but some high level details here:
December 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The last month of my life: BreakingTTAPs
This is a custom transport-triggered, 32 bit processor that will be fabricated by GlobalFoundries on their 180nm process (via of wafer.space)
I'll make a video at some point, but some high level details here:
This is a custom transport-triggered, 32 bit processor that will be fabricated by GlobalFoundries on their 180nm process (via of wafer.space)
I'll make a video at some point, but some high level details here:
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SPICE is the #ASIC terminology of the week!
In the last month, SPICE has been the 16th most popular out of 42 terms.
In the last month, SPICE has been the 16th most popular out of 42 terms.
SPICE
SPICE is the ASIC terminology of the week!
www.zerotoasiccourse.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:03 PM
SPICE is the #ASIC terminology of the week!
In the last month, SPICE has been the 16th most popular out of 42 terms.
In the last month, SPICE has been the 16th most popular out of 42 terms.
ASIC beauty shots - TT IHP 0p2 / 0p3 / 25A unboxing
YouTube video by Sylvain Munaut
www.youtube.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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I've recently posted about open source silicon IP and tools. Important, but neither exists without the community.
Read about the people, events, competitions, and recent satellite launches in this article:
www.zerotoasiccourse.com/post/excited...
Read about the people, events, competitions, and recent satellite launches in this article:
www.zerotoasiccourse.com/post/excited...
November 30, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I've recently posted about open source silicon IP and tools. Important, but neither exists without the community.
Read about the people, events, competitions, and recent satellite launches in this article:
www.zerotoasiccourse.com/post/excited...
Read about the people, events, competitions, and recent satellite launches in this article:
www.zerotoasiccourse.com/post/excited...
Launch in 5 minutes! TT08 is on board!
SpaceX is preparing to launch dozens of spacecraft from Vandenberg Space Force Base this morning. SpaceX is targeting liftoff of its Falcon 9 rocket for the Transporter-15 rideshare mission at 10:19 a.m. PST (1:19 p.m. EST / 1819 UTC). spaceflightnow.com/2025/11/26/l...
November 28, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Launch in 5 minutes! TT08 is on board!
From Today till 2nd December we have 10% off everything and free standard shipping. Spend over $50 and get a lovely pack of postcards!
While stocks last, every order will also receive one of @matthewvenn 's limited edition ASIC chips in epoxy!
store.tinytapeout.com
While stocks last, every order will also receive one of @matthewvenn 's limited edition ASIC chips in epoxy!
store.tinytapeout.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:28 AM
From Today till 2nd December we have 10% off everything and free standard shipping. Spend over $50 and get a lovely pack of postcards!
While stocks last, every order will also receive one of @matthewvenn 's limited edition ASIC chips in epoxy!
store.tinytapeout.com
While stocks last, every order will also receive one of @matthewvenn 's limited edition ASIC chips in epoxy!
store.tinytapeout.com
Launch is still on! Is today the day TT06 goes into orbit?!
www.spacex.com/launches/tra...
www.spacex.com/launches/tra...
November 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Launch is still on! Is today the day TT06 goes into orbit?!
www.spacex.com/launches/tra...
www.spacex.com/launches/tra...
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Our latest chip TTSKY25b is on the way to the foundry!
At 98% utilization, it includes a WSPR radio transmitter, a tiny GPU a uLinux capable RISCV SoC and so much more!
At 98% utilization, it includes a WSPR radio transmitter, a tiny GPU a uLinux capable RISCV SoC and so much more!
November 20, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Our latest chip TTSKY25b is on the way to the foundry!
At 98% utilization, it includes a WSPR radio transmitter, a tiny GPU a uLinux capable RISCV SoC and so much more!
At 98% utilization, it includes a WSPR radio transmitter, a tiny GPU a uLinux capable RISCV SoC and so much more!
Subscribe to our new youtube channel! www.youtube.com/@TinyTapeout
Tiny Tapeout
More accessible than ever to get your design manufactured on a real chip!
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Subscribe to our new youtube channel! www.youtube.com/@TinyTapeout