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Matt Venn @mattvenn.net · 17/09/2026

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

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Tiny Tapeout Update at ORConf 2026

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TinyTapeout @tinytapeout.com · 11/08/2026

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

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Matt Venn @mattvenn.net · 05/08/2026

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

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gojimmypi @gojimmypi.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

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...

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TinyTapeout @tinytapeout.com · 29/07/2026

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

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Micro chip surgery with a focussed ion beam (FIB edit)

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Rohan makes ASICs 🛠️ @rohan-devarc.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

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.

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TinyTapeout @tinytapeout.com · 28/07/2026

TTIHP26b is open for submissions! Closing 21st September. Free for Swiss residents!

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Matt Venn @mattvenn.net · 17/07/2026

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/

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TinyTapeout @tinytapeout.com · 09/07/2026

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...

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TinyTapeout @tinytapeout.com · 09/07/2026

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

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TinyTapeout @tinytapeout.com · 07/07/2026

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

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TinyTapeout @tinytapeout.com · 03/07/2026

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

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TinyTapeout @tinytapeout.com · 16/06/2026

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...

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Mini MOSBius - Tiny Tapeout

A playground for analog microelectronics on TTSKY25a and all future Sky shuttles.

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Greg @gregdavill.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

@tinytapeout.com logo is crisp 😍

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Logic Destroyer — Proven in Silicon. @logicdestroyer.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

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.

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YosysHQ @yosyshq.com · 27/05/2026

$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

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TinyTapeout @tinytapeout.com · 09/05/2026

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

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Matt Venn @mattvenn.net · 08/05/2026

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

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TinyTapeout @tinytapeout.com · 05/05/2026

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

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Jeri Ellsworth @jeriellsworth.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

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...

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Tiny Tapeout demoscene competition winners announced!

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TinyTapeout @tinytapeout.com · 29/04/2026

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...

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TinyTapeout @tinytapeout.com · 17/04/2026

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.

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TinyTapeout @tinytapeout.com · 16/04/2026

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...

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TinyTapeout @tinytapeout.com · 08/04/2026

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

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TinyTapeout @tinytapeout.com · 03/04/2026

Meet the awesome judges of our #ASIC demoscene competition: @jeriellsworth.bsky.social, @willflux.bsky.social and Sprite_tm! tinytapeout.com/competitions... #opensource #ASIC #competition

Jeri in front of a pinball machine pointing to a resistor on her cool tshirt

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Will with his feet up in front a pair of monitors showing hello world from his FPGA graphics system

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TinyTapeout @tinytapeout.com · 31/03/2026

Happy Trans day of visibility from a Tiny Tapeout ASIC!

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TinyTapeout @tinytapeout.com · 27/03/2026

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

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TinyTapeout @tinytapeout.com · 20/03/2026

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...

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Our Community Built a Chip. Tom Put It in Space.

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TinyTapeout @tinytapeout.com · 08/03/2026

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

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Matt Venn @mattvenn.net · 07/03/2026

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...

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TinyTapeout @tinytapeout.com · 02/03/2026

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!

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TinyTapeout @tinytapeout.com · 26/02/2026

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

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Learn chip design by creating your own!

We’re running a free 1-hour online webinar to show you how to get started with chip design and submit for fabrication. No prior chip design experience required. In the session, we’ll cover: - How t...

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sylefeb @sylefeb2.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

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

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Tiny Tapeout makes it more accessible than ever to get your designs manufactured on a real chip!

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TinyTapeout @tinytapeout.com · 18/02/2026

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

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TinyTapeout @tinytapeout.com · 10/02/2026

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

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Tiny Tapeout demoscene competition winners will be announced!

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YosysHQ @yosyshq.com · 09/02/2026

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.

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sylefeb @sylefeb2.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

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

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Warp (tt08 demo submission)

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TinyTapeout @tinytapeout.com · 04/02/2026

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...

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sylefeb @sylefeb2.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

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

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Warp (tt08 demo submission)

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Rohan makes ASICs 🛠️ @rohan-devarc.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

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

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sylefeb @sylefeb2.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

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

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LIVE: Casual Making

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sylefeb @sylefeb2.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

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/

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Tiny Tapeout - Tiny Tapeout

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TinyTapeout @tinytapeout.com · 21/01/2026

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

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TinyTapeout @tinytapeout.com · 10/01/2026

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!

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Rohan makes ASICs 🛠️ @rohan-devarc.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

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

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Matt Venn @mattvenn.net · 17/01/2026

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

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Surviving Space: Radiation, Bit Flips, and Naked Silicon

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