Efabless have announced MPW2! The closing date is the 18th of June.

The biggest changes are:

• OpenLANE ASIC flow updated to rc0.15
• Caravel has become caravel_user_project at the mpw-two-c tag:
  • smaller repo size includes a ‘Caravel Lite’ submodule
  • new IRQ ports
  • logic analyser registers renamed
• An alternative analogue specific ‘Caravan’ harness
• The submission process has been streamlined to make it faster and easier to submit

You can browse the current applications here: https://platform.efabless.com/projects/shuttle_name/MPW-2

I have already made an application for people on the course here: https://platform.efabless.com/projects/66. This will be updated as I receive more designs from the course.

The Zero to ASIC Course material has been updated, and I have expanded part 5 to include dedicated projects for personal and group submissions.

You can see the walkthrough video from Efabless here:

And they have also announced a paid version of the service! $10k for 250 chips makes for $40 samples!

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