Third Time's the Charm
summary
Three years of experiments at Sheffield embed chip design across undergrad and masters programs using open source assets, claiming enough maturity to teach real design flows. Courses use the RISC-V FPGA ecosystem for architecture and microarchitecture, run Tiny Tapeout for co‑curricular silicon runs, and plan GDS Factory integration for hands‑on cleanroom bring‑up. Findings: 80% of cohorts show low design interest, verification and analog remain gaps, and realistic fab turnaround is three to five months.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:46Open-source tools for chip design
- 3:54Open-source advantages
- 6:02Curriculum challenges
- 8:30Teaching chip design
- 10:39Future plans
- 12:45Q&A
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