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[FOSSi Dial-Up] Tim Ansell - Skywater PDK: Fully open source manufacturable PDK for a 130nm process
FOSSi Foundation · 1 HN recommenders · 1 recommendation months
Recommended by 1 Hacker News commenters across 1 months (2020–2024).
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“[FOSSi Dial-Up] Tim Ansell - Skywater PDK: Fully open source manufacturable PDK for a 130nm process” is catalogued as a talk from FOSSi Foundation. Its recorded topics are Semiconductors & chip manufacturing and Hacker culture & free software, with tags such as skywater pdk, 130nm, open hardware, and asic. These labels offer a subject map for the video; they do not provide a transcript or establish details beyond the public export. This guide uses catalog metadata and Hacker News stance counts rather than repeating the source summary.
Audience fit: people exploring Semiconductors & chip manufacturing and Hacker culture & free software may find it relevant. The source classifies its format as talk and its level as advanced; those labels describe catalog intent, not guaranteed prerequisites or a specific teaching style. Review the video itself for details before using it as a reference.
Discussion snapshot: the export records 6 comments from 1 distinct recommender over 1 month between 2020 and 2024. Its 6 available labels count 4 contextual references, 1 recommendation, 0 strong recommendations, 1 critical mention, and 0 jokes. Most recorded mentions use the video as context for another discussion. 1 mention is classified as critical. That label signals a qualifying or skeptical role in the discussion, but it does not identify the exact point at issue; open the linked comments to read each author's reasoning. These counts describe roles assigned to comments; they do not measure factual correctness or video quality. Each Hacker News item below links to its source comment for the full exchange.
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Why Hacker News recommends it
These concise summaries are generated from real comment text, thread titles, and stance labels. They do not reproduce comment wording; the original comment stays on Hacker News.
The a recommendation in “RISC-V is currently slow compared to modern CPUs” is tied to doesn't, hardware, companies, and know; the linked thread preserves the original comment and its full context.
The commenter uses the video as context in “Libre-SoC 180nm Power ISA v3.0 ASIC Submitted to IMEC MPW”, connecting it with fully, open, source, and already.
The critical mention in “Google partners with SkyWater to enable open source manufacturing of ASICs” qualifies or challenges a point about hour, around, mark, and read; open the linked thread to read the comment's full reasoning.