Received silicon from #sky130_mpw1 *just* before Christmas. Thanks to @efabless and @google for sponsoring! Even with the known mpw1 issues, I’m still excited to see how much I can prove works. Now to develop some SMD reflow skills 😂

I’ll admit, I bought this on a bit of a lark, because I saw a couple other Twitter folks had purchased it, and because I’ve always enjoyed implementing small languages. Only a few pages in, I’m already loving it!

Really enjoying hooking up my functional-verification regression to the Allure (docs.qameta.io/allure/) test-reporting framework.

I'm continuing to work on SoC-integration test infrastructure -- this time to simplify synchronizing between the embedded-sw test and the test harness: bitsbytesgates.blogspot.com/…

I've been exploring how embedding higher-level debug and analysis instrumentation into reusable IPs can impact SoC verification and validation. The blog-post below goes through some of the mechanics. bitsbytesgates.blogspot.com/…

Very happy to have completed my submission for the first @efabless/@Google/@SkyWaterFoundry MPW shuttle run. Many thanks to the @fabless team for their support! It's been a great learning experience.

Hey, @FossiFoundation, looks like we've got some technical issues registering for LatchUp ;-)

Interested in using Python (and Cocotb) for verification, and need a high-performance BFM? Writing task-based Cocotb BFMs is easier than you might think. Learn more in my latest blog post: bitsbytesgates.blogspot.com/…

Task-based interaction with Python boosts performance. Learn more about getting access to this in Cocotb here: bitsbytesgates.blogspot.com/…

Looking forward to DVCon Europe in a couple weeks! If you’re attending, I’d love to chat about portable stimulus and the state of verification today. Hope to see you there!

Embedded domain-specific languages (eDSL) show up in more places than you'd think, and make APIs friendlier to use. bitsbytesgates.blogspot.com/…

Heading to @dvcon_us next week! Always excited to see what's new in design and verification and connect with people working on interesting things. If you're also attending and would like to connect, let me know or find me at the @mentor_graphics booth.

Getting GHDL and VUnit is now as easy as 1-2-3 with EDAPack (github.com/edapack)