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495 TinyQV 'Asteroids' - Crowdsourced Risc-V SoC - Tiny Tapeout

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TinyTapeout @tinytapeout.com · 2d

We put all the peripherals together and made these amazing crowdsourced microcontrollers!

Asteroids - tinytapeout.com/chips/ttsky2...

Berzerk - tinytapeout.com/chips/ttsky2...

A Risc-V SoC with peripherals from the Tiny Tapeout Risc-V challenge, codename 'Asteroids'

Live: Announcing the Tiny Tapeout RISC-V competition winners!

TinyTapeout @tinytapeout.com · 2d

Who won our #RISCV peripheral competition? Don't miss the live announcement tomorrow at 19:00 CEST!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbEW...

infosecdj:ihp:ttihp0p1 [Silicon Prawn]

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TinyTapeout @tinytapeout.com · 3d

siliconpr0n.org/archive/doku...

Thanks to infosecdj for the imaging

siliconpr0n.org

TinyTapeout @tinytapeout.com · 3d

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TinyTapeout @tinytapeout.com · 6d

Announcing the RISC-V competition winners on a livestream, Wednesday 8th!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbEW...

#RISCV #TinyTapeout

Live: Announcing the Tiny Tapeout RISC-V competition winners!

871 Cross stitch Creatures #2 - Tiny Tapeout

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bleeptrack @bleeptrack.de · 8d

Very excited to see how they turn out when decapped :3
By far the smallest generative art I've done so far 👀

TinyTapeout @tinytapeout.com · 8d

We have our first commissioned art from @bleeptrack.de , “Cross Stitch Creatures” - the first of 4 in a series exploring silicon art.

tinytapeout.com/chips/ttsky2...

generative pattern creatures using silicon cross stitch

Tiny Tapeout SKY 25a - Tiny Tapeout

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TinyTapeout @tinytapeout.com · 8d

For all the details, the interactive viewer and to download the datasheet: tinytapeout.com/chips/ttsky2...

Thanks to ChipFoundry for sponsoring us and helping keep ASIC design and manufacture affordable.

Our next shuttle is already open and you can take part from just 70 euros!

237 designs, closed 2025-09-15

524 Analog VGA CSDAC experiments - Tiny Tapeout

TinyTapeout @tinytapeout.com · 8d

And finally here’s a cool current steering DAC that’s designed to drive a VGA monitor by Anton - good to see your mixed signal skills evolving Anton!

tinytapeout.com/chips/ttsky2...

Current switching matrix DAC implementations for analog VGA displays

454 Single Port OpenRAM Testchip - Tiny Tapeout

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TinyTapeout @tinytapeout.com · 8d

It’s great to see people using our service to test bigger mixed signal designs like OpenRAM. In this test, Jesse put a tiny 16x32 RAM inside a 4 tile digital design.

tinytapeout.com/chips/ttsky2...

Testchip of single port SRAM macro using two phase clocking

871 Cross stitch Creatures #2 - Tiny Tapeout

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TinyTapeout @tinytapeout.com · 8d

We have our first commissioned art from @bleeptrack.de , “Cross Stitch Creatures” - the first of 4 in a series exploring silicon art.

tinytapeout.com/chips/ttsky2...

generative pattern creatures using silicon cross stitch

462 TV-B-Gone-EU (ROM Macro variant) - Tiny Tapeout

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TinyTapeout @tinytapeout.com · 8d

Mitch Altman has long inspired us, and as a tribute we included an ASIC version of his classic TV-B-Gone universal off button for TVs. We also took the opportunity to test Sylvain Munalt’s ROM.

tinytapeout.com/chips/ttsky2...

TV-B-Gone shuts down many TVs by sending IR codes

490 mini mosbius - Tiny Tapeout

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TinyTapeout @tinytapeout.com · 8d

Inspired by Peter Kinget, we commissioned Andrew Kang to create a Mini MOSBius especially for us. The idea is to enable analog designers to get faster feedback on their circuit designs with an analog FPGA.

tinytapeout.com/chips/ttsky2...

a mosbius style chip in a 3x2 tt slot

495 TinyQV 'Asteroids' - Crowdsourced Risc-V SoC - Tiny Tapeout

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TinyTapeout @tinytapeout.com · 8d

It was the first time we enabled 4 tile high designs, enabling a monster crowd sourced RISC-V microcontroller competition called Asteroid. At 60k standard cells, this is the biggest design so far on Tiny Tapeout.

tinytapeout.com/chips/ttsky2...

A Risc-V SoC with peripherals from the Tiny Tapeout Risc-V challenge, codename 'Asteroids'

Tiny Tapeout SKY 25a - Tiny Tapeout

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TinyTapeout @tinytapeout.com · 8d

We just packed 237 of your projects into our most packed ASIC to date and submitted it for manufacture. Let’s take a look inside…

floorplan of the latest TT ASIC multi project chip

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TinyTapeout @tinytapeout.com · 21d

It's got a ton of great open source silicon designs on it!

But it's only just gone to fab so it won't be ready for quite a few months

tinytapeout.com/chips/ttsky2...

237 designs, closed 2025-09-15

tinytapeout.com/chips/ttsky2...

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TinyTapeout @tinytapeout.com · 21d

Tiny Tapeout SKY 25a - Tiny Tapeout

237 designs, closed 2025-09-15

COSCUP25 - Matt Venn - Tiny Tapeout

TinyTapeout @tinytapeout.com · 21d

Our chips look the best, no competition!

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Rohan makes RTL on FPGA 🛠️ @rohan-devarc.bsky.social · Sep 6

Low power math within few clock cycles.

Imagine it, then put it into silicon.

Made by Vicharak aka @aksharvastarpara.bsky.social 's team and two FPGA freaks.

Check - t.co/vBGGA2i0uX

Thanks @mattvenn.net and @urishaked.bsky.social and whole @tinytapeout.com team for making this possible.

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TinyTapeout @tinytapeout.com · Sep 2

13 days left to go - what will *you* make?

This shuttle has the highest utilisation we’ve seen at this stage before tapeout!

#TinyTapeout #ASIC #opensource

Get involved here: tinytapeout.com

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TinyTapeout @tinytapeout.com · Aug 17

At #COSCUP25, @mattvenn.net shared what makes Tiny Tapeout successful, spotlighted some of the most creative projects, and revealed exciting updates (including our work with GlobalFoundries).

www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVMj...