[FOSSi Dial-Up] Tim Ansell - Skywater PDK: Fully open source manufacturable PDK for a 130nm process

> The architecture doesn't offer anything actually new to the industry. There is more to live then technical specification. The change in the license and the development pattern and the business model does actually matter. I suggest you watch some talks by Krste Asanovic who created the RISC-V project, he explained exactly this point. > Open source software is unreasonably effective because of that trivial marginal cost of reproduction. Its open hardware isn't as good as open software. Yes we know. Sadly we don't have a universal 3d printer. But that doesn't mean its worthless. > Unlike the Linux kernel you can't compile a CPU core and reboot and get some performance gain. Have you never used an modern FPGA? > It just doesn't solve any of the very real problems of producing hardware. If you have a narrow point of you of only considering manufacturing but if you broaden your point of view and look at the whole value chain, it absolutely does. And you know who agrees with me, tons of companies who have invested in RISC-V and the ecosystem. If you don't believe me, I suggest you watch this video from Google where they explain why they are doing what they are doing: [this video] You can find videos like that from other companies, including hardware companies. > It doesn't obviate the challenges or costs of developing new process nodes or chemistries. I didn't know that producing hardware was the same as developing knew nodes. In your mind, the only thing that matters is the cost of ne