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<p>Welcome <a href="https://talesonthewire.com">Julia Desmazes of Tales on The Wire</a></p>
<ul>
<li>Follow along with the blog post we discuss <a href="https://talesonthewire.com/projects/two_weeks_until_tapeout/">Two Weeks Until Tapeout</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://tinytapeout.com/">Matt Venn &#8211; TinyTapeout</a> &#8211; Episode <a href="https://theamphour.com/616-open-source-tapeout-with-matthew-venn/">616</a> and <a href="https://theamphour.com/672-silicon-revolution-with-matt-venn/">672</a></li>
<li><a href="https://theamphour.com/650-accessible-asics-with-andreas-olofsson/">Andreas Olofsson &#8211; openroad/openlane</a> &#8211; Episode <a href="https://theamphour.com/254-an-interview-with-andreas-olofsson-adaptevas-ampliative-abacus/">254</a> and <a href="https://theamphour.com/650-accessible-asics-with-andreas-olofsson/">650</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wafer.space">Tim Ansell &#8211; Wafer.space</a> &#8211; Episode <a href="https://theamphour.com/375-an-interview-with-tim-mithro-ansell/">375</a>, <a href="https://theamphour.com/501-discussing-the-open-source-pdk-with-tim-ansell/">501</a>, and <a href="https://theamphour.com/703-building-wafer-space-with-tim-ansell/">703</a></li>
</ul>
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<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JTAG">JTAG</a></li>
<li>How do you know that tooling is or isn&#8217;t working?</li>
<li><a href="https://talesonthewire.com/projects/blake2s_hashing_accelerator_a_solo_tapeout_journey/">Accelerator</a></li>
<li>Rabbithole with floating point (<a href="https://talesonthewire.com/projects/floating_dragon/">post updated after recording</a>)</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/Essenceia/BFloat16">BFloat16</a></li>
<li>Follow Julia on GitHub<a href="https://github.com/Essenceia/BFloat16"><code class="inline-code" spellcheck="false">https://github.com/Essenceia</code></a><code class="inline-code" spellcheck="false"></code></li>
<li><a href="https://www.kapla.com/en/architecture-in-versailles_i39.html">Kapla (official website</a>, not the much cheaper alibaba version):</li>
<li><a href="https://dmitry.gr/?r=05.Projects">Dimity Grinberg</a> personal blog</li>
</ul>


<description>Julia Desmazes joins Chris to discuss designing chips for fun and getting an entire design done in 2 weeks to make a tapeout deadline. Julia built accerlators and has continued to dive deeper into on and off chip tooling for greater visibility into the silicon she gets back from the fab.</description>

Julia Desmazes joins Chris to discuss designing chips for fun and getting an entire design done in 2 weeks to make a tapeout deadline. Julia built accerlators and has continued to dive deeper into on and off chip tooling for greater visibility into the...

Julia Desmazes joins Chris to discuss designing chips for fun and getting an entire design done in 2 weeks to make a tapeout deadline. Julia built accerlators and has continued to dive deeper into on and off chip tooling for greater visibility into the silicon she gets back from the fab.

The Amp Hour Electronics Podcast

#721 – Chip Design for Fun (and Waffles) with Julia Desmazes

#721 – Chip Design for Fun (and Waffles) with Julia Desmazes

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