Using an LLM, we have analyzed the 6.6M theses contained in the OpenAIRE database and filtered 13k theses relevant to chip-design/EDA.
We then scored them into 53 sub-categories and served the result in a searchable database:

wiki.f-si.org/theses/

Project description:
wiki.f-si.org/index.php?title=…

Source:
codeberg.org/fsi/thesis-filter…

The goal is to give the community a starting point for more reading.

The same approach can be applied to other fields.

#Silicon #FOSS #NGIZero #Qwen #OpenAIRE #Zenodo

>>> Continuing our monthly interview series "Building a Free Internet of the Future", we had a conversation with Chrystalleni Loizidou, @NGIZero regional representative in Cyprus.

---> She talked about meaningful participation in a free/libre technology funding programme:

apc.org/en/news/chrystalleni-l…

#NextGenerationInternet #ngizero #FreeLibre #FreeInternetoftheFuture

📢 On November 18, 2025 at 10:00-11:00 Chișinău time, the Online #Infoshare for the Moldovan community on NGI Zero Commons Fund Calls will take place. 🤓
#NGIZero provides financial and practical #support for free and open source projects. 🤝 This session will cover the scope, eligibility, and assessment procedures, and give an opportunity to ask your questions. 🎯

Join us and register to participate 👉 cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/form/view…

#NGI #NGI0 #FOSS #opensource

We completed our @NGIZero Core funded project!

labplot.org/2025/10/04/an-upda…

Coming soon to #LabPlot: Python scripting, live data analysis, and a suite of 13 statistical hypothesis tests like t-Tests, ANOVA, Chi-Square and Mann-Whitney U Test.

Huge thanks to the NLnet Foundation and the EU's Next Generation Internet Program for making this possible!

#DataAnalysis #OpenSource #Statistics #Python #LiveData #NGIZero #FOSS #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #KDE

@labplot@lemmy.kde.social

Global chip tensions put open-source silicon at a crossroads. Steward Ownership -splitting profit from control- offers a path to sustainability + independence, protecting mission and fueling commons-based innovation.

See the talk of Melanie Rieback:
peertube6.f-si.org/w/vdaZs9Ryk…

More info:
wiki.f-si.org/index.php?title=…

#OpenSourceSilicon #StewardOwnership​
#OpenHardware #FSiC #FSiC2025 #Silicon #FOSS #NGIZero #IHP

All videos of the 2025 Free Silicon Conference are now online!

👉 peertube6.f-si.org/c/fsic2025/

Conference program:
wiki.f-si.org/index.php/FSiC20…

#OpenHardware #FSiC #FSiC2025 #Silicon #FOSS #NGIZero #IHP

I'm excited to announce that #Convo, my #XMPP messaging app for #KaiOS has received a grant from @nlnet, or, more specifically, @NGIZero! 🎉 🤸

nlnet.nl/project/Convo/

I can now turn what began as a quick project made in a providential three weeks of free time into an app that can...actually do basic things like add contacts 😅

More importantly, it'll make the open and standardised messaging protocol available to a mobile platform where few large players have dared to tread 👟

#NLnet #NGIzero

A new wave of projects has been selected for grants of the NGI0 Commons Fund. We'd like to thank the 39 project teams for their contributions to a shared digital infrastructure that aims to benefit all.

We're seeing contributions across all layers of the NGI technology stack. With many open hardware projects, work on fundamental internet protocols, end-user programmes and services and much more.

Come over and meet the projects!

nlnet.nl/news/2025/20250804-an…

#NGI #NGIZero #FOSS

EDIT: This position has now been filled. Many thanks to everyone who has responded and/or helped bringing attention to it.
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We're looking for a FOSS enthusiast who would like to represent NGI Zero in Poland. The mission is two-fold:
Engage local talent in the NGI initiative and share information about funding opportunities.
And bring NGI funded technologies to the attention of the local community.

nlnet.nl/foundation/jobs/regio…

#FOSS #NGI #NGIZero #Poland #getfedihired

Xueyan Zhao announced that #ICSprout is expected to open a 55nm PDK in July 2025:

* ICSprout is jointly established by Zhejiang Provincial Government and Zhejiang University
* It has 12-inch CMOS 180/55nm process lines
* First test chip on ICSprout 55nm Open PDK taped-out in June 15 2025
* Price range: 1400$ - 5600$/mm2

For more information see slide 16 of wiki.f-si.org/index.php?title=…

#OpenHardware #FSiC #Silicon #FOSS #NGIZero #IHP

The 2025 Free Silicon Conference is over. Slides are online, videos will follow.

Highlights:
* China to open a 55nm PDK in weeks
* ChipsJU DET call is open
* DE:SIGN + Taiwan partnership (submit pre-proposals by 1 October)
* Progress on parasitic extraction
* Former CTO of #CST Studio (Peter Thoma) spoke at FSiC
* ElemRV: Open-source microcontroller taped in IHP130
* Visualization of chips in action: znah.net/tt09/

#FSiC #Silicon #FOSS #NGIZero #IHP

We are happy to share that 62 projects will receive grants from the NGI Zero Commons Fund. We congratulate the selected projects and look forward to their contributions to increasing society's digital autonomy.

Ranging from browser-based cellular networking to decentralised social media, and professional print, these projects are showing that a bright digital future is not only possible but already being built.

Come over and meet the projects!
nlnet.nl/news/2025/20250624-an…

#FOSS #NGIZero #NGI

FSiC2025 is fully booked.

120+ engineers, hackers, and researchers will gather in Frankfurt an der Oder to discuss libre EDA, PDKs, on-going projects and more.

Check the program at:
wiki.f-si.org/index.php/FSiC20…

Video recordings will be published after the conference.

#openHardware #semiconductor #silicon #freeSilicon #FOSS #NGIZero

We are glad to announce the next edition of the Free Silicon Conference (#FSiC) which will be held at IHP Microelectronics (Frankfurt an der Oder) on July 2, 3, 4 2025:
wiki.f-si.org/index.php/FSiC20…

Please help us to spread the voice and to identify new open-silicon projects and new open-source Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools.

To propose or suggest an idea just answer to this toot or write at fsic2025'at'f-si.org.

#openHardware #semiconductor #silicon #GoIT #NGIZero

#NLnet #EU #NGI #NGIzero With the hard shift to the right in USA tech, we need to balance this, we can't keep being "nurtural" we never were, let's try to be the balance this time please with funding flows.

Have spent a lot of time over the last 5 years applying for funding for native #openweb projects, the problem seams to be that at #NLnet and the wider #EU they don't have anyone who is competent to judge #FOSS projects in this area hamishcampbell.com my question for this round, is, has this changed?

Acknowledgement of your proposal #Makeinghistory

Acknowledgement of your proposal #indymediaback

Acknowledgement of your proposal Open Governance Body #OGB

Everyone is invited to our #BoF room at 13.00 this afternoon in room AW1.121 at #FOSDEM. The NLnet team will be there and we'll be bringing drinks and snacks.
[1]You're also invited to drop by our sticker booth in the K-building, Level 2 and collect #hex stickers of your favorite #FOSS projects. Take as many as you want, we've brought enough. With many thanks to @leenaars who made the designs for many of them :).

fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event…
#NGIZero