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El Correo Libre Issue 73
The FOSSi Foundation is thrilled to announce the third and final batch of talks and lighting sessions for Latch-Up 2024, taking place this April the 19th to the 21st in Boston - with tickets still available for anyone to attend!
El Correo Libre Issue 72
Below is a copy of an open letter signed, at the time of writing, by more than 130 signatories from across academia which calls upon European and national funding agencies to consider open-source electronic design automation (EDA) tools a first-class citizen in efforts to foster local chip design capabilities.
El Correo Libre Issue 71
The FOSSi Foundation is thrilled to be able to confirm the first batch of speakers for Latch-Up 2024, a conference dedicated to free and open-source silicon being held in Boston, Massachusetts, this April.