Open-Source HW Commercial Adoption: Lessons Learned

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OpenHW Group describes a pragmatic path to commercial open-source silicon: a permissive solderpad license on top of Apache, a public UVM-based verification testbench written in SystemVerilog with published coverage data, and a roadmap of nine CORE‑V variants seeded by two cores (CV32E40P and CVA6). The ecosystem counts ~100 members, 300+ dev-kit waitlist entries, and a first 22 nm GF tapeout underway; tools used include Synopsys/Cadence/Siemens for synthesis and mentor simulators for signoff.

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1. 0:00Open Source HW adoption
2. 2:10Lessons from open source software for hardware
3. 6:45Permissive licensing in OSHW
4. 13:30Verification standards for IP
5. 18:04Processor roadmap & software
6. 22:22FPGA emulation platforms
7. 25:40Key commercial lessons
8. 26:45Q&A on EDA & ecosystem

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