Tiny Tapeout: Hands on — get your design submission-ready

Format: Hands-on work session: build, simulate, and prepare your own design for submission — using agentic AI coding frameworks to translate RTL from idea to implementation. 

Description: The second and final workshop in the autumn Tiny Tapeout series. Here we go from theory to practice: you work on your own chip design with ongoing help, so it is ready to submit to the shuttle that closes in early September.

Program: Quick recap and setup for anyone who missed workshop 1 - Open work session: work on your own design with ongoing help and sparring - Shared troubleshooting and exchange of experience - Simulation and testing of your design before submission - Walkthrough of the actual submission process to the shuttle, prepping for the upcoming tapeout deadline (TTSKY26c, closing 7 Sep 2026)

A special focus: How agentic AI coding frameworks can help build and validate the RTL — taking a design from idea to a real, verified implementation. We look at where these tools genuinely accelerate the flow (scaffolding RTL, writing testbenches, closing the loop on simulation/verification) and where you still need a hardware engineer’s eye.

Whether you work in Verilog, VHDL, or Wokwi’s visual editor, you are welcome. Bring an idea for what your chip should do — from a simple counter to a serial controller or a sound generator. 

To get the maximum out of the workshop, please bring a Unix-based laptop (Linux or Mac) or a working WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) 

And the following tools: Iverilog (simulator), Cocotb (test harness), and Surfer or GTKWave (waveform viewer)

And if you want to practice the AI flow, a working Claude Code, Codex, or Gemini CLI environment.         

The last Skywater tapeout was sold out - If you want to reserve a slot, you can order it up front without haveing you design done and get a discount on the demo PCB.    

Food will be served during the evening. 

The workshop is conducted by Jørgen Kragh Jakobsen. Jørgen has been part of the open-source chip design ecosystem for the last 5 years, has done multiple workshops on Tiny Tapeout, and has given guest lectures and camps covering all aspects of doing chip design with open-source tools and PDKs. 

For any questions, please feel free to reach out to Jørgen: 51947707 or by email: jkj@icworks.dk