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First online workshop
Get your tickets now! Workshop runs on Monday 13th and Friday 17th July.
Mini MOSBius
A playground for analog microelectronics on TTSKY25a and all future Sky shuttles.
Launching our new news section!
Learn about the latest developments at Tiny Tapeout and in open source silicon.
Chip surgery with a focused ion beam (FIB edit)
We cut a microscopic wire inside a chip with a focused ion beam then revived it with platinum gas.
IEEE members gets free tapeout on TTSKY26b
IEEE Division 1 members get free area on TTSKY26b shuttle.
wafer.space GF180 — first functional tapeout confirmed
Major validation of the new fabrication partnership.
TTSKY26a sold out — TTSKY26b opens
50% of area reserved for IEEE, 40 non-subsidized PCBs available.
TTGF26a opens — new shuttle available
160 tiles up for grabs!
TTSKY26a demoscene competition is live!
Meet the judges, see the prizes, and learn how to enter. Real lithography masks, silicon wafers, and more!
TTIHP26a wrap up!
96.4% Utilization, 200+ Projects
Wirebonding behind the scenes
From die placement to finished chip-on-board assembly, step by step.
SwissChips — free silicon for Switzerland
Learn chip design and submit for free fabrication. Swiss residents get free TTIHP26a submission coupon plus dev kit.
TTIHP25a — first chip with Tiny Tapeout's name on it
First fully branded Tiny Tapeout chip.
Matt wins European Open Source Academy Special Recognition Award
Matt Venn awarded for making chip design accessible to thousands of students worldwide.
2025 Year in Review
12 chips to 3 fabs, 8 workshops for 500 people, TT06 launched to space. A record year for Tiny Tapeout.
TTSKY25b sent to foundry — 98% Utilization
TTSKY25b heads to ChipFoundry with 316 designs.
TT06 launches to Low Earth Orbit
16 chip designers' experiments heading to Low Earth Orbit!
TT08 chip-on-board (COB) arrives
135 designs wire-bonded and ready. First tests show working silicon.
TTSky25a submitted — most packed ASIC to date
237 projects submitted to ChipFoundry, including Asteroid RISC-V SoC at 60k cells
Wafer.space - new silicon fabrication partner
Tim Ansell launches wafer.space and fills critical gap after Efabless shutdown.
The beauty of democratized chip design 😍
And the best-looking chip goes to...
Tillitis AB sponsors GlobalFoundries 180MCU development for Tiny Tapeout
First 2 of 4 work packages underway, with support from wafer.space, IEEE, and Synopsys.
RISC-V crowdsourced microcontroller competition
Open call to design peripherals for a real RISC-V chip that will be fabricated.
Chip viewer gets major upgrade
New microscope images, GDS, local interconnect layers, and direct links to project files.
ChipFoundry Sky130 Shuttle Confirmed
4-Tile High Designs Now Possible
ChipFoundry announced as Tiny Tapeout sponsor
Open source silicon access for all continues!
Interview TT chips heading to space on Hunity
Hunity, the PocketQube satellite that's taking our chips to space.
Efabless shuts down - Tiny Tapeout will continue
Our mission remains the same.
Google-sponsored MPW dies in epoxy cubes now in store
Available in the Tiny Tapeout store!
TT09 closes breaking records!
369 projects submitted!
USA Workshops - 250 People Tape Out
Workshops across the USA - Hackaday Supercon, UCSD, and Stanford
TT06 analog infrastructure confirmed working
Good news for everyone who put analog designs on TT06, TT07, and TT08.
First experimental tapeout on IHP SG13G2 process
2 test chips planned, first public shuttle mid-2025
TT08 is open!
Early bird pricing, demoscene competition, and more!
TT08 Demoscene Competition Launched
Our first demoscene competition
Tiny Tapeout paper published in IEEE SSCM
A Shared Silicon Tapeout Platform Accessible To Everyone - first academic paper
TT05 chips received from Efabless
Next step is PCBA and then order fulfillment.
HackSpace Magazine gives TT 10/10
Tiny Tapeout was reviewed by HackSpace Magazine in issue no. 77
TT06 sells out. TT07 open!
Sold out - 238 projects submitted from 30 countries.
TT02 working demos
Showcasing the TT02 community designs
TT02 Premiere - Silicon Bring-up
World's first live open-source silicon bring-up
TT02 chips are out of the factory!
First ever TT chips back from the factory.
TT04 submissions are closed
350 tiles total!
TT04 submissions are now open
This is our biggest release yet!
TT04 Launch Webinar
Featuring Uri Shaked and special guest, Pat Deegan
TT03.5 OpenLane1 & OpenLane2
An experimental shuttle
TT03 is closed for submissions
TT03 closes with 100 submissions; remaining space filled with 149 designs from TT02.
TT03 Hackathon
2-hour live hackathon video call to help people get designs in before close
TT03 is open for submissions
The submission repository is now live on GitHub.
TT02 closes with 144 designs
Tiny Tapeout 2 is officially closed for submissions.
TT02 updates!
Design size doubled, slot count increased, major accessibility upgrade over TT01!
Tiny Tapeout at Hackaday Supercon 2022
First major conference presentation of Tiny Tapeout to the hardware community
tinytapeout.com Is Live
Official tinytapeout.com website goes live!
TT02 is open for submissions
TT02 repo live; 250 design slots, 2× bigger than TT01; improved scan chain
TT01 repos updated and datasheet in progress
140 pull requests opened to get TT01 repos in shape; first draft datasheet created
TT01 Submitted to Efabless MPW7 Shuttle
Tiny Tapeout's very first chip submitted to the free Google MPW7 shuttle on Skywater 130nm!