Chip design at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center
A hands-on chip design workshop at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Barcelona
Tiny Tapeout Team
•4 November 2026
Matt leading the workshop
Another successful workshop in the bag!
The Barcelona Supercomputing Center, together with Barcelona City Council, brought a chip design workshop to the Polytechnic University of Catalonia on Friday, October 30.
64 participants came ready to build chips from the ground up
The workshop had one goal: to show people what is possible with open-source tools for chip design, through hands-on sessions that anyone could follow.
Hands-on learning
And it went brilliantly! Most of the participants were undergraduate, master’s, and PhD students. Some teachers and professors joined in too.
People came in curious, and the energy stayed high from start to finish.
“How dynamic it was. Impossible to get bored, and straight to the point. Got me back into wanting to do hw design (I work in the ISA, too high level).”
“Super fun, good explanation, lost of insights about the industry”
“It was really dynamic and entertaining, giving another perspective to semiconductors”
Thank you to everyone who joined us in Barcelona, to the Barcelona Supercomputing Center team, and to Barcelona City Council for working with us on the event!
Fins després, Barcelona!
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