Hardware Podcasts

An Interview with Claire (née 'Clifford') Wolf

The Amp Hour · 8 Jan 2018 · 2h 41m · Episode 374

What this episode covers

Clifford Wolf, founder of Symbiotic EDA, discusses his creation of the first open-source FPGA toolchain, Yosys, and his work in reverse-engineering bitstreams for Lattice and Xilinx devices. He explains the significance of the open RISC-V instruction set architecture, contrasting it with proprietary models like ARM and x86, and details his development of the PicoRV32 processor. Wolf also highlights the use of formal verification tools, such as RISC-V Formal, to ensure hardware correctness and security, demonstrating how open-source methods can match or exceed commercial verification standards.

Most relevant to

early-stage companies

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Symbiotic EDA, Lattice, Xilinx
Products
PicoRV32
Chips
RISC-V
Tools
Yosys, OpenSCAD
Also
Project IceStorm, Rock Linux

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