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Wuthering Bytes 2020 Call for Participation Now Open

The dates for Wuthering Bytes 2020, the latest in the annual week-long celebration of interesting and inspiring technology, have been confirmed as the 28th of August through to the 6th of September inclusive, and the call for participation is now open. “We’re excited to announce that this year the… Read More

2019 Wuthering Bytes Festival Day Programme Finalised

The programme for the Wuthering Bytes Festival Day, which headlines a 10 day long celebration of technology in picturesque Hebden Bridge, has now been finalised ahead of its opening on Friday the 30th of August 2019. Since its inception in 2013, Wuthering Bytes has attracted a top-quality collection of technologists,… Read More

CRU: Fieldbus in Linux, FPGA SweRV Core, Wuthering Bytes Tickets, and More

Linux 5.2, the upcoming release of the open source kernel, is to receive an official subsystem for the Fieldbus networking protocol family – bringing built-in support for the monitoring and control of industrial equipment. Spotted by Michael Larabel on the Linux news site Phoronix, the Fieldbus subsystem has been… Read More

Wuthering Bytes Early Bird Tickets Now Available as Festival Day Talks Confirmed

The first five talks for the Wuthering Bytes Festival Day, to take place in Hebden Bridge on the 30th of August 2019, have now been confirmed – along with an attendee gift kindly supplied by electronics studio Boldport. Produced by AB Open as part of its contribution to the… Read More

CRU: Open ISA Events, New RISC-V & LoRaWAN Parts, IoT Regulation, and More

AB Open’s Andrew Back has published a piece on building a personal computer based on the RISC-V instruction set architecture (ISA), using a custom-designed housing containing a SiFive HiFive Unleashed development board and Microsemi Expansion Board. “While it’s clear that the most significant opportunities for RISC-V will be in democratising… Read More

DVCon 2019 to Host Panel Discussion on Open ISAs’ Impact on Verification and Compliance

The Design and Verification Conference (DVCon) 2019 is to host a panel on the verification and compliance implications of open instruction set architectures (ISAs) like RISC-V, organised by industry expert Imperas. Dubbed “Verification and Compliance in the Era of Open ISA – Is the Industry Ready to Address the Coming… Read More

SiFive HiFive1 Board, Courtesy of SiFive

CRU: Wuthering Bytes 2019 Planning, SweRV RISC-V Released, and More

AB Open is pleased to announce a call for participation (CFP) in Wuthering Bytes, the annual community technology festival it produces, seeking those interested in hosting a talk, workshop, roundtable, or other event between Friday the 30th of August and Sunday the 8th of September. Wuthering Bytes — produced by… Read More

Wuthering Bytes Launches 2019 Call for Participation

First Festival of Maintenance Lands in London This Month

The world’s first Festival of Maintenance is scheduled to take place later this month in London, offering attendees a look at the sustainability of making and the importance of maintenance – something all-too easily overlooked in the race towards innovation. The Internet of Things (IoT) is a classic example of… Read More

CRU: Vintage FOSSi, ORConf 2018, Tink Cryptography, and More

Chips4Makers has officially launched a crowdfunding campaign to produce the Retro-uC, an open-silicon microcontroller capable of acting as a Zilog Z80, MOS Technologies 6502, or Motorola M68K microprocessor. “I am delighted to announce that the Retro-uC crowdsupply campaign has now been launched. It has taken a little longer to straighten… Read More

Gdansk University of Technology, by Krzysztof Krzempek (CC-BY-SA 3.0)

ORConf 2018 Programme Finalised, Western Digital Confirmed as Headline Sponsor

The finalised programme for ORConf, the open-source digital design conference organised by the Free and Open Source Silicon (FOSSi) Foundation, has been published ahead of the event’s opening later this month – and with it the news that storage giant Western Digital has become the headline sponsor. Scheduled for the… Read More

AB Open Confirms Sponsorship of ORConf 2018

AB Open is proud to confirm its sponsorship of ORConf 2018, the open-source digital design conference, to be held this year at the Gdansk University of Technology in Poland. Officially announced by the Free and Open Source Silicon (FOSSi) Foundation today, AB Open’s sponsorship follows our commitment in the… Read More