DI-Passionate

Vex-Risc-V core layout for the IHP-Open-PDK

The main focus of „Passionate“ (oPen pAckage deSign and Simulation envIronment fOr iNtegrAted sysTEms) is the enhancement in open source tooling for digital and AMS design, to enable the development of chiplets with an open toolflow. The goal of the research project is to build a demonstrator chiplet-based package with open source tools. Therefore we work together with LITES, for the analog part, and FAPS for the actual manufacturing of the package.


We design, test and verify:

  1. Logic Cores (mainly RISC-V)
  2. Accelerators
  3. Mixed-Signal Designs (such as a all-digital-PLL)

Open Master Thesis

  • Extention of the IHP standard cell library – Design and Integration of custom cells