Tiny Tapeout hit as eFabless closes
By Nick Flaherty, eeNews Europe (March 2, 2025)
Open source chip pioneer eFabless has shut down over the weekend, hitting the latest shuttle runs for the Tiny Tapeout project.
eFabless, based in Palo Alto, California, had been struggling to raise funds in recent months. “Unfortunately, despite our best efforts, we were unable to complete our latest funding round, As a result, eFabless has shut down operations until further notice,” said Mike Wishart, CEO of eFabless, which provided an open source chip design flow as well as wafer shuttle services.
The company supported the Tiny Tapeout project that allows chip makers to use a multi-project wafer service for a few dollars. The current call is for designs for the TT10 run on the 130nm process at Skywater Technology..
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