Announcing: Open Design Circuits

We have set up a new web site and mailing list about a low cost open
development model for integrated circuits (chips:).  This development
model removes the barriers which, to this date, made 'open-source' chip
development impossible.  See:

  http://circu.its.tudelft.nl/

Summary
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Open Design Circuits are the chip design counterparts of Open Source
Software, with designs (sources) openly shared among developers and
users. The open-design circuit approach outlined here captures the true
advantages of open-source software, and applies them to hardware. It
avoids the large initial investments usually needed for hardware
development, and it allows for the rapid design sharing, testing, and
user feedback which are key to open-source software success.

The development process is based on open (internet) development, FPGA,
hardware re-use, and more...  Take a look, enter the discussion, or
even better: join the effort.

- Reinoud