Free and Open Source Silicon Foundation

Free and Open Source Silicon Foundation (FOSSi Foundation)
Founded2015; 9 years ago (2015)
TypeCommunity Interest Company
FocusOpen Source Hardware
Location
OriginsOpenRISC community
Area served
Worldwide
MethodPromote and assist free and open digital hardware designs and their related ecosystems
Websitehttps://fossi-foundation.org

The Free and Open Source Silicon Foundation (FOSSi Foundation) is a non-profit foundation with the mission to promote and assist free and open digital hardware designs and their related ecosystems.[1] It was set up by the core OpenRISC development team in response to decreasing support from the commercial owners of the opencores.org website. The main sponsor of the FOSSi Foundation is Google and past sponsors included Cadence Design Systems and Embecosm.[2] The FOSSi Foundation should not be confused with the Free Silicon Foundation.[3]

The FOSSi Foundation operates as an open, inclusive, vendor-independent group. It identifies its mission as the following activities:

  • support and promote open standards development and their use;
  • support community events and organize regular events;
  • encourage industry participation in open source IP design;
  • assist hobbyists and academic institutions with opening their work to the public; and
  • support the development and maintenance of a web site, aimed at providing a platform for free and open source silicon.

The FOSSi Foundation is the legal entity, owner of the librecores.org website, the primary portal for the user community. It holds an annual conference (ORConf[4]) and organizes an annual student design contest.

To provide a harassment-free environment for minority contributors, all community members are required to abide by a code of conduct which prohibits offensive language and unwanted behavior in any of the community spaces.[5]

  1. ^ "Free and Open Source Silicon Foundation". Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Sponsors". Archived from the original on 23 February 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Free Silicon Foundation". Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  4. ^ ORConf website
  5. ^ "Code of Conduct". FOSSi Foundation. Retrieved 4 February 2022.