“Right now we have TT08 awaiting packaging and TT09 still in the SkyWater Technology fab. These chips represent a huge investment of time and energy from hundreds of people, and we currently don’t know if we’ll receive them.”
Efabless ran the first open source silicon shuttles and shut down without warning. Hundreds of hobbyist and student chips are stuck mid-fabrication. Tiny Tapeout promises refunds and a move to other fabs. Open hardware still runs on one startup’s runway.