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{{Short description|UK non-profit foundation}}

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{{Infobox organization

| name = Free and Open Source Silicon Foundation (FOSSi Foundation)

| logo = FOSSi Logo.png

| type = [[Community interest company|Community Interest Company]]

| founded_date = {{start date and age|2015}}

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| ___location = [[Halifax, West Yorkshire|Halifax]], [[United Kingdom]]

| origins = [[OpenRISC|OpenRISC community]]

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| area_served = Worldwide

| focus = [[Open Source Hardware]]

| method = Promote and assist free and open digital hardware designs and their related ecosystems

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| homepage = {{Official URL}}

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| website = https://fossi-foundation.org

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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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Free and Open Source Silicon Foundation|url=https://www.fossi-foundation.org/ |website= |access-date=23 February 2022}}</ref> It was set up by the core [[OpenRISC]] development team in response to decreasing support from the commercial owners of the [[OpenCores|opencores.org]] website. The main sponsor of the FOSSi Foundation is [[Google]] and past sponsors included [[Cadence Design Systems]] and Embecosm.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sponsors|url=https://www.fossi-foundation.org/sponsors|website=|access-date=23 February 2022|archive-date=23 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220223092246/https://www.fossi-foundation.org/sponsors|url-status=dead}}</ref> The FOSSi Foundation should not be confused with the Free Silicon Foundation.<ref>{{cite web |title=Free Silicon Foundation|url=https://f-si.org |website= |access-date=23 February 2022}}</ref>

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

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* 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 [https://www.librecores.org librecores.org] website, the primary portal for the user community. It holds an annual conference (ORConf<ref>ORConf [https://orconf.org/ website]</ref>) 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Code of Conduct |url=https://www.fossi-foundation.org/code-of-conduct |website=FOSSi Foundation |access-date=4 February 2022}}</ref>

== History ==

During 2015, ORSoC AB, commercial owners of [[OpenCores|opencores.org]] formed a joint venture with KNCMiner AB to develop bitcoin mining machines. As this became the primary focus of the business, they spent less time on the opencores.org project. In response to the growing lack of commitment, the core OpenRISC development team set up the Free and Open Source Silicon Foundation (FOSSi), and registered the [https://www.librecores.org/ LibreCores] website, as the basis for all future development, independent of commercial control.<ref>Announcement of FOSSi at ORConf2015, CERN, Geneva. [https://orconf.org/2015/schedule.html schedule] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbLNTo_J0j0&list=PLUg3wIOWD8yoX2ECfeU_QP5snbu2Zs1Wp&index=12 video]</ref>

In 2016, the [https://www.librecores.org/ LibreCores] development is intensifyingintensified and the annual "LibreCores Student Design Contest" was announced<ref>[https://lists.librecores.org/pipermail/discussion/2016-April/000046.html Announcement on the mailing list].</ref> The FOSSi Foundation is an umbrella organization in the [[Google Summer of Code]] 2016–2020.<ref>[https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/organizations/5516229267685376/ FOSSi in the Google Summer of Code]</ref>

==See also==

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==External links==

* {{Official website}}

* User portal: [https://www.librecores.org/ LibreCores]

* Conference portal: [https://orconf.org/ ORConf]