An engineer undertaken the ambitious challenge of designing and taping out a full networking switch ASIC chip solo in just 96 hours, resulting in an open-source unmanaged cut-through 100Mbps Ethernet switch with debug infrastructure. The project builds on prior experience with Tiny Tapeout and targets the wafer.space run#2 at 0.5x0.5mm.
Background
The project is part of an open-source networking hardware initiative aiming to build fully transparent, community-verifiable network equipment, from switches up to full routers.
- Source
- Lobsters
- Published
- Nov 10, 2026 at 03:39 PM
- Score
- 6.0 / 10