Matt Venn
Founder at Tiny Tapeout
Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain
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Top SchoolMatt Venn is a founder and engineer with 15 years' experience making ASIC design accessible to hobbyists, students, and professionals from his base in Valencia. He co-founded Tiny Tapeout and authored the Zero to ASIC course, together enabling thousands to take designs from first concept to manufactured microchips. At YosysHQ he leads sales and communication for a core open-source synthesis and formal verification toolchain, while contributing hands-on to projects like OpenLane and Tiny Tapeout integrations that bridge RTL-to-GDSII automation and educational workflows. His background spans embedded firmware, automation, and hardware education—from contributing firmware fixes for open-source keyboard projects to building tooling that surfaces techmap and synthesis internals for learners. Known for combining clear science communication with practical engineering, he has a track record of turning complex ASIC flows into approachable, reproducible experiences.
15 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS Electrical and Electronics Engineering at University of Leeds
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Github Skills (22)
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Programming languages (24)
Github contributions (5)
The-OpenROAD-Project/OpenLane
Jul 2020 - Nov 2021
OpenLane is an automated RTL to GDSII flow based on several components including OpenROAD, Yosys, Magic, Netgen and custom methodology scripts for design exploration and optimization.
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:3 reviews, 8 commits, 12 PRs in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Matt contributed to the design of an inverter and a manual macro placement test within the OpenLane flow. Their work included writing Verilog code for the inverter, adding configuration settings, and including license information. Additionally, the user modified synthesis scripts to create dot files, enhancing the ability to examine the techmap process, which is crucial for understanding the process of RTL to GDSII flow.
rtlfoundrymagicmethodologyvlsi
keyboardio/Kaleidoscope
Dec 2017 - Sep 2018
Firmware for Keyboardio keyboards and other keyboards with AVR or ARM MCUs.
Role in this project:Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:5 commits, 4 PRs, 10 comments in 8 months
Contributions summary:Matt's contributions primarily involve firmware development for keyboard devices. They fixed a newline issue in EEPROM keymap configurations, resolving formatting problems. The commits also addressed LED control functionalities, resolving a bug related to LED synchronization and potential overflow issues on the ARM platform. Furthermore, the user integrated and merged updates from a related repository, showcasing their involvement in the LED-Stalker feature.
rp2040keyboardsnrf52840firmwareavr
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