Hardware built for security — and for running cryptography — is shifting away from closed, proprietary designs toward open-source silicon. That shift matters: it extends Kerckhoffs’s principle down into the chip itself, and it opens up a feedback loop between the people designing silicon and the people trying to break, verify, or trust it.
This shift creates opportunities, but also has revealed challenges for those interested in quickly adopting open-source design for commercial practice or research exploration. POpSi emphasizes the pragmatic and practical — identifying open problems, technical gaps, and unresolved discussions to enable widespread adoption of open-source secure silicon.
We are bringing together researchers, practitioners, adopters, and users of open-source trustworthy silicon to swap notes, learn from each other, and start new collaborations.
What to expect
- Short talks introducing projects in the space
- Deeper dives highlighting gaps and open problems
- Tutorials to get hands-on with specific tools and frameworks
- Working sessions to foster solution-focused conversations
POpSi is invite-only, but nominations are welcome — tell us who should be in the room.