Silicon Case Studies
Our proven RISC-V projects demonstrate end-to-end capability from FPGA prototyping to manufactured silicon.
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Game Engine Chip - Manufactured Silicon
2022-2024 | Manufacturing Complete
Our first custom chip - from FPGA prototype to 40 manufactured chips. The complete ASIC lifecycle.
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Commercial RISC-V Platform
2025 | Active Commercial Project
Dual RISC-V CPU integration (Andes + Synopsys) for trade show demonstrator and reference platform.
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eMil ML System
2022-Today | Government-Funded Research
Machine learning system optimization on RISC-V with custom FFT accelerator for edge processing.
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NEORV32 Tutorial
2021 | Open-Source Contribution
Custom CRC module integration tutorial for open-source RISC-V microcontroller.
Project Timeline
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title Motius RISC-V Project History (2021-2025)
dateFormat YYYY-MM
section Education
NEORV32 Tutorial :done, neorv, 2021-09, 2021-12
section Research
eMil ML System :active, emil, 2022-01, 2025-12
section Manufacturing
Game Engine FPGA Prototype :done, pong1, 2022-01, 2022-06
Game Engine Tape-Out Prep :done, pong2, 2022-09, 2023-03
Game Engine Manufacturing :done, pong3, 2023-04, 2024-04
Game Engine Testing/Board :active, pong4, 2024-04, 2025-06
section Commercial
Commercial Platform :active, quint, 2025-01, 2025-12Press "Alt" / "Option" to enable Pan & Zoom
Project Summary
| Project | Timeline | Type | CPU Core(s) | FPGA Platform | Status |
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| Game Engine Chip | 2022-2024 | Manufacturing | Custom game engine | AMD Artix-7 → Silicon | ✅ 40 chips received |
| Commercial Platform | 2025-ongoing | Commercial | Andes + Synopsys | Kintex-7, Ultrascale+ | 🔄 Active development |
| eMil | 2022-today | Research | Western Digital EH1 | AMD Artix-7 | 🔄 Ongoing |
| NEORV32 | 2021 | Education | NEORV32 (open-source) | AMD Artix-7 | ✅ Complete |
Key Achievements Across Projects
Silicon Manufacturing
- ✅ First custom chip designed and manufactured
- ✅ 40 working chips received in M.2 QFN package
- ✅ Successfully debugged manufacturing defects
- ✅ 18-24 month real-world timeline experienced
- ✅ Open-source manufacturing flow proven (Google/efabless)
RISC-V Integration
- ✅ 3 different RISC-V CPU cores integrated
- ✅ Andes commercial CPU (commercial client)
- ✅ Synopsys ARC-V CPU (commercial client)
- ✅ Western Digital EH1 (eMil)
- ✅ NEORV32 open-source (tutorial)
Custom IP Development
- ✅ CRC module (NEORV32)
- ✅ FFT accelerator (eMil)
- ✅ Complete game engine (Game Engine - in silicon!)
- ✅ All custom IP cores developed in-house
FPGA Platforms
- ✅ AMD Xilinx Artix-7
- ✅ AMD Xilinx Kintex-7
- ✅ AMD Xilinx Ultrascale+
- ✅ Multiple board variants (Nexys A7, Arty A7, Genesys 2)