Wow what a year! In this post I’m going to look back over 2024 and share some of my highlights and the goals I met and failed. Then I’ll share my ambitions and predictions for 2025. With all the open source tapeouts, events, workshops and news, there’s a ton to cover - so let’s jump in! 2024 Goals More people I aimed for 2000 new people to get started with open source silicon via my courses and tiny tapeout.