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OpenTitan: Open source silicon root of trust

71 points by marcodiego 5y ago

panick21_ 5y ago
500k to join LowRisc to get access to their plans seems not like a great way to run a open-source project.
progbits 5y ago
Not sure where you are getting "quietly" from. OpenTitan is a well known project in the embedded/security space and has been discussed here several times: https://hn.algolia.com/?q=opentitan https://hn.algolia.com/?q=opentitan
- marcodiego 5y ago
  The part "We've been rather quiet on the PR front" in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31135054 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31135054 .
sph 5y ago
Can we please uneditorialise the title?
- CaliforniaKarl 5y ago
  Sure! Please shoot a quick email to hn@ycombinator.com, giving the HN URL for the article and sentence or two stating your concern.
  - jhugo 5y ago
    at least fix the spelling mistake: devolping -> developing
- dang 5y ago
  Fixed now. More at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31137648 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31137648.
dudus 5y ago
Their website is very upfront https://opentitan.org/ https://opentitan.org/
- tptacek 5y ago
  That's what this story should link to.
- dang 5y ago
  We've changed the URL to that from https://github.com/lowRISC/opentitan https://github.com/lowRISC/opentitan, as well as the title. The submitted title ("Google, Western Digital, Seagate quietly devolping an open source root of trust") broke the site guidelines badly, specifically this one: "Please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait; don't editorialize." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
noselasd 5y ago
What is a silicon root of trust ?
dang 5y ago
Ongoing related thread (I guess): Making open source hardware design a reality - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31134201 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31134201 - April 2022 (16 comments) Also: OpenTitan: An open-source silicon root of trust from lowRISC - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21808804 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21808804 - Dec 2019 (18 comments)

71 points by marcodiego 5y ago

500k to join LowRisc to get access to their plans seems not like a great way to run a open-source project.

Not sure where you are getting "quietly" from. OpenTitan is a well known project in the embedded/security space and has been discussed here several times: https://hn.algolia.com/?q=opentitan https://hn.algolia.com/?q=opentitan

marcodiego 5y ago
The part "We've been rather quiet on the PR front" in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31135054 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31135054 .

sph 5y ago

Can we please uneditorialise the title?

CaliforniaKarl 5y ago
Sure! Please shoot a quick email to hn@ycombinator.com, giving the HN URL for the article and sentence or two stating your concern.
- jhugo 5y ago
  at least fix the spelling mistake: devolping -> developing
dang 5y ago
Fixed now. More at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31137648 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31137648.

dudus 5y ago

Their website is very upfront https://opentitan.org/ https://opentitan.org/

tptacek 5y ago
That's what this story should link to.
dang 5y ago
We've changed the URL to that from https://github.com/lowRISC/opentitan https://github.com/lowRISC/opentitan, as well as the title. The submitted title ("Google, Western Digital, Seagate quietly devolping an open source root of trust") broke the site guidelines badly, specifically this one: "Please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait; don't editorialize." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

noselasd 5y ago

What is a silicon root of trust ?

dang 5y ago

Ongoing related thread (I guess): Making open source hardware design a reality - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31134201 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31134201 - April 2022 (16 comments) Also: OpenTitan: An open-source silicon root of trust from lowRISC - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21808804 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21808804 - Dec 2019 (18 comments)