Are there any open source caravan/panamax projects available to look at yet? Maybe there will be a status update later this year on YouTube when there is something to report?

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The data is available here.

@dlmiles: Panamax isn't open source yet, but we're getting there. We do not have any open source projects for it yet, only internal ones, but we are planning an open source tapeout for April, and @Leo Moser is also planning to tape out a project in April using the Panamax design.

Thanks both. The links are exactly what I am after but yes for a project of high complexity/size, which is why I reference panamax. Expecting these to have larger GDS to quantify relative performance when processing larger designs.

@dlmiles: Leo is going to be the first person to design something in the Panamax frame other than the next-generation harness chip, so I suggest getting tips and pointers from him, if you want to try using it. If you are not in a rush, I would suggest sticking with the caravel/caravan/openframe generation until after April, when we should open source the next-generation harness chip.