Luca Alloatti
F-Si - Free Silicon Foundation
President
Luca Alloatti is the president of the Free Silicon Foundation (f-si.org) which promotes the freedom of silicon integrated circuits similarly to the Free Software Foundation which promotes the freedom of software.
He has a background in physics (diploma at SNS.it) and in electrical engineering (PhD at KIT.edu). At MIT, he demonstrated the first microprocessor with optical interconnects. He is currently involved in two European projects to promote open silicon in Europe [1] and to fund free software/hardware projects [2]. Most recently, he co-organised the 2024 Free Silicon Conference [3] and co-authored a roadmap for the European Commission [4].
[1] GoIT proposal: https://wiki.f-si.org/index.php?title=Horizon_2021_Coordination_and_Support_Action_(CSA)_proposal
[2] NGI0 Commons Fund announcement: https://nlnet.nl/press/20240109-NGI0-CommonsFund-unveiled.html
[3] FSiC2024: https://wiki.f-si.org/index.php/FSiC2024
[4] Roadmap for the EC: https://wiki.f-si.org/index.php?title=Recommendations_and_roadmap_for_the_development_of_open-source_silicon_in_the_EU
