The OpenROAD 7nm Design Contest Results are announced!
The OpenROAD 7nm Design contest broke many barriers– engaging a diverse global community to participate, learn and compete to solve challenging design problems using popular RISC-V base cores and an advanced technology node using asap7. Participants had the opportunity to learn IC design skills and apply the OpenROAD native flow -OpenROAD-flow-scripts through custom training videos […]
An ML-based ICCAD contest for Static IR Drop Estimation
Static IR drop is critical at advanced node design closure. We invite you to participate in this interesting and challenging OpenROAD-based ML contest by Steel Perlot and ASU announced at ICCAD 2023:https://lnkd.in/g-uMNjSU. Problem C: https://lnkd.in/guMGRD4E . Stay tuned for more updates!
Energy Efficient Design Starts with the Architecture
Developed with funding from DARPA MTO’s Intelligent Design of Electronic Assets (IDEA) program, OpenROAD™ provides Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) and System on Chip (SoC) design teams with an open source, no-human-in-loop, 24-hour chip place-and-route solution. OpenROAD’s value proposition is that it brings down the barriers of cost, expertise and unpredictability of proprietary solutions which […]
OpenROAD 2022: Year End Review
2022 has been a very exciting and productive year for the OpenROAD™ project. We made good progress across main project areas including core technologies, tool quality, PPA outcomes and targeted outreach programs. This has led to a wider usage of our tools in various applications and an exponential growth in our user community. Our core […]
Effective Design Productivity and Performance Management using GitHub Notifications
OpenROAD™ aims to continually improve the quality of the application and results i.e PPA for designs. One of the ways to do this is to track CI both internally within the project tools and design repository and enable users to manage their design and CI environment. OpenROAD uses METRICS2.1 to log design data and track […]
Automated SoC, Mixed-Signal Design using OpenROAD and OpenFASoC
OpenROAD™ is a foundational application for open-source VLSI design from RTL to GDSII. It is used widely by many popular Open Source tools and initiatives that foster and enable ASIC and FPGA design flows and methodologies. One such initiative is FASoC, a DARPA-funded program across multiple universities and industry leaders such as Arm, led by […]
Using Git Action For OpenLane Design Change Management
The OpenROAD™ project contains a specific repository that defines a set of useful actions that can be triggered to implement several valuable functions. Refer to the repository https://github.com/The-OpenROAD-Project/actions. The README.md file lists the actions provided for various useful functions that can be applied to the OpenROAD project repositories. One such function is openlane_run. The action […]
MPW designs in OpenROAD CI improve quality for everyone
OpenROAD™ is committed to continuously improving software quality and robustness since it is the key engine for OpenLane and potentially other open-source flow controllers. This primarily hinges on two main goals: Ensuring broad coverage for design size and functionality Catching and fixing software and tool problems earlier in the development cycle OpenROAD deploys a CI […]
OpenROAD – Key Milestones on the Road towards Good PPA
OpenROAD – Key Milestones on the Road towards Good PPA Overview OpenROAD™ is the leading open-source digital place-and-route solution, providing easy access and removing the cost barriers of commercial VLSI design tools. OpenROAD’s vision and focus is to democratize semiconductor design automation from RTL-to-GDS. The impact of OpenROAD’s innovation and outreach is visible in the […]
