| Title | Publication Details | File | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenROAD: Toward a Self-Driving, Open-Source Digital Layout Implementation Tool Chain | T. Ajayi, D. Blaauw, T.-B. Chan, C.-K. Cheng, V. A. Chhabria, D. K. Choo, M. Coltella, S. Dobre, R. Dreslinski, M. Fogaça, S. Hashemi, A. Hosny, A. B. Kahng, M. Kim, J. Li, Z. Liang, U. Mallappa, P. Penzes, G. Pradipta, S. Reda, A. Rovinski, K. Samadi, S. S. Sapatnekar, L. Saul, C. Sechen, V. Srinivas, W. Swartz, D. Sylvester, D. Urquhart, L. Wang, M. Woo and B. Xu, “OpenROAD: Toward a Self-Driving, Open-Source Digital Layout Implementation Tool Chain", Proc. Government Microcircuit Applications and Critical Technology Conference, 2019, pp. 1105-1110. | Paper (.pdf) | 2019 |
| Toward an Open-Source Digital Flow: First Learnings from the OpenROAD Project | T. Ajayi, V. A. Chhabria, M. Fogaça, S. Hashemi, A. Hosny, A. B. Kahng, M. Kim, J. Lee, U. Mallappa, M. Neseem, G. Pradipta, S. Reda, M. Saligane, S. S. Sapatnekar, C. Sechen, M. Shalan, W. Swartz, L. Wang, Z. Wang, M. Woo and B. Xu, “Toward an Open-Source Digital Flow: First Learnings from the OpenROAD Project“, Proc. ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference, 2019, pp. 76:1-76:4. (Invited Paper) | Paper (.pdf) Presentation (.pptx) | 2019 |
| DATC RDF-2019: Towards a Complete Academic Reference Design Flow | J. Chen, I. H.-R. Jiang, J. Jung, A. B. Kahng, V. N. Kravets, Y.-L. Li, S.-T. Lin and M. Woo, “DATC RDF-2019: Towards a Complete Academic Reference Design Flow“, Proc. ACM/IEEE International Conference on Computer-Aided Design, 2019, pp. 1-6. (Invited Paper) | Paper (.pdf) Presentation (.pptx) | 2019 |
| Looking Into the Mirror of Open Source | A. B. Kahng, “Looking Into the Mirror of Open Source", Proc. ACM/IEEE International Conference on Computer-Aided Design, 2019, pp. 1-8. (Invited Paper) | Paper (.pdf) Presentation (.pptx) | 2019 |
| Open-Source EDA: If We Build It, Who Will Come? | A. B. Kahng, “Open-Source EDA: If We Build It, Who Will Come?“, Proc. IFIP/IEEE International Conference on Very Large Scale Integration, 2020, pp. 1-6. (Invited Paper) | Paper (.pdf) Presentation (.pptx) | 2020 |
| DATC RDF-2020: Strengthening the Foundation for Academic Research in IC Physical Design | J. Chen, I. H.-R. Jiang, J. Jung, A. B. Kahng, V. N. Kravets, Y.-L. Li, S.-T. Lin and M. Woo, “DATC RDF-2020: Strengthening the Foundation for Academic Research in IC Physical Design", Proc. ACM/IEEE International Conference on Computer-Aided Design, 2020, pp. 1-6. (Invited Paper) | Paper (.pdf) Presentation (.pptx) | 2020 |
| Bridging Academic Open-Source EDA to Real-World Usability | A. Rovinski, T. Ajayi, M. Kim, G. Wang and M. Saligane, “Bridging Academic Open-Source EDA to Real-World Usability", Proc. ACM/IEEE International Conference on Computer-Aided Design, 2020, pp. 1-7. (Invited Paper) | Paper (.pdf) Presentation (.pptx) | 2020 |
| Contributions to OpenROAD from Abroad: Experiences and Learnings | M. Fogaça, E. Monteiro, M. Danigno, I. Oliveira, P. F. Butzen and R. Reis, “Contributions to OpenROAD from Abroad: Experiences and Learnings", ACM/IEEE International Conference on Computer-Aided Design, 2020, pp. 1-8. (Invited Paper) | Paper (.pdf) Presentation (.pptx) | 2020 |
| The OpenROAD Project: Unleashing Hardware Innovation | A. B. Kahng and T. Spyrou, “The OpenROAD Project: Unleashing Hardware Innovation", Proc. Government Microcircuit Applications and Critical Technology Conference, 2021. | Paper (.pdf) Presentation (.mp4) | 2021 |
| DATC RDF-2021: Design Flow and Beyond | J. Chen, I. H.-R. Jiang, J. Jung, A. B. Kahng, S. Kim, V. N. Kravets, Y.-L. Li, R. Varadarajan and M. Woo, “DATC RDF-2021: Design Flow and Beyond", Proc. ACM/IEEE International Conference on Computer-Aided Design, 2021, pp. 1-6. (Invited Paper) | Paper (.pdf) Presentation (.pptx) Presentation (.mp4) | 2021 |
| METRICS2.1 and Flow Tuning in the IEEE CEDA Robust Design Flow and OpenROAD | J. Jung, A. B. Kahng, S. Kim and R. Varadarajan, “METRICS2.1 and Flow Tuning in the IEEE CEDA Robust Design Flow and OpenROAD", Proc. ACM/IEEE International Conference on Computer-Aided Design, 2021, pp. 1-9. (Invited Paper) | Paper (.pdf) Presentation (.pptx) Presentation (.mp4) | 2021 |
| DAC-2021 | Prof. Kahng presented _these slides at the "Exchanging EDA Data for AI/ML Using Standard API" _panel session_ in the Design, IP and Embedded Systems Track at DAC-2021. | Presentation (.pptx) Panel Session | 2021 |
| RTL-MP: Toward Practical, Human-Quality Chip Planning and Macro Placement | A. B. Kahng, R. Varadarajan and Z. Wang, “RTL-MP: Toward Practical, Human-Quality Chip Planning and Macro Placement", Proc. ACM/IEEE Intl. Symp. on Physical Design, 2022 | To Appear | 2022 |
| Leveling Up: A Trajectory of OpenROAD, TILOS and Beyond | A. B. Kahng, "Leveling Up: A Trajectory of OpenROAD, TILOS and Beyond", Proc. ACM/IEEE Intl. Symp. on Physical Design, 2022, to appear. | Paper (.pdf) Presentation (.pptx) Presentation (.mp4) | 2022 |
| IEEE CEDA DATC RDF and METRICS2.1: Toward a Standard Platform for ML-Enabled EDA and IC Design | Prof. Kahng, Jinwook Jung (IBM Research), Seungwon Kim and Ravi Varadarajan gave Tutorial #1, "IEEE CEDA DATC RDF and METRICS2.1: Toward a Standard Platform for ML-Enabled EDA and IC Design", today at ASP-DAC 2022. | Presentation part1 (.pptx) Presentation part1 (.mp4) Presentation part 2 (.pptx) Presentation part 2 (.mp4) Presentation part 3 (.pptx) Presentation part 3 (.mp4) Presentation part 4 (.pptx) Presentation part 4 (.mp4) Presentation part 5 (.pptx) Presentation part 5 (.mp4) Presentation part 6 (.pptx) Presentation part 6 (.mp4) Presentation part 7 (.pptx) Presentation part 7 (.mp4) Presentation parts 1-7 integrated (.pptx) Presentation parts 1-7 integrated (.mp4) Additional tutorial materials are here. | January 17, 2022 |
| AI/ML, Optimization and EDA in TILOS, an NSF National AI Research Institute | Prof. Kahng gave a talk, "AI/ML, Optimization and EDA in TILOS, an NSF National AI Research Institute," today at a Synopsys APUP Special Session. Exciting to see 500+ folks on the Zoom! _ | Paper (pdf) Presentation (.ppt) Presentation (video) | January 18, 2022 |
| The OpenROAD Project: Today and Beyond | Prof. Kahng gave a talk, "The OpenROAD Project: Today and Beyond", today at the UCLA ECE Department colloquium. | Presentation (PPT) | February 14, 2022 |
| Leveling Up: A Trajectory of OpenROAD, TILOS and Beyond | Prof. Kahng presented an ISPD-2022 keynote talk, "Leveling Up: A Trajectory of OpenROAD, TILOS and Beyond" | Paper (.pdf) Presentation (.pptx) Presentation (.mp4) Presentation 1 (.mp4) | March 29, 2022 |
| A University Research Perspective and Update on AI-Enhanced Co-Design of Microelectronics | Prof. Kahng presented "A University Research Perspective and Update on AI-Enhanced Co-Design of Microelectronics" at the Sandia National Laboratories 2022 Workshop on AI-Enhanced Co-Design for Next-Generation Microelectronics. | Presentation part (.pptx) | April 5, 2022 |
| The OpenROAD Project: A Foundation for Research and Education in EDA and IC Design | Prof. Kahng presented "The OpenROAD Project: A Foundation for Research and Education in EDA and IC Design" at today's CICC-2022 Educational Session 3 on System Design with Open Source Tools. | Presentation (.pptx) Presentation (.mp4) CICC-2022 Educational Session 3 | April 24, 2022 |
| The OpenROAD Project: An open-source platform for IC design innovation | Prof. Kahng presented "The OpenROAD Project: An open-source platform for IC design innovation" at today's Circuits Workshop 2 (The Emerging Ecosystem of Open-Source Chip Design) of the 2022 VLSI Symposium. | Presentation (.pptx) Presentation (.mp4) | June 16, 2022 |
| Advancing Placement | A. B. Kahng, "Advancing Placement", (.pdf), (.pptx), (.mp4), Proc. ACM/IEEE Intl. Symp. on Physical Design, 2021, pp. 15-22. (Invited Paper) | Paper (.pdf) Presentation (.pptx) Presentation (.mp4) | March 22, 2021 |
| A Novel Framework for DTCO: Fast and Automatic Routability Assessment with Machine Learning for Sub-3nm Technology Options | C. Chidambaram, A. B. Kahng, M. Kim, G. Nallapati, S.C. Song and M. Woo, "A Novel Framework for DTCO: Fast and Automatic Routability Assessment with Machine Learning for Sub-3nm Technology Options", (.pdf), (.pptx), (.mp4), Proc. IEEE Symposium on VLSI Technology, 2021, pp. 1-2. | Paper (.pdf) Presentation (.pptx) Presentation (.mp4) | June 2021 |
| CoRe-ECO: Concurrent Refinement of Detailed Place-and-Route for an Efficient ECO Automation | C.-K. Cheng, A. B. Kahng, I. Kang, M. Kim, D. Lee, B. Lin, D. Park and M. Woo, "CoRe-ECO: Concurrent Refinement of Detailed Place-and-Route for an Efficient ECO Automation", (.pdf), (.pptx), (.mp4), Proc. ACM/IEEE International Conference on Computer Design, 2021, pp. 366-373. | Presentation (.pptx) Paper (.pdf) Presentation (.mp4) | June 2021 |
| VeriGOOD-ML: An Open-Source Flow for Automated ML Hardware Synthesis | H. Esmaeilzadeh, S. Ghodrati, J. Gu, S. Guo, A. B. Kahng, J. K. Kim, S. Kinzer, R. Mahapatra, S. D. Manasi, E. Mascarenhas, S. S. Sapatnekar, R. Varadarajan, Z. Wang, H. Xu, B. R. Yatham and Z. Zeng, "VeriGOOD-ML: An Open-Source Flow for Automated ML Hardware Synthesis", (.pdf), (.pptx), (.mp4), Proc. ACM/IEEE International Conference on Computer-Aided Design, 2021, pp. 1-7. (Invited paper) | Presentation (.pptx) Paper (.pdf) Presentation (.mp4) | June 2021 |
| Physically Accurate Learning-based Performance Prediction of Hardware-accelerated ML Algorithms | H. Esmaeilzadeh, S. Ghodrati, A. B. Kahng, J. K. Kim, S. Kinzer, S. Kundu, R. Mahapatra, S. D. Manasi, S. S. Sapatnekar, Z. Wang and Z. Zeng, "Physically Accurate Learning-based Performance Prediction of Hardware-accelerated ML Algorithms", (.pdf), (.pptx), Proc. ACM/IEEE Workshop on Machine Learning for CAD, 2022, to appear. | Presentation (.pptx) Paper (.pdf) | 2022 |
| From Global Route to Detailed Route: ML for Fast and Accurate Wire Parasitics and Timing Prediction | V. A. Chhabria, W. Jiang, A. B. Kahng, S. S. Sapatnekar, "From Global Route to Detailed Route: ML for Fast and Accurate Wire Parasitics and Timing Prediction", (.pdf), Proc. ACM/IEEE Workshop on Machine Learning for CAD, 2022, to appear. | Paper (.pdf) | 2022 |
| SpecPart: A Supervised Spectral Framework for Hypergraph Partitioning Solution Improvement | I. Bustany, A. B. Kahng, Y. Koutis, B. Pramanik and Z. Wang, "SpecPart: A Supervised Spectral Framework for Hypergraph Partitioning Solution Improvement", (.pdf), (.pptx), (.mp4), Proc. ACM/IEEE International Conference on Computer-Aided Design, 2022, to appear. (Best Paper Award) | Presentation (.pptx) Paper (.pdf) Presentation (.mp4) | 2022 |
| IEEE CEDA DATC: Expanding Research Foundations for IC Physical Design and ML-Enabled EDA | J. Jung, A. B. Kahng, R. Varadarajan and Z. Wang, "IEEE CEDA DATC: Expanding Research Foundations for IC Physical Design and ML-Enabled EDA", (.pdf), (.pptx), (.mp4), Proc. ACM/IEEE International Conference on Computer-Aided Design, 2022, to appear. (Invited Paper) | Presentation (.pptx) Paper (.pdf) Presentation (.mp4) | 2022 |
| A Mixed Open-Source and Proprietary EDA Commons for Education and Prototyping | A. B. Kahng, "A Mixed Open-Source and Proprietary EDA Commons for Education and Prototyping", (.pdf), (.pptx), (.mp4), Proc. ACM/IEEE International Conference on Computer-Aided Design, 2022, to appear. (Invited Paper) | Presentation (.pptx) Paper (.pdf) Presentation (.mp4) | 2022 |
| A Supervised Spectral Framework for Hypergraph Partitioning Solution Improvement Congratulating Event | Congratulations to Bodhi Pramanik and Zhiang Wang, along with coauthors Ismail Bustany and Yiannis Koutis, on receiving the ACM/IEEE William J. McCalla ICCAD Best Paper Award (back end) today ! speaker notes), and short video. | Paper ( .pdf) Presentation (.pptx) Presentation (.mp4) | October 31, 2022 |
| Challenges and Opportunities for AI in Electronic Design Automation | Prof. Kahng gave the opening talk, "Challenges and Opportunities for AI in Electronic Design Automation", at the 2022 BrainLink X-Lab Day meeting (Global Technology Networking for System Semiconductor Innovation) in Busan, South Korea. | Presentation (.pptx) | November 14, 2022 |
| Some Thoughts on the DTCO Enablement Gap | Prof. Kahng gave a talk, "Some Thoughts on the DTCO Enablement Gap", today for an audience at Samsung Semiconductor R&D. | Presentation (.pptx) | November 22, 2022 |
| Update #2 | Prof. Kahng posted this second update to the June 6 "For the Record" Google Doc. There has been substantial progress along directions of methodology, baselines, and ablation studies in our efforts to provide an open, transparent baseline implementation of Google Brain's Circuit Training method. Kudos and thanks to all who have engaged in this effort! | Paper (.pdf) | November 27, 2022 |
| Update #3 | Prof. Kahng posted this third update to the June 6 "For the Record" Google Doc. There has been further progress on many fronts, including strong human and non-RL baselines, open-source implementation of simulated annealing and force-directed placement, and bringup of new testcases and tool flows. Continued kudos and thanks to all who have engaged in this effort! | Paper (.pdf) | December 21, 2022 |
| OpenROAD and key directions for the open-source EDA community | Professor Andrew Kahng shares his vision about OpenROAD and key directions for the open-source EDA community, at OSDA-2023, the 3rd Workshop on Open-Source Design Automation in Antwerp. How will we move ahead faster together? : Raising bars, breaking down barriers, building infrastructure and better proxies. | Paper (.pdf) | April 19, 2023 |
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