OpenROAD in the Field
Case studies from educators, industry partners, and community builders who use OpenROAD to lower the barrier to custom silicon.
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RISCduino hierarchical design flow
Dinesh Annayya explains how hierarchical partitioning, feedthrough partitions, and careful budgeting delivered a silicon-proven RISC-V SoC with OpenROAD. -
AE-AV1 encoder hits real-time throughput
Tulio Pereira Bitencourt shows how OpenROAD meets 8K120fps streaming targets by tuning the AE-AV1 encoder across open and advanced PDKs. -
University of Costa Rica: VLSI for Spanish learners
Professor Erick Carvajal’s semester-long curriculum pairs OpenLane and OpenROAD to deliver hands-on design experience without commercial licenses. -
OpenROAD for design-silicon MPW shuttles
Germany’s IHP-Open-Design-Lab uses OpenROAD to run accessible multi-project wafer shuttles, opening doors for new chip designers. -
TinyTapeout workshop: chip design made accessible
Matt Venn’s TinyTapeout series shows educators and hobbyists how OpenROAD-backed flows shrink the learning curve. -
Precision Innovations & Abacus Semiconductor
A joint program that deploys OpenROAD to scale open-source SoC design services for a broader semiconductor community. -
Intel highlights OpenROAD in GenAI design flows
Intel showcases how transparent, open tooling accelerates AI-driven chip design and reinforces the need for collaborative, open platforms.