OpenROAD Flow Initial Information for Users
We are pleased to provide these initial notes on the OpenROAD flow for prospective users of OpenROAD tools. [OpenROAD_Flow_and_Notes_Nov2018-v1p0]
News in 2018
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TritonCTS open-sourcing
We are happy to announce that the TritonCTS repository on github is now public as part of the DARPA OpenROAD project. Kudos to Kwangsoo Han, Dr. Jiajia Li and Mateus Fogaça for all their hard work on this!
Thank You!
*** Professor Chris Chu has re-released FastRoute with a BSD3 license! Many thanks to Professor Chu for this great boost to the academic research and EDA community! http://home.eng.iastate.edu/~cnchu/FastRoute.html
RePlAce v1.1 Timing-Driven
We are happy to announce that the RePlAce global placement tool repository on GitHub is now updated with the first timing-driven version (v1.1) of RePlAce. Kudos to Mingyu Woo for all his hard work on this.
OpenROAD on CentOS 6!
(IMPORTANT!) ATTENTION: Contributors to and users of open-source (standalone) OpenROAD tools, please note the following. OpenROAD developers guarantee that each tool package (RePlAce, TritonSizer, TritonCTS, etc.)...
WOSET 2018
This one-day workshop aims to galvanize the open-source EDA movement. The workshop will bring together EDA researchers who are committed to open-source principles to share their experiences and coordinate efforts...
The First Workshop on Open-Source EDA Technology
The first Workshop on Open-Source EDA Technology was successfully held at ICCAD-2018. Presentations from the OpenROAD team included this talk on analog open-source EDA status, this talk on digital open-source EDA...
TritonSizer open-sourcing
We are happy to announce that the TritonSizer repository on github is now public as part of the DARPA OpenROAD project. Kudos to Hyein Lee, Dr. Jiajia Li and Minsoo Kim for all their hard work on this!
OpenSTA open-sourcing
We are happy to announce that the OpenSTA repository on github is now public as part of the DARPA OpenROAD project. The software is open source, licensed under GPLv3. Kudos to James Cherry for all his effort to make...
Los Angeles Times
RePlAce open-sourcing
We are happy to announce that the RePlAce global placement tool repository on github is now public. Kudos to Lutong Wang, Dr. Ilgweon Kang and Mingyu Woo for all their hard work on this.
UC San Diego Selected to Lead Development of Open-Source Tools for Hardware Design Automation
The University of California San Diego has been awarded $11.3 million over four years from DARPA to lead a multi-institution project which aims to develop electronic design automation tools for 24-hour,...
Michigan chips will be first to test next-generation hardware design tools
To fuel innovation among small teams and startups and allow them to design and produce complex chips with ease, University of Michigan researchers will participate in a national program that aims to build free,...
Background on DARPA Electronics Resurgence Initiative
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is launching a huge expansion of its Electronics Resurgence Initiative , boosting the program to US $1.5 billion over five years. And while some of the research efforts...
DARPA’s DAC-2018 SKY Talk
UCSD was mentioned in the DAC-2018 SKY talk “DARPA is building a silicon compiler”, by Andreas Olofsson, program manager at DARPA. Andreas’s presentation slides are here .