POSE: Phase II: Growing a Collaborative Ecosystem for Open-Source Chip Design Using OpenRO — NSF Award to University of California
Semiconductor chips are at the heart of nearly all modern technology, from smartphones to medical devices. However, designing these chips is complex, expensive, and dependent on proprietary software, making it difficult for students, researchers, and small companies to innovate. OpenROAD, a free, open-source electronic
| Award title | POSE: Phase II: Growing a Collaborative Ecosystem for Open-Source Chip Design Using OpenRO |
|---|---|
| Award ID | 2449356 |
| Awardee | University of California-San Diego |
| City | LA JOLLA |
| State | CA |
| Amount obligated | $1,433,266 |
| Principal investigator | Andrew Kahng |
| Program | POSE |
| Start date | 08/01/2025 |
| Abstract | Semiconductor chips are at the heart of nearly all modern technology, from smartphones to medical devices. However, designing these chips is complex, expensive, and dependent on proprietary software, making it difficult for students, researchers, and small companies to innovate. OpenROAD, a free, open-source electronic design automation (EDA) tool, makes chip design faster, cheaper, and more accessible to a wider community of companies, researchers, and students. Open-source EDA tools such as Op |
| Source | NSF Awards |
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