Google has formally joined the OpenROAD Initiative (ORI), Inc. as a principal member, with Aaron Cunningham appointed to the ORI Governing Board. ORI is a nonprofit dedicated to the open source electronic design automation (EDA) ecosystem, backed by the NSF's POSE program. Google's membership will support neutral governance, ecosystem growth through open silicon research and design contests, global workforce development in chip design, and technical improvements to CI/CD pipelines and PDK enablement. The OpenROAD Project itself is an open source RTL-to-GDSII chip design toolchain capable of completing a full flow in under 24 hours, referenced in over 500 peer-reviewed publications and used by thousands of students, researchers, and startups worldwide.
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What is the OpenROAD Project and what does it do?
OpenROAD is an open source, autonomous digital chip design toolchain that enables a complete RTL-to-GDSII flow in less than 24 hours with no human in the loop. It has been referenced in over 500 peer-reviewed publications and has enabled thousands of students, researchers, and startups worldwide to design and manufacture chips, significantly lowering barriers to hardware innovation. Developers working with open EDA toolchains track ecosystem developments like this on daily.dev.
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