Open Source Chip Design

Open Source tools for chip design have seen an incredible boost over the last years, mainly due to the influx of curious software developers in chip design and the increased attention around sovereignty of chip design. The ease of access for academia, hobbyists and also industry is a key cornerstone of attracting more talent and driving innovative chip design in mature technology nodes.

Our main focus areas include:

  • Collaboration in the open source simulator tool Verilator, including instrumentation support for fault injection techniques.
  • Tool interoperability of major open source tools like CIRCT, Yosys and Verilator
  • Improved support for modern verification methodologies