Open Source/Startup & Research

Startup & Research Projects

Discover innovative startups, research initiatives, and industry projects that are pushing the boundaries of VLSI design.

SkyWater Open Source PDK

Active
Industry InitiativePDK
SkyWater Technology + Google

First open source Process Design Kit (PDK) enabling fully open source chip design and fabrication.

USA

ChipFlow

Stealth
StartupEDA Cloud
ChipFlow Inc.

Cloud-based chip design platform with automated physical design and optimization tools.

San Francisco, CA

OpenFPGA

Active
Research ProjectFPGA Tools
University of Utah

Open source FPGA IP generator supporting highly-customizable homogeneous FPGA architectures.

Utah, USA

Efabless

Active
PlatformFab Platform
Efabless Corporation

Platform connecting chip designers with semiconductor fabs, enabling low-cost chip prototyping.

Santa Clara, CA

PyMTL3

Active
Research ProjectModeling Framework
Cornell University

Python framework for multi-level hardware modeling, simulation, and verification.

Ithaca, NY

CIRCT

Active
Research InitiativeCompiler Infrastructure
LLVM Foundation

Circuit IR Compilers and Tools - MLIR-based infrastructure for hardware design tool flows.

Global

Key Innovation Areas

Open Source EDA

Making chip design tools accessible to everyone through open source initiatives.

Cloud-Based Design

Bringing chip design to the cloud for better collaboration and resource sharing.

Academic Research

Universities pushing the boundaries with novel design methodologies and tools.

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