OpenROAD Project

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History and motivation

Arm Qualcomm SkyWater FinFET DRC

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Design philosophy and architectural technique

LEF/DEF Machine learning GPU Static timing analysis Jenkins

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RTL-to-GDSII flow

Verilog Gradient descent Nonlinear Binary tree Iowa State University

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University of Michigan AES Bazel

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Overview

Integrated circuit
RTL Register-transfer level
GDSII
UC San Diego University of California, San Diego
EDA Electronic design automation
DARPA
BSD license BSD licenses
Tcl Tcl (programming language)
Python Python (programming language)
University of California, Berkeley

History and motivation

Arm Arm Holdings
Qualcomm
SkyWater SkyWater Technology
FinFET Fin field-effect transistor
DRC Design rule checking
RC extraction Parasitic extraction
PDK Process design kit
MPW Multi-project wafer service
Intel
RISC Reduced instruction set computer
System-on-Chip System on a chip
Physical design Physical design (electronics)

Design philosophy and architectural technique

LEF/DEF
Machine learning
GPU Graphics processing unit
Static timing analysis
Jenkins Jenkins (software)
Google Cloud Google Cloud Platform
Continuous Integration
Coverity
Code sanitizers Code sanitizer
GlobalFoundries

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RTL-to-GDSII flow

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Nesterov Yurii Nesterov
Simulated annealing

Main algorithms

AutoTuner Auto-Tune

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University of Michigan
AES Advanced Encryption Standard
Bazel Bazel (software)

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Triples21

Avg. degree1.97

Density0.032787

Components1

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openroad design using routing placement opendb flow timing designs tools def nm every open congestion cells openroad's data global open-source

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Subject	Predicate	Object	Confidence	Src
the 7 nm OpenROAD Design Challenge	instance of	Through university courses and events	0.80	text
which aim to increase the user base	instance of	Through university courses and events	0.80	text
the initiative aggressively promotes worker education	instance of	Through university courses and events	0.80	text
training	instance of	Through university courses and events	0.80	text
net connections	instance of	rich in EDA features	0.80	text
layout geometry	instance of	rich in EDA features	0.80	text
and timing	instance of	rich in EDA features	0.80	text
and compatible with LEF/DEF	instance of	rich in EDA features	0.80	text
memory arrays	instance of	pre-made blocks	0.80	text
DSPs	instance of	pre-made blocks	0.80	text
and I/O pads	instance of	pre-made blocks	0.80	text
across the chip	instance of	pre-made blocks	0.80	text

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History and motivation

Design philosophy and architectural technique

RTL-to-GDSII flow

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Overview

History and motivation

Design philosophy and architectural technique

Internal database (OpenDB)

RTL-to-GDSII flow

Core tools and algorithms

Main algorithms

Applications and use cases

Technical difficulties and future orientations

Advanced semantic analysis

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