OpenROAD: The journey so far and roadmap
summary
OpenROAD is an open-source RTL-to-GDS tool that now produces manufacturable layouts for advanced finFET nodes and targets 24-hour RTL-to-GDS turnaround; the project reports over 600 tape-outs across 180–12 nm, ~18,500 commits and 84 contributors, a permissive open-source license, and a Parallax timer and cloud-oriented tooling run by Precision Innovations. Recent wins include a hierarchical rtlmp macro placer that outperforms a commercial macro placer on a 760-macro GF12 result, emerging Python/ML APIs for a cloud ML playground, and a DARPA-funded-to-sustained transition via PII and a nonprofit.
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chapters (6)
- 0:00Start
- 15:52Skills and Mindset
- 24:38IC Design and EDA = Optimization
- 27:22Direction: Early Design Space Exploration
- 28:28OpenROAD Development
- 34:32Building Out Proxies: Example
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