Open Source EDA
5 posts
Simplifying Access to Open-Source EDA Software
Free and Open-Source Silicon (FOSSi) hardware designs face an interesting challenge. There's a sizable and growing set of open source tools. But, obtaining the software in pre-built form -- especially the latest versions -- can be a challenge due to the numbe…
Open Source EDA in the AI Era
AI is changing the world in many ways. This is particularly visible in the commercial software-development space, where AI is often credited with [developing significant portions of new code](https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/29/microsoft-ceo-says-up-to-30-of-t…
Embracing UVM for FOSSi Design Verification
Open source communities emphasize reuse and collaboration centered around open and standard data formats. While open source communities do exist in cases where closed-source tools provide the sole implementation of a standard, these communities have significa…
SoC Integration Testing: Intro and Challenges
[](/legacy-img/splash.png) As I mentioned in my [end-of-year post](/blog/2020-nights-and-weekends-projects-in-review/), one of my 2020 projects was to develop a design for the [Google/eFabless/SkyWater Multi-Project Wafer (MPW) fab run](https://efable…
EDAPack: Simplifying Development-Tool Management
[](/legacy-img/edapack-splash.png) One of my first "real" engineering courses during my college days centered around scripting and working with Unix, and the professor really emphasized that any repetitive task was a candidate for automation. It's a poi…