
The OpenROAD Initiative
ORI is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that provides long-term stewardship, governance, and ecosystem leadership for the OpenROAD open-source EDA ecosystem. Our Vision: Making chip design open and accessible to all—building a collaborative ecosystem driven by transparency and shared innovation. Our Mission: To advance and sustain the open-source EDA ecosystem by fostering collaborative innovation across research, education, and industry—transforming ideas into silicon.
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2026 GSoC Proposal: XLS and OpenROAD for PPA-Aware Hardware Generation
We seek to demonstrate the power of an open compiler stack and an open EDA stack in making contributions to software and hardware toolkits. By...
OpenROAD-MCP Docker Deployment and Cross-Platform Support with Production-Ready Testing and QA
OpenROAD-MCP's adoption is limited by manual setup and the lack of production-grade deployment and validation workflows. This project delivers a...
Incremental Global Routing on CUGR
OpenROAD's CUGR backend lacks incremental routing support, forcing a full re-route of the entire design after every Engineering Change Order (ECO)...
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