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Posted on 2023-09-07 by: Axel Kloth

I have had a lengthy discussion with the leadership team at Precision Innovations with regards to their The OpenROAD Project, and I came away incredibly impressed. Not only are they providing an entire open source EDA toolset and related libraries for most planar transistor semiconductor design efforts, they are clearly looking into the future of ASIC design. While the commercial tools maybe able to cover more processes down to the FinFET and Gate-All-Around nodes, the OpenROAD team has identified many issues that the average ASIC Design engineer needs, and has set out to solve those. Multi-die and MCM are already included in the flows, and integration of analog and mixed-signal into digital logic design are straightforward. What impressed me even more is the willingness and ability of the team and engineering to react quickly to suggestions. We will use that toolset for all of our proof-of-concept designs, which will also allow us to compartmentalize our designs and assist in better design verification.

Abacus Semiconductor is an award-winning innovator in building high-performance and energy-efficient processors and AI accelerators for the next generation HPC and AI applications

We are honored to see this vote of confidence.

Thanks Axel!

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Osama Hammad

Osama Hammad is a dedicated Software Developer at Precision Innovations Inc., contributing to the OpenROAD project. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering from the American University in Cairo, graduating with highest honors.

Osama specializes in maintaining the Detailed Routing Module for OpenROAD, where he has implemented distributed routing solutions, integrated new platforms, and developed essential database management tools. His background includes roles in embedded engineering, digital design, teaching, and project management.

Cho Moon brings over 25 years of experience in Electronic Design Automation (EDA). He has led advanced technology node development for industry-leading tools such as PrimeTime, Fusion Compiler, and First Encounter at Synopsys, Blaze DFM, Cadence, and other prominent EDA and semiconductor companies.

He is proficient in static timing analysis, pre-route and post-route optimization, Engineering Change Order (ECO), logic synthesis, and formal verification. Cho excels at collaborating across functional teams to deliver innovative solutions.

He holds a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley.

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Eder Monteiro is a Software Engineer at Precision Innovations and is involved in the OpenROAD project. He has worked on the OpenROAD project since 2019, and in these years, he has developed or supported several tools.
 
With seven years of experience in EDA, Eder has expertise in databases, pin placement, routing, and software architecture. Eder has a Bachelor’s in Computer Science from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS).
Tom-Spyrou

Tom Spyrou is the CEO of Precision Innovations Inc and is the chief architect and technical program manager for the OpenROAD™ system. Tom is a well-known EDA system architect. He was most recently a Senior Principal Engineer in Intel’s Programmable Solutions business unit working on the Quartus FPGA compiler.

Tom has worked for over 30 years as an EDA Technologist and has gained extensive experience in areas including Static Timing Analysis, Logic Synthesis, Power Grid Analysis, Database Technology and Floor-planning.

He has led the development of leading-edge commercial engines and products such as PrimeTime, Voltage Storm, First Encounter, and the Open Access Database.

Tom has been driving EDA algorithms to utilize parallel programming approaches with both multi-process and multi-threaded techniques. He has a BS from Carnegie Mellon University in ECE and an MS from Santa Clara University.

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