chip design

Researchers from ETH Zurich, lowRISC, and University of Bologna published an open-source RISC-V SoC platform called Croc for training chip designers through the complete design flow from RTL to silicon. This democratizes advanced chip design education and accelerates the pipeline of engineers capable of designing custom silicon outside traditional proprietary workflows.

Semiconductor engineering industry is evaluating whether agentic AI can reliably handle chip design and verification tasks without human oversight. This reflects industry-wide assessment of AI's role in critical semiconductor design workflows where accuracy directly impacts yield and performance.

Semiconductor industry is adopting system-centric co-design approaches for 3D integrated circuit packaging and heterogeneous integration. This reflects industry shift toward integrated design methodologies to optimize performance and manufacturability of advanced multi-chip packages.