LK03 - Special Day Lunchtime Keynote "Democratizing Silicon: The Rise of Open-Source EDA and Europe’s Strategic Roadmap"
Luca Benini, ETHZ, CH | Università di Bologna, Italy
In recent years, the paradigm of open source has moved beyond software to transform the landscape of semiconductor design. Open-source Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools offer a transformative path toward lowering barriers to entry, ensuring technological sovereignty, and accelerating engineering productivity. This talk provides a comprehensive overview of the current state of the open-source hardware ecosystem and its future potential. We will take a deep dive into Europe’s strategic investments in these frameworks and explore how fostering a robust open-source toolchain is the essential catalyst for the next generation of open-source chips.
Luca Benini holds the chair of digital Circuits and systems at ETHZ and is Full Professor at the Università di Bologna. He received a PhD from Stanford University. His research interests are in energy-efficient parallel computing systems, smart sensing micro-systems and machine learning hardware. He is a Fellow of the IEEE, of the ACM, a member of the Academia Europaea and a funding member of the Italian Academy of Engineering and Technology. He is the recipient of various awards, including 2024 IEEE CS Open Source Hardware contribution Award.