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UC Open Source Summit 2026

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

As open source reshapes research, infrastructure, and how academia connects with industry, the UC Open Source Summit 2026 brings together two days of collaboration and partnership. Researchers, developers, students, and industry leaders from across the University of California system will explore what’s next—from AI’s impact on academia to building sustainable research infrastructure.

Discover emerging UC projects before they reach the mainstream, build partnerships on production-ready technologies, and connect with the next generation of contributors. Whether you’re looking for research partners, hiring talent, solving technical problems, or contributing expertise back to the academic open source community, UC Open 2026 connects university innovation with real-world application.

UC Open Source Summit 2025

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

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The University of California Open Summit (UC Open) 2025 will highlight the value open source has to the UC system and how UC contributions are a benefit to open source communities. This event welcomes UC faculty, technical staff, and students, as well as the industry and open source community interested in collaborating with UC researchers. The UC Open aims to leverage participants’ experience, knowledge, and expertise in order to increase the impact of the research and education on UC campuses. Our keynotes, panels, directed discussions and technical sessions will cover a wide range of issue relevant to open source communities inside and outside academia.

Special attention will be given to common challenges facing open source communities in the UC-system, and ways that collaborating across sectors can help meet these challenges.

Memory Compiler in OpenROAD

Thu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Greetings! I’m Yash Kumar working on the OpenROAD Memory Compiler Project for which my proposal under the mentorship of Matt and Austin aims to enhance the OpenROAD flow by integrating a DFFRAM generator that extensively uses the OpenDB database to build and layout various memory components like bits, bytes, and 32x32 configurations and more. Taking inspiration from the work of the AUCOHL repository’s DFFRAM memory compiler,

The goal is to develop a DFF/Latch-based RAM that utilizes standard cell libraries. The compiler will generate different views (HDL netlist, functional models, LEF, DEF, Timing, etc.) for specified size configurations, targeting compact design and optimal routing. The compiler should work across various PDKs satrting with Sky130. My initial works tries to test the Bit and Byte level design.