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The OpenROAD 7nm Physical Design Contest: Breaking Barriers with Open-Source VLSI is thrilled to have expert speakers on board. These speakers are instrumental in validating the contest, and their skills are directly relevant to the design contest. The expert speakers are Prof. Andrew B. Kahng, Tom Spyrou, Angada B. Sachid, and Øyvind Harboe. Their extensive knowledge and experience are a great asset to the contest, and they will provide valuable insight into the contest.

Prof. Andrew B. Kahng is a distinguished professor of CSE and ECE at UC San Diego. He has authored several papers and a famous book, VLSI Physical Design: From Graph Partitioning to Timing Closure. This book covers the basic algorithms underlying all physical design steps and also shows how they are applied to current instances of the design problems. His expertise in physical design algorithms will be valuable in evaluating the contest submissions.

Tom Spyrou is a well-known EDA system architect who led the first OpenAccess database, PrimeTime, and numerous other landmark development projects in the industry. He was most recently a Senior Principal Engineer in Intel’s Programmable Solutions business unit. Tom joins EDA industry veterans Lukas van Ginneken and James Cherry on the OpenROAD team. His experience in the industry will provide valuable insight into the current trends and advancements in the design industry.

Dr. Angada B. Sachid is a Principal Engineer at Intel and has worked on several projects related to FinFETs, UTB-SOI MOSFET, monolithic 3D integration, 2D semiconductors (MoS2 and WSe2), III-V MOSFET and FinFET, negative capacitance transistors, and ferroelectrics. Her expertise in these areas will be valuable in evaluating the contest submissions.

Øyvind Harboe is the VP of Engineering at Ascenium and brings his engineering management expertise and leadership to the Ascenium team. In addition to broad software and hardware experience, Øyvind has extensive microprocessor toolchain development experience including GCC backends. His knowledge of the software and hardware aspects of the design industry will be valuable in evaluating the contest submissions.

The OpenROAD 7nm Physical Design Contest: Breaking Barriers with Open-Source VLSI aims to provide a platform for designers to showcase their skills and knowledge in physical design. The expert speakers will play an instrumental role in validating the contest and evaluating the submissions. Their expertise will provide valuable feedback to the participants and add an element of excitement to the contest. Join us for the OpenROAD 7nm Physical Design Contest and experience the thrill of breaking barriers with open-source VLSI.

Here's the registration link:

https://www.openroaddesigncontest.org/