Chip Design, Fabrication and Bring-up for Instruction and Research
chipIgnite : Affordability and Accessibility in IC Design Education
We offer a suite of tools and resources to provide university professors, researchers, and students with real-world experience in the semiconductor design process.
chipIgnite is a platform that gives your students the power to create their own custom chips. With chipIgnite, your students can learn about the chip design process from the ground up and gain hands-on experience with the latest tools and technologies.
The chipIgnite Program includes the following:
- A pre-built chip with a RISC-V microprocessor
- Access to design tools based on open-source software
- 10 mm2 silicon area for your design
- 38 programmable IOs
- A fully automated guided design flow
- Support for either commercial or open-source tools
- Fabrication of your design
- Development boards for your custom chip
- Firmware and test tools
University Program Benefits
chipIgnite provides students with the opportunity to experience a complete end-to-end design process, including bringing up and testing their design and learning from the decisions they made early in the process.
Complete Program
- End-to-end solution including open-source EDA tools & SoC design template with integrated RISC-V processor
- Open-source PDK enabling broad access and collaboration with a global design community
- Silicon bring up support including board assembly, test software and firmware
- Support through guided tutorials and a large active community
- Great for in-class, remote, or online learning at all levels (high school – graduate)
Accelerated and Simplified Chip Design
By using the pre-designed SoC, you can focus on your design and integrate with existing chip processor, IO and power.
