Roadmap and Recommendations for Open Source EDA in Europe

Open-source EDA tools play a crucial role in supporting the ambitious objectives of the European Chips Act. By enhancing accessibility and fostering the development of expertise, they also contribute to strengthening technological sovereignty.

The FOSSi Foundation supports a community-wide effort to provide European policy makers with an actionable roadmap for future funding of the open source EDA ecosystem (see our blog post). The roadmap process was driven by a core group of experts that engaged with the community in various focus areas.

A first version of the roadmap and recommendations was presented at ORConf 2024 (recording). In the community review period after this, we have received and incorporated over 70 individual contributions.

Three short-term actions were identified that also conclude the roadmap:

Open Source Analogue and Mixed-Signal Designs for Europe
Productivity, Interoperability and Verification for more European Chips
System-on-Chip Innovation from Europe with Open-Source Digital Chip Design

Find the roadmap document below to learn more about the community's vision on the future of open source EDA:

Release of the roadmap document (November 19)