“One Student One Chip” guides students in designing a RISC-V processor chip from scratch, running their own system software and demo programs on it, and completing the physical design using open-source EDA tools and open-source PDKs. The curriculum spans the full abstraction stack of computer systems—from applications, runtime environments, and simple operating systems, to instruction sets, processor microarchitecture, RTL development, synthesis, place-and-route, and timing analysis—culminating in a GDSII layout ready for fabrication at the transistor level.
In addition, students who reach the specified learning milestones (completion of Stage B) are eligible for a free tape-out opportunity.