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nextpnr portable FPGA place and route tool

14 mentions on Hacker News by 14 people: 2 stories, 12 comments · first 2018-08-01 · latest 2026-05-24

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  1. That's why nextpnr exists :) https://github.com/YosysHQ/nextpnr As someone actively working on nextpnr support for a fairly new FPGA architecture, it really is amazing that we have something like that in the open source world. YosysHQ are…
    comment by javawizard · 2026-05-24 · in Why is Vivado 2026.1 dropping Linux support for free tier?
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    Nextpnr – a portable FPGA place and route tool
    story by gjvc · 2024-12-27 · 0 comments
  3. Wondering how this compares to nextpnr ( https://github.com/YosysHQ/nextpnr ) ?
    comment by akivabamberger · 2024-01-02 · in A Simulated Annealing FPGA Placer
  4. …just the nature of the space right now, given the alternative is a ~$1M single user license. [1] https://github.com/YosysHQ/nextpnr
    comment by kaelinl · 2023-12-26 · in YoWASP aims to distribute up-to-date FOSS FPGA tools compiled to WebAssembly
  5. …I work for YosysHQ, who have an alternative open-source place-and-route program - [nextpnr]( https://github.com/YosysHQ/nextpnr/ ) - and YosysHQ presently has [a grant]( https://activities.esa.int/4000141380 ) from ESA on improving…
    comment by ZirconiumX · 2023-09-26 · in Verilog to Routing
  6. …use the Lattice ECP5 chips, I think these are the largest FPGAs that have a fully open toolchain: https://github.com/YosysHQ/nextpnr You'd need to learn some digital design for any FPGA board. I recommend the book "Digital Design and…
    comment by mepian · 2023-08-06 · in Ask HN: What is the most powerful, fully open, fully programmable computer?
  7. …part of the project that's a work in progress. some useful links: https://arxiv.org/abs/1903.10407 https://github.com/YosysHQ/nextpnr https://www.rapidwright.io/
    comment by throwmeawaysoon · 2022-02-10 · in AMD Receives Approval for Acquisition of Xilinx
  8. https://hdl.github.io/awesome/items/vpr/ https://github.com/YosysHQ/nextpnr
    comment by Rochus · 2021-11-18 · in Renesas enters FPGA market with the first ultra-low-power, low-cost family
  9. …a look at: Icestorm http://www.clifford.at/icestorm/ Yosys http://www.clifford.at/yosys/ NextPNR https://github.com/YosysHQ/nextpnr SymbiFlow https://symbiflow.github.io/
    comment by jburgess777 · 2019-11-22 · in Using SDRAM in FPGA Designs
  10. …commercial support for some open source digital logic tooling, like Yosys and Nextpnr. [0] - https://github.com/YosysHQ/nextpnr
    comment by q3k · 2019-05-13 · in Ask HN: How to Self-Study Integrated Circuit Design?
  11. …open source software! [1] - http://iverilog.icarus.com/ [2] - http://www.clifford.at/yosys/ [3] - https://github.com/YosysHQ/nextpnr
    comment by bpye · 2019-04-02 · in Verilator: Fast, Free Verilog HDL Simulator
  12. Yes, for the Lattice iCE40 and ECP5 families: https://github.com/YosysHQ/nextpnr
    comment by kam · 2018-10-29 · in Ask HN: How to get started developing with FPGA?
  13. …site is actually a bit out of date, the ECP5 bit (Project Trellis) and nextpnr are already working: https://github.com/YosysHQ/nextpnr
    comment by TD-Linux · 2018-10-09 · in SymbiFlow: A FOSS Verilog-to-Bitstream FPGA synthesis flow for Various FPGAs
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    Nexpnr – a vendor neutral, timing driven, FOSS FPGA place and route tool
    story by bem94 · 2018-08-01 · 0 comments