Start of final round

This link points to the ZIP bundle of the public final-round benchmarks, which are different crypto cores and a microprocessor. As with the alpha-round benchmarks, the designs have varying ranges of complexity, size, layout density, timing constraint, number of assets, and available metal layers.

Note that all the benchmarks from the alpha round are included as is for the final round as well. Also note that on/around March 27th, few more blind benchmarks will be released, namely further crypto cores, microprocessor and SoC designs.

Few more remarks:

1) Your Google Drive is updated with a root folder “final” — please use only this folder going forward.

2) You might have noticed that the backend was offline today (namely from 01:00 AM EST). Thus, submission files you have uploaded since then haven’t been processed yet. Also, they will not be processed until you actually move them to the “final” folder.

3) We have fixed various issues for the backend, most of them also outlined in the Q&A section.

4) There are still some issues with the evaluation of exploitable regions, and we’ll keep you posted throughout the coming week. Furthermore, checks on PG routing and pins are not live yet but will be most likely in the coming week as well.

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