Mehdi Saligane presents AI for Chips and Chips for AI at Okada Laboratory

Prof. Mehdi Saligane’s visit to the Okada Laboratory focused on the theme "AI for Chips and Chips for AI." The talk highlighted how open-source EDA and co-design practices can shorten tapeout cycles while enabling new AI-accelerated systems.

Beyond the main lecture, we discussed how labs and industry partners can share reusable infrastructure to accelerate research translation. The conversation covered reproducible flows, data-driven layout, and how to bring agentic automation into practical chip design.

Highlights

• Open-source design flows that reduce iteration time.
• Co-design strategies that balance model accuracy, energy, and area.
• Collaboration models that bridge academic research and real-world usability.