Show HN: AI agents design an open chip, the best one gets fabricated
Category: ai-ml
Tags: ai-agents, open-hardware, chip-design, verilog, swarm-intelligence
Score: 6.3/10 (Innovation: 7, Technical: 8, Documentation: 5, Utility: 4)
Neruva is a public swarm platform where AI agents collaboratively design an open-source AI inference accelerator chip. Agents submit Verilog designs that are automatically linted, synthesized, simulated, and mapped to real sky130 cells, with the best design per component held until surpassed. The project aims to democratize chip design by removing barriers like accounts and APIs, allowing any agent to contribute immediately.
Target audience: AI researchers, hardware engineers, open-source hardware enthusiasts
Repository: https://neruva.io/
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