OSCAR @ ISCA 2025

Fourth Workshop on Open-Source Computer Architecture Research (OSCAR) 2025
Co-located with ISCA 2025 in Tokyo, Japan
https://oscar-workshop.github.io/

OSCAR 2025 marks the fourth edition of a workshop dedicated to fostering a community of researchers interested in developing and sharing open-source hardware and software for designing next-generation computer architectures.

Recent years have seen significant progress in this direction, with the contributions of hardware components, software tools, and integration platforms to simplify the realization of system prototypes with FPGA or ASIC technologies. The number of developers and users of these open-source artifacts has increased substantially. OSCAR provides a venue that promotes the growth of this community and fosters its effort.

Scope: Topics of interest of the OSCAR workshop include, but are not limited to:

• Open-source processors (CPU, GPU, AI processors…)
• Open-source accelerators (programmable, configurable, fixed-function…)
• Open-source components (e.g., caches, busses, network-on-chip, peripherals, sensors…)
• CAD tools and methodologies for design, integration, and full-system simulation of open-source architectures
• Artificial intelligence (AI) methods for the design of open-source architectures and components
• Software aspects of heterogeneous component integration
• Security, reliability, and verification of open-source architectures and components
• Infrastructures specialized for FPGA prototyping or chip designs of open-source architectures
• Design experiences with the use of open-source components, tools, and platforms
• Discussion of case studies, applications that benefit from open-source architecture research

Workshop Format: OSCAR will feature a mix of invited talks and presentations selected from submissions to this call for participation. Abstracts should be submitted in PDF format (max 2 pages) and must include a title, author names and affiliations, and the contact author’s e-mail address. Including the URL of the release website for the open-source contribution described in the abstract is recommended. Submissions of early work and position papers are encouraged. Workshop submissions do not preclude future publications. While no formal proceedings are planned, the OSCAR organizers may explore the possibility a journal special issue featuring a subset of the contributions, after the workshop.

Important Dates:

• Abstract submissions: May 5, 2025
• Author notification: May 16, 2025
• Workshop date: June 21, 2025

Organizers:

• Pradip Bose (IBM)
• Luca Carloni (Columbia University), chair
• Margaret Martonosi (Princeton University)
• Sophia Shao (UC Berkeley)
• Caroline Trippel (Stanford University)