Engineering, Amplified.
One unified platform for Silicon Physical Design, Timing Closure, Technical Publishing, and Developer Utilities.
The Unified Cloud Ecosystem for Hardware, Code & Technical Publishing.
Ace-Seek was founded to resolve the deep fragmentation between semiconductor physical design, embedded development, and technical documentation. Traditionally, hardware teams must navigate multi-gigabyte desktop software installations, complex floating license daemons (FlexLM), and disjointed third-party utilities for everyday tasks like netlist diffing, SDC authoring, or document compilation.
Ace-Seek bridges this gap with an all-in-one, browser-accessible command center. Powered by an intelligent hybrid architecture — running heavy synthesis and automated physical design on isolated cloud clusters while executing developer utilities and timing calculators client-side — engineers can move from Verilog RTL to clean GDSII tapeouts, static timing signoff, and publication-ready technical specifications with zero local configuration.
Automated OpenROAD Execution
Heavy synthesis and physical design runs execute in dedicated, isolated cloud containers with live log streaming, multi-metric DSE parameter sweeps, and full DRC/LVS metrics.
Instant Speed & Strict Privacy
Netlist diffs, format converters, and timing calculators run 100% in-browser memory via WebAssembly. Your proprietary code and netlists never touch our servers unless submitted for cloud PnR.
Single Sign-On (SSO)
One account across ace-seek.com automatically authenticates your session on openroad, vlsi, tools, and portal subdomains with instant plan unlocking and seat delegation.
Comprehensive Capabilities Across Every Discipline
Explore the deep technical features integrated into the Ace-Seek ecosystem.
Silicon Physical Design Automation
Complete end-to-end ASIC implementation from Verilog RTL to clean GDSII/OASIS tapeouts powered by the OpenROAD flow.
- Full Flow Pipeline: Synthesis (Yosys), Floorplanning, Macro Placement, Clock Tree Synthesis (TritonCTS), and Global/Detailed Routing (TritonRoute).
- Design Space Exploration (DSE): Sweep target frequencies, aspect ratios, core utilization, and pin placement matrices in parallel.
- Multi-PDK Support: Preconfigured environments for open & commercial technology nodes including SkyWater 130nm, ASAP7, and GF180MCU.
- DRC, LVS & Tapeout Packs: Automatic antenna check parsing, geometry violation mapping, and complete tapeout archive packaging.
VLSI Timing, Power & Constraints
Interactive timing closure studios, multi-voltage power architecture, and semiconductor engineering calculators.
- Static Timing Analysis (STA): Slack path tracing, critical setup/hold path breakdowns, clock skew analysis, and multi-corner MMMC models.
- Interactive SDC Authoring: Visual constraint generator for clock definitions, I/O delays, false paths, and multicycle exceptions.
- UPF Low-Power Architect: Power domain isolation, level-shifter synthesis rules, and state retention power-gating models.
- 34+ Engineering Calculators: Real-time calculators for RC interconnect delay, wire electromigration, clock jitter, and setup margin.
Technical Document Compiler (aic)
Publication-grade compiler engineered for massive technical specifications, academic papers, and hardware architectural notes.
- Markdown + LaTeX Math: Renders inline and display math formulas seamlessly without the syntax collisions common in generic tools.
- Syntax Safe Tcl & Code Blocks: Preserves unfenced Tcl/SDC tokens (
$T,{expr ...}) without LaTeX escaping errors. - Multi-Format Output: Compiles via XeLaTeX / LuaLaTeX into high-res vector PDFs or crisp 300+ DPI DOCX files.
- Wide Table & Diagram Fitting: Automatic geometry presets and landscape orientation to prevent column truncation on wide timing tables.
Developer Productivity Suite
Zero-install micro-utilities for source code comparison, data transformations, and LLM output preparation.
- Visual Netlist Diff Comparator: High-precision Myers diff with side-by-side or unified view, character-level highlights, and patch export.
- Bidirectional Multi-Format Converter: Convert instantly between JSON, YAML, TOML, CSV, XML, Base64, Hex, and URL codecs.
- AI Output Sanitizer: Strips prompt chatter and conversational noise from LLM responses, normalizing Markdown code blocks for compilation.
- 100% Client-Side Privacy: Codecs and diffs compute entirely in your local browser sandbox, protecting confidential source data.
Who Is Ace-Seek Built For?
ASIC & Physical Designers
Engineers needing rapid RTL-to-GDSII tapeout validation, automated macro placement, and signoff timing analysis.
VLSI Students & Researchers
Academics mastering physical design, SDC constraints, and digital implementation without complex lab installations.
Technical Authors & Architects
Writers producing dense semiconductor documentation, timing datasheets, and papers with flawless math and diagrams.
Developers & DevOps Teams
Engineers needing zero-friction netlist diffing, structured data conversion, and secure prompt cleaning in a single portal.
Everything You Need in One Place
Explore our specialized workstations — all accessible from your browser with a single account.
OpenROAD PnR
Cloud-native physical design automation. Synthesize Verilog RTL, place macros, route metal layers, and stream GDSII tapeouts.
VLSI & Timing Suite
Interactive Static Timing Analysis (STA), SDC constraint authoring, UPF power domain design, and live semiconductor calculators.
Developer & Doc Tools
Publication-grade document compiler (aic), visual code diff comparator, data format converter, and AI sanitizer.
Solutions & Consulting
Academic VLSI Capstones, custom ASIC physical design consulting, workflow integration, and dedicated engineering support.
Instant Browser Access
Zero installations, zero license managers, no complex tool builds. Run directly in Safari, Chrome, or Firefox.
Single Sign-On (SSO)
Create your account once on ace-seek.com. Sign in on any subdomain and your plan unlocks automatically.
Privacy & Speed First
Developer utilities operate client-side in your browser. Silicon PnR jobs run in secure, isolated compute environments.
One Account. All Workstations.
Join engineers and developers building with Ace-Seek across silicon, software, and publishing.