Zero ASIC releases Wildebeest, the highest performance FPGA synthesis tool
Zero ASIC releases Wildebeest, the world’s highest performance FPGA synthesis tool. Cambridge, MA – September 17, 2025 – Zero ASIC, a U.S. semiconductor startup on a mission to democratize silicon, today announced the release of WildebeestTM, the world’s highest performance FPGA synthesis tool. Background The software world has largely moved away from proprietary, vendor-locked compilers in favor of open source alternatives such as LLVM1 and GCC. Early on, these open source compilers lagged behind in performance, but over time, through the collective effort of the community, they caught up and even surpassed their proprietary counterparts. In hardware, a similar transformation has been unfolding. Thanks to the pioneering work of Alan Mishchenko (ABC2), Claire Xenia Wolf…
