Open Hardware


Rules





Entry levels and requirements



​There are two levels in each track: PhD for PhD students, and Student for undergraduate Bachelor's, Master's students and equivalent.


Individuals or teams of up to FIVE people can enter in each category. For the Student category, all participants must be undergraduate students. If one or more participants are PhD level, the team must enter the PhD category.


All registrations must be supported by a senior member of academic staff (project Supervisor) who should be from the same institute.

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Prizes



Prizes will be awarded to the best projects in each track.

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Additional prizes may be awarded at the discretion of the organiser. ​

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Eligibility and rules



Open Hardware 2025 is open to undergraduate and Master's university students and PhD candidates globally. There are two tracks for the competition, Adaptive Computing, and Accelerated Computing. The main difference between the tracks is the target hardware participants can use.


Please see the rules for competition track you wish to enter for full rules, including a list of eligible countries for each track of the competition.

  • Adaptive Computing Rules
  • Accelerated Computing Rules







Judging criteria



Please pay careful attention to the judging criteria. Projects will be judged equally across all of the following categories:

  • Technical Complexity (20%)
  • Implementation (20%)
  • Marketability/Innovation (20%)
  • Documentation and Written Report (20%)
  • Re-usability (20%)

All participants will be encouraged to upload their projects or IP to GitHub or to demonstrate how the design or parts of the design can be reused. For any clarification on the Rules, please contact:


aup@amd.com



Entry submission



Participants should upload complete source code and project files, documentation, and a short project report written in English. Participants are also required to upload a 2-minute YouTube video.


Final project submissions must be received by midnight (anywhere in the world) on:

  • Adaptive Computing track: 31 August 2025
  • Accelerated Computing track: 30 September 2025