Chip design with machine learning: a survey from algorithm perspective

W He, X Li, X Song, Y Hao, R Zhang, Z Du… - Science China …, 2023 - Springer
Chip design with machine learning (ML) has been widely explored to achieve better
designs, lower runtime costs, and no human-in-the-loop process. However, with tons of …

Large circuit models: opportunities and challenges

L Chen, Y Chen, Z Chu, W Fang, TY Ho… - Science China …, 2024 - Springer
Within the electronic design automation (EDA) domain, artificial intelligence (AI)-driven
solutions have emerged as formidable tools, yet they typically augment rather than redefine …

Graph neural networks: A powerful and versatile tool for advancing design, reliability, and security of ICs

L Alrahis, J Knechtel, O Sinanoglu - Proceedings of the 28th Asia and …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Graph neural networks (GNNs) have pushed the state-of-the-art (SOTA) for performance in
learning and predicting on large-scale data present in social networks, biology, etc. Since …

Why are graph neural networks effective for eda problems?

H Ren, S Nath, Y Zhang, H Chen, M Liu - Proceedings of the 41st IEEE …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
In this paper, we discuss the source of effectiveness of Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) in
EDA, particularly in the VLSI design automation domain. We argue that the effectiveness …

The dawn of ai-native eda: Promises and challenges of large circuit models

L Chen, Y Chen, Z Chu, W Fang, TY Ho… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Within the Electronic Design Automation (EDA) domain, AI-driven solutions have emerged
as formidable tools, yet they typically augment rather than redefine existing methodologies …

A survey and perspective on artificial intelligence for security-aware electronic design automation

D Koblah, R Acharya, D Capecci… - ACM Transactions on …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) techniques have been increasingly
used in several fields to improve performance and the level of automation. In recent years …

Transsizer: A novel transformer-based fast gate sizer

S Nath, G Pradipta, C Hu, T Yang, B Khailany… - Proceedings of the 41st …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Gate sizing is a fundamental netlist optimization move and researchers have used
supervised learning-based models in gate sizers. Recently, Reinforcement Learning (RL) …

Agd: A learning-based optimization framework for eda and its application to gate sizing

P Pham, J Chung - 2023 60th ACM/IEEE Design Automation …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In electronic design automation (EDA), most simulation models are not differentiable, and
many design choices are discrete. As a result, greedy optimization methods based on …

Heterogeneous graph neural network-based imitation learning for gate sizing acceleration

X Zhou, J Ye, CW Pui, K Shao, G Zhang… - Proceedings of the 41st …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Gate Sizing is an important step in logic synthesis, where the cells are resized to optimize
metrics such as area, timing, power, leakage, etc. In this work, we consider the gate sizing …

On advancing physical design using graph neural networks

YC Lu, SK Lim - Proceedings of the 41st IEEE/ACM International …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
As modern Physical Design (PD) algorithms and methodologies evolve into the post-Moore
era with the aid of machine learning, Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) are becoming …