Machine learning for electronic design automation: A survey

G Huang, J Hu, Y He, J Liu, M Ma, Z Shen… - ACM Transactions on …, 2021‏ - dl.acm.org
With the down-scaling of CMOS technology, the design complexity of very large-scale
integrated is increasing. Although the application of machine learning (ML) techniques in …

Towards machine learning-based fpga backend flow: Challenges and opportunities

I Taj, U Farooq - Electronics, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) is at the core of System on Chip (SoC) design
across various Industry 5.0 digital systems—healthcare devices, farming equipment …

Design for manufacturing with emerging nanolithography

DZ Pan, B Yu, JR Gao - … Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and …, 2013‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we survey key design for manufacturing issues for extreme scaling with
emerging nanolithography technologies, including double/multiple patterning lithography …

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 …

EPIC: Efficient prediction of IC manufacturing hotspots with a unified meta-classification formulation

D Ding, B Yu, J Ghosh, DZ Pan - 17th Asia and South Pacific …, 2012‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper we present EPIC, an efficient and effective predictor for IC manufacturing
hotspots in deep sub-wavelength lithography. EPIC proposes a unified framework to …

Machine learning and pattern matching in physical design

B Yu, DZ Pan, T Matsunawa… - The 20th Asia and South …, 2015‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Machine learning (ML) and pattern matching (PM) are powerful computer science
techniques which can derive knowledge from big data, and provide prediction and matching …

RegularRoute: An efficient detailed router applying regular routing patterns

Y Zhang, C Chu - IEEE transactions on very large scale …, 2012‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we propose RegularRoute, an efficient detailed router encouraging regular
routing patterns. RegularRoute is proposed for potentially better design rule satisfaction …

Layout pattern-driven design rule evaluation

Y Badr, K Ma, P Gupta - Journal of Micro/Nanolithography …, 2014‏ - spiedigitallibrary.org
With the use of subwavelength photolithography, some layouts can have low printability and,
accordingly, low yield due to the existence of bad patterns even though they pass design …

Deep learning for mask synthesis and verification: a survey

Y Lin - Proceedings of the 26th Asia and South Pacific Design …, 2021‏ - dl.acm.org
Achieving lithography compliance is increasingly difficult in advanced technology nodes.
Due to complicated lithography modeling and long simulation cycles, verifying and …

Machine learning in physical verification, mask synthesis, and physical design

Y Lin, DZ Pan - Machine Learning in VLSI Computer-Aided Design, 2019‏ - Springer
Yield, turn-around time, and chip quality are always of significant concerns for VLSI designs.
The performance and efficiency of key design steps such as physical design, mask …