用机器学习快速精准预测芯片电压降,提升设计效率。
Estimating Voltage Drop: Models, Features and Data Representation Towards a Neural Surrogate
- 融合电路电性、时序与物理特征,训练XGBoost/CNN/GNN模型
- GNN模型误差最小,预测速度远超商用工具
- 适合芯片设计工程师加速签核流程
现代专用集成电路(ASIC)中电压降(IR drop)的精确估计因工艺节点复杂度和晶体管密度上升而变得极为耗时耗资源。为缓解此挑战,本文研究极端梯度提升(XGBoost)、卷积神经网络(CNN)和图神经网络(GNN)等机器学习技术在降低计算开销方面的潜力。传统方法依赖商用工具,对复杂设计需大量时间才能获得准确近似结果。相比之下,所提方法利用ASIC的电性、时序和物理特征训练ML模型,具备跨设计强适应性且调整少。实验表明,所有ML模型均显著优于商用工具,尤其GNN在电压降估计中表现优异,误差极小。该研究证明了机器学习在精准估算电压降及优化ASIC签核流程中的有效性,实现预测加速、计算时间减少与能效提升,从而降低功率电路的环境影响。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Accurate estimation of voltage drop (IR drop) in modern Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs) is highly time and resource demanding, due to the growing complexity and the transistor density in recent technology nodes. To mitigate this challenge, we investigate how Machine Learning (ML) techniques, including Extreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost), Convolutional Neural Network (CNN), and Graph Neural Network (GNN) can aid in reducing the computational effort and implicitly the time required to estimate the IR drop in Integrated Circuits (ICs). Traditional methods, including commercial tools, require considerable time to produce accurate approximations, especially for complicated designs with numerous transistors. ML algorithms, on the other hand, are explored as an alternative solution to offer quick and precise IR drop estimation, but in considerably less time. Our approach leverages ASICs' electrical, timing, and physical to train ML models, ensuring adaptability across diverse designs with minimal adjustments. Experimental results underscore the superiority of ML models over commercial tools, greatly enhancing prediction speed. Particularly, GNNs exhibit promising performance with minimal prediction errors in voltage drop estimation. The incorporation of GNNs marks a groundbreaking advancement in accurate IR drop prediction. This study illustrates the effectiveness of ML algorithms in precisely estimating IR drop and optimizing ASIC sign-off. Utilizing ML models leads to expedited predictions, reducing calculation time and improving energy efficiency, thereby reducing environmental impact through optimized power circuits.
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