用多个智能体协作自动生成芯片验证测试平台,提升效率。
A Multi-Agent Generative AI Framework for IC Module-Level Verification Automation
- 多智能体协同解析规格书并生成验证策略
- 在多个芯片模块上验证效果优于人工和单模型方法
- 适合芯片验证工程师和AI辅助设计研究者
随着大语言模型在电子设计自动化(EDA)领域展现巨大潜力,生成式AI辅助芯片设计正受到学界与产业界的广泛关注。尽管该技术在代码生成等任务中已取得初步进展,但在芯片验证——这一芯片开发流程中的关键瓶颈——的应用仍处于探索阶段。本文提出一种创新的多智能体验证框架(MAVF),旨在克服当前单个大语言模型在复杂验证任务中的局限性。该框架通过多个专业智能体的协作,实现从设计规格到测试平台的自动化转换,包括规格解析、验证策略生成与代码实现。在多个不同复杂度的芯片模块上进行验证实验的结果表明,MAVF在验证文档解析与生成、以及自动化测试平台生成方面,显著优于传统人工方法和单对话式生成式AI方法。本研究为生成式AI在验证自动化中的应用开辟了新方向,有望为解决芯片设计中最棘手的瓶颈问题提供有效途径。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
As large language models demonstrate enormous potential in the field of Electronic Design Automation (EDA), generative AI-assisted chip design is attracting widespread attention from academia and industry. Although these technologies have made preliminary progress in tasks such as code generation, their application in chip verification -- a critical bottleneck in the chip development cycle -- remains at an exploratory stage. This paper proposes an innovative Multi-Agent Verification Framework (MAVF) aimed at addressing the limitations of current single-LLM approaches in complex verification tasks. Our framework builds an automated transformation system from design specifications to testbench through the collaborative work of multiple specialized agents, including specification parsing, verification strategy generation, and code implementation. Through verification experiments on multiple chip modules of varying complexity, results show that MAVF significantly outperforms traditional manual methods and single-dialogue generative AI approaches in verification document parsing and generation, as well as automated testbench generation. This research opens new directions for exploring generative AI applications in verification automation, potentially providing effective approaches to solving the most challenging bottleneck issues in chip design.
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