AI助力电子设计自动化,提升芯片设计效率与可靠性。
Report for NSF Workshop on AI for Electronic Design Automation
- 融合大模型、图神经网络等AI技术优化芯片设计流程。
- 提出四大方向:物理合成、高层综合、优化工具箱及测试验证。
- 建议加强跨领域合作与数据算力基础设施建设。
本报告总结了2024年12月10日在温哥华举行的美国国家科学基金会(NSF)AI for EDA研讨会的讨论与建议,该会议与NeurIPS 2024同期举办。来自机器学习与电子设计自动化(EDA)领域的专家共同探讨了人工智能——包括大语言模型(LLMs)、图神经网络(GNNs)、强化学习(RL)、神经符号方法等——在促进EDA发展和缩短设计周期中的潜力。研讨会涵盖四个主题:(1)用于物理综合与可制造性设计(DFM)的AI,分析制造工艺挑战并探索应用;(2)用于高层次综合(HLS)与逻辑级综合(LLS)的AI,涵盖参数插入、程序转换、RTL代码生成等;(3)面向优化与设计的AI工具箱,讨论前沿AI技术在EDA任务中的潜在应用;(4)用于测试与验证的AI,包括基于LLM的验证工具、机器学习增强的SAT求解、安全与可靠性挑战等。报告建议NSF应推动AI与EDA的协作,投资基础性AI研究,建设稳健的数据基础设施,推广可扩展计算资源,并投入人才培养,以实现硬件设计的普及化,支撑下一代硬件系统的发展。更多信息请访问 https://ai4eda-workshop.github.io/。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
This report distills the discussions and recommendations from the NSF Workshop on AI for Electronic Design Automation (EDA), held on December 10, 2024 in Vancouver alongside NeurIPS 2024. Bringing together experts across machine learning and EDA, the workshop examined how AI-spanning large language models (LLMs), graph neural networks (GNNs), reinforcement learning (RL), neurosymbolic methods, etc.-can facilitate EDA and shorten design turnaround. The workshop includes four themes: (1) AI for physical synthesis and design for manufacturing (DFM), discussing challenges in physical manufacturing process and potential AI applications; (2) AI for high-level and logic-level synthesis (HLS/LLS), covering pragma insertion, program transformation, RTL code generation, etc.; (3) AI toolbox for optimization and design, discussing frontier AI developments that could potentially be applied to EDA tasks; and (4) AI for test and verification, including LLM-assisted verification tools, ML-augmented SAT solving, security/reliability challenges, etc. The report recommends NSF to foster AI/EDA collaboration, invest in foundational AI for EDA, develop robust data infrastructures, promote scalable compute infrastructure, and invest in workforce development to democratize hardware design and enable next-generation hardware systems. The workshop information can be found on the website https://ai4eda-workshop.github.io/.
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