arXiv:2605.20287cs.LGcs.AI2026-05

融合布局几何与电路拓扑,精准预测标准单元性能

FusionCell: Cross-Attentive Fusion of Layout Geometry and Netlist Topology for Standard-Cell Performance Prediction

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  • 双模输入:用DeiT处理布局图,图Transformer建模电路结构
  • 平均MAPE仅0.92%,排序相关性显著优于基线方法
  • 适合芯片设计自动化、高性能电路优化研究者使用

标准单元是数字电路的基础模块,其延迟与功耗直接影响芯片整体性能;然而当前仍依赖耗时的仿真遍历,许多快速预测模型忽略布局几何,遗漏耦合与布局依赖效应。关键挑战在于联合建模布局几何与网表拓扑,以捕捉精细空间细节和结构连接关系。本文提出FusionCell,一种双模态预测器,将布线后的布局几何与网表拓扑作为输入,在统一模型中显式融合。采用DeiT编码器处理三层布线布局,图变压器建模异构器件/网路图。通过拓扑引导机制,网表作为结构“地图”,主动查询布局中相关物理区域,实现几何与拓扑联合推理。基于ASAP7 PDK构建了7nm数据集,包含超过19.5k个单元,覆盖149种类型,针对信号上升/下降延迟、过渡时间及功耗共六项指标。实验表明,FusionCell平均MAPE为0.92%,在Spearman与Kendall排名相关性上优于基线,且相比电路仿真提速数量级。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Standard cells form the building blocks of digital circuits, so their delay and power critically influence chip-level performance; yet characterization still relies on slow simulation sweeps, and many fast predictors ignore layout geometry, missing coupling and layout-dependent effects. The challenge is to jointly represent layout geometry and netlist topology so models capture fine-grained spatial details together with structural connectivity for accurate performance prediction. We introduce FusionCell, a dual-modality predictor that treats routed layout geometry and netlist topology as inputs and fuses them explicitly in a unified model. A DeiT encoder processes three-layer routed layouts, while a graph transformer models heterogeneous device/net graphs. The modalities are integrated through a topology-guided mechanism, where the netlist acts as a structural "map" to actively query relevant physical regions in the layout for joint geometric and topological reasoning. We build a 7nm dataset based on the ASAP7 PDK with over 19.5k cells spanning 149 types using automatic tools, targeting six metrics: signal rise/fall delay, transition, and power. Experimental results demonstrate that FusionCell reduces regression error, with an average MAPE of 0.92 percent, and improves Spearman/Kendall ranking over baselines, while accelerating the characterization process by orders of magnitude compared to circuit simulation.

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