arXiv:2606. 15234v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: This work presents a deterministic, machine-assisted framework for SI-compliant PCB design based on the Earth Mover's Distance (EMD).
By Emre Ecik, Werner John, Julian With\"oft, Ralf Br\"uning, J\"urgen G\"otze
arXiv:2608. 04999v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Analog circuit design automation using reinforcement learning (RL) has emerged as a promising approach for reducing manual effort.
By Osei Brempong, Mohammed Ayman Habib, Vivan Poddar, Morteza Fayazi
arXiv:2510. 23472v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Chip placement is a vital stage in modern chip design, and black-box optimization (BBO) has been applied to it for decades.
By Ke Xue, Ruo-Tong Chen, Rong-Xi Tan, Xi Lin, Yunqi Shi, Siyuan Xu, Mingxuan Yuan, Chao Qian
arXiv:2605. 16138v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Neural architecture search (NAS) is a powerful approach for automating model design, but existing methods often optimize for accuracy alone or rely on proxy metrics such as bit operations (BOPs) that correlate poorly with hardware cost.
By Jason Weitz, Dmitri Demler, Benjamin Hawks, Aaron Wang, Nhan Tran, Javier Duarte
arXiv:2605. 16138v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Neural architecture search (NAS) is a powerful approach for automating model design, but existing methods often optimize for accuracy alone or rely on proxy metrics such as bit operations (BOPs) that correlate poorly with hardware cost.
By Jason Weitz, Dmitri Demler, Benjamin Hawks, Aaron Wang, Nhan Tran, Javier Duarte
arXiv:2603. 13042v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Digital Compute-in-Memory (DCiM) accelerates neural networks by reducing data movement.
By Yiqi Zhou, Yue Yuan, Yikai Wang, Bohao Liu, Qinxin Mei, Zhuohua Liu, Shan Shen, Wei Xing, Daying Sun, Li Li, Guozhu Liu
arXiv:2511. 22651v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Optimization methods have long advanced many fields, yet they struggle when faced with design problems where the search space and design parameters are difficult to define.
By Anthony Carreon, Vansh Sharma, Venkat Raman
arXiv:2608. 13767v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Analog IC layout design remains a labor-intensive iterative process dominated by simulation-driven refinement.
By Bingyang Liu, Ziming Wei, Xiaohan Gao, David Z. Pan
arXiv:2606. 09037v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Interior permanent magnet synchronous motor (IPMSM) design requires balancing conflicting objectives and multi-physics constraints, while modern optimization workflows face three bottlenecks: manual problem setup, high finite element analysis (FEA) cost, and unreliable surrogate-based search in sparse or out-of-distribution regions.
By Jinseong Han, Sunwoong Yang, Namwoo Kang
arXiv:2602. 19330v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) are increasingly explored for physical design analysis in Electronic Design Automation, particularly for modeling Clock Tree Synthesis behavior such as clock skew and buffering complexity.
By Barsat Khadka, Kawsher Roxy, Md Rubel Ahmed
arXiv:2603. 29268v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: High-density through-substrate vias (TSVs) enable 2.
By Mohamed Gharib, Leonid Popryho, Inna Partin-Vaisband
arXiv:2608. 13293v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Edge AI deployment demands neural architectures that are simultaneously accurate, computationally efficient, and hardware-deployable - a challenge addressed by hardware-aware Neural Architecture Search (NAS).
By Eleftherios Mylonas, Angelos Kouprizas, Michael Birbas, Alexios Birbas