arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 5

Surrogate Neural Architecture Codesign Package (SNAC-Pack)

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 Machine Learning
Jul 31

SNAC-Pack 2.0: Scaled-Out Surrogate Neural Architecture Codesign

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 AI
Oct 23

VHDLBench: Benchmarking and Fine-Tuning Large Language Models for VHDL-Based Chip Design

The paper introduces VHDLBench, a benchmark and fine‑tuning framework for large language models (LLMs) applied to VHDL-based chip design. It presents a dataset of over 18,500 syntax‑verified VHDL examples, fine‑tunes five 7B‑parameter LLMs with QLoRA, and evaluates them through a three‑level pipeline—syntax/synthesis validation, functional simulation, and FPGA prototyping on Zynq SoCs. Results show up to 92% syntax correctness and 73% functional accuracy, with DeepSeek‑Coder achieving the best performance and successful deployment on real hardware.

By Patrik Drazic, Benaoumeur Senouci, Boualem Benatallah
arXiv Machine Learning
Oct 3

SyntheticHLS: Building Diverse Synthetic High-Level Synthesis Datasets using LLMs

SyntheticHLS is a framework that uses large language models to create large-scale, diverse synthetic high‑level synthesis (HLS) datasets. It employs an iterative, feedback‑guided mutation loop that transforms seed designs into more complex, scalable ones, guided by quantitative metrics of design complexity and scalability. The resulting datasets outperform manually curated or zero‑shot generated ones in training deep learning models for HLS quality‑of‑results, offering broader coverage of design space and better generalization.

By Stefan Abi-Karam, Miaoyan Zhou, Callie Hao