Reinforcement learning in integrated circuits: Design, synthesis, layout, and hardware security

IF 2.2 3区 工程技术 Q3 COMPUTER SCIENCE, HARDWARE & ARCHITECTURE
Hakan Taşkıran , Furkan Enes Hacımustafaoğlu , Engin Afacan , Günhan Dündar
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The growing complexity of semiconductor technology has led to an increased demand for advanced optimization and automation techniques in IC design. Among these, RL has emerged as a promising approach, offering the ability to explore vast design spaces and optimize performance metrics in ways traditional methods struggle to achieve. RL techniques have demonstrated their potential to complement and even outperform conventional methods in analog and RF IC design by autonomously learning optimal design strategies, from circuit synthesis and layout generation to performance optimization. Moreover, RL-based EDA tools have shown significant promise in addressing challenges related to process variation, power efficiency, and design security. In this context, recent progress in the utilization of RL for analog/RF circuit design is reviewed, with coverage of optimization, layout automation, and security, and emphasis placed on its pivotal role in advancing modern IC development.
集成电路中的强化学习:设计、合成、布局和硬件安全
半导体技术的日益复杂导致了对集成电路设计中先进优化和自动化技术的需求增加。其中,强化学习已经成为一种很有前途的方法,它提供了探索广阔设计空间的能力,并以传统方法难以实现的方式优化性能指标。RL技术通过自主学习优化设计策略,从电路合成和布局生成到性能优化,已经证明了它们在模拟和射频IC设计中补充甚至超越传统方法的潜力。此外,基于rl的EDA工具在解决与过程变化、功率效率和设计安全性相关的挑战方面显示出了显著的前景。在此背景下,本文综述了RL在模拟/射频电路设计中应用的最新进展,包括优化、布局自动化和安全性,并重点介绍了RL在推动现代集成电路发展中的关键作用。
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Integration-The Vlsi Journal
Integration-The Vlsi Journal 工程技术-工程:电子与电气
CiteScore
3.80
自引率
5.30%
发文量
107
审稿时长
6 months
期刊介绍: Integration''s aim is to cover every aspect of the VLSI area, with an emphasis on cross-fertilization between various fields of science, and the design, verification, test and applications of integrated circuits and systems, as well as closely related topics in process and device technologies. Individual issues will feature peer-reviewed tutorials and articles as well as reviews of recent publications. The intended coverage of the journal can be assessed by examining the following (non-exclusive) list of topics: Specification methods and languages; Analog/Digital Integrated Circuits and Systems; VLSI architectures; Algorithms, methods and tools for modeling, simulation, synthesis and verification of integrated circuits and systems of any complexity; Embedded systems; High-level synthesis for VLSI systems; Logic synthesis and finite automata; Testing, design-for-test and test generation algorithms; Physical design; Formal verification; Algorithms implemented in VLSI systems; Systems engineering; Heterogeneous systems.
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