5 papers
OpenOpt: An Open-Source SRAM Optimizer Based on Equivalent Circuit Model
Yikai Wang, Yiheng Wu, Can Wang +5
This paper proposes a co-optimization framework that jointly optimizes SRAM architecture and transistor sizing using equivalent circuit models. The framework simplifies inactive SR…
OpenACMv2: An Accuracy-Constrained Co-Optimization Framework for Approximate DCiM
Yiqi Zhou, Yue Yuan, Yikai Wang +8
Digital Compute-in-Memory (DCiM) accelerates neural networks by reducing data movement. Approximate DCiM can further improve power-performance-area (PPA), but demands accuracy-cons…
Exploiting Function-Family Structure in Analog Circuit Optimization
Zhuohua Liu, Kaiqi Huang, Qinxin Mei +2
Analog circuit optimization is typically framed as black-box search over arbitrary smooth functions, yet device physics constrains performance mappings to structured families: expo…
OpenYield: An Open-Source SRAM Yield Analysis and Optimization Benchmark Suite
Shan Shen, Xingyang Li, Zhuohua Liu +5
Static Random-Access Memory (SRAM) yield analysis is essential for semiconductor innovation, yet research progress faces a critical challenge: the large gap between simplified acad…
KATO: Knowledge Alignment and Transfer for Transistor Sizing of Different Design and Technology
Wei W. Xing, Weijian Fan, Zhuohua Liu +2
Automatic transistor sizing in circuit design continues to be a formidable challenge. Despite that Bayesian optimization (BO) has achieved significant success, it is circuit-specif…