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20242026
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9 papers

physics.optics2026

End-to-End Physical Design Automation Flow for Yield-Optimized Inverse-Designed Large-Scale Electronic-Photonic Integrated Circuits

Hongjian Zhou, Haoyu Yang, Haoxing Ren +2

As AI systems scale to multi-chiplet and wafer-level architectures, the demand for ultra-high bandwidth and system scalability has outpaced the capabilities of electrical interconn…

cs.AR2026

Autonomous Evolution of EDA Tools: Multi-Agent Self-Evolved ABC

Cunxi Yu, Haoxing Ren

This paper introduces the first \emph{self-evolving} logic synthesis framework, which leverages Large Language Model (LLM) agents to autonomously improve the source code of \textsc…

cs.LG2026

TOPCELL: Topology Optimization of Standard Cell via LLMs

Zhan Song, Yu-Tung Liu, Chen Chen +6

Transistor topology optimization is a critical step in standard cell design, directly dictating diffusion sharing efficiency and downstream routability. However, identifying optima…

cs.ET2025

LiDAR 2.0: Hierarchical Curvy Waveguide Detailed Routing for Large-Scale Photonic Integrated Circuits

Hongjian Zhou, Haoyu Yang, Ziang Ying +6

Driven by innovations in photonic computing and interconnects, photonic integrated circuit (PIC) designs advance and grow in complexity. Traditional manual physical design processe…

cs.ET2025

Apollo: Automated Routing-Informed Placement for Large-Scale Photonic Integrated Circuits

Hongjian Zhou, Haoyu Yang, Nicholas Gangi +3

As technology advances, photonic integrated circuits (PICs) are rapidly scaling in size and complexity, with modern designs integrating thousands of components. However, the analog…

cs.AI2025

Deep Generative Prior for First Order Inverse Optimization

Haoyu Yang, Kamyar Azizzadenesheli, Haoxing Ren

Inverse design optimization aims to infer system parameters from observed solutions, posing critical challenges across domains such as semiconductor manufacturing, structural engin…