3 papers
cs.AR2025
Shift-Left Techniques in Electronic Design Automation: A Survey
Xinyue Wu, Zixuan Li, Fan Hu +4
The chip design process involves numerous steps, beginning with defining product requirements and progressing through architectural planning, system-level design, and the physical…
cs.AR2025
DAS-MP: Enabling High-Quality Macro Placement with Enhanced Dataflow Awareness
Xiaotian Zhao, Zixuan Li, Yichen Cai +3
Dataflow is a critical yet underexplored factor in automatic macro placement, which is becoming increasingly important for developing intelligent design automation techniques that…
cs.AR2025
WISP: Image Segmentation-Based Whitespace Diagnosis for Optimal Rectilinear Floorplanning
Xiaotian Zhao, Zixuan Li, Yichen Cai +1
The increasing number of rectilinear floorplans in modern chip designs presents significant challenges for traditional macro placers due to the additional complexity introduced by…