Rl-sizer: Vlsi gate sizing for timing optimization using deep reinforcement learning

YC Lu, S Nath, V Khandelwal… - 2021 58th ACM/IEEE …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Gate sizing for timing optimization is performed extensively throughout electronic design
automation (EDA) flows. However, increasing design sizes and time-to-market pressure …

Doomed run prediction in physical design by exploiting sequential flow and graph learning

YC Lu, S Nath, V Khandelwal… - 2021 IEEE/ACM …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Modern designs are increasingly reliant on physical design (PD) tools to derive full
technology scaling benefits of Moore's Law. Designers often perform power, performance …

Eco-gnn: Signoff power prediction using graph neural networks with subgraph approximation

YC Lu, S Nath, S Pentapati, SK Lim - ACM Transactions on Design …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Modern electronic design automation flows depend on both implementation and signoff
tools to perform timing-constrained power optimization through Engineering Change Orders …

On advancing physical design using graph neural networks

YC Lu, SK Lim - Proceedings of the 41st IEEE/ACM International …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
As modern Physical Design (PD) algorithms and methodologies evolve into the post-Moore
era with the aid of machine learning, Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) are becoming …

A graph neural network method for fast ECO leakage power optimization

K Wang, P Cao - 2022 27th Asia and South Pacific Design …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In modern design, engineering change order (ECO) is often utilized to perform power
optimization including gate-sizing and Vth-assignments, which is efficient but highly timing …