Summary of Effective Analog Ics Floorplanning with Relational Graph Neural Networks and Reinforcement Learning, by Davide Basso et al.
Effective Analog ICs Floorplanning with Relational Graph Neural Networks and Reinforcement Learning
by Davide Basso, Luca Bortolussi, Mirjana Videnovic-Misic, Husni Habal
First submitted to arxiv on: 20 Nov 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI); Systems and Control (eess.SY)
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| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The paper presents an innovative automatic floorplanning algorithm based on reinforcement learning, enhanced by a relational graph convolutional neural network (R-GCN) model for encoding circuit features and positional constraints. This approach enables knowledge transfer across different circuit designs with distinct topologies and constraints, improving the generalization ability of the solution. The proposed method is applied to six industrial circuits, outperforming established floorplanning techniques in terms of speed, area, and half-perimeter wire length. Additionally, when integrated into a procedural generator for layout completion, overall layout time was reduced by 67.3% with an 8.3% mean area reduction compared to manual layout. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper is about making it easier to design electronic circuits called analog ICs. Usually, this process is done manually, but that can be very time-consuming and tricky. The researchers developed a new way to do this automatically using artificial intelligence (AI) techniques. They combined two AI methods: reinforcement learning and relational graph convolutional neural networks (R-GCN). This approach allows the design to be more flexible and adaptable to different circuit designs. In tests, their method outperformed traditional methods in terms of speed, area, and wire length. It also reduced the time it takes to complete a design by 67% compared to doing it manually. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Gcn » Generalization » Neural network » Reinforcement learning
