Developed by the Pate Key Laboratory of Processor and Intelligent Software Research Center, both CAS and the University of China Academy of Sciences, the fully automated integrated circuit design system is called Qimeng. This means “enlightenment” in China.
The system uses a large language model. This is the technology that underpins advanced AI chatbots. Details were published in last week's research paper and were open sourced on GitHub.
According to the developers, the chips designed by Qimeng are consistent with performance and efficiency, which are created by human experts. For example, a customized autonomous chip can take weeks for a human developer team to create. According to the team, Qimeng can be achieved with Qimeng.
Qimeng consists of three interconnected layers. The base has a large domain-specific processor chip model. In the middle is a hardware and software design agent. And at the top there are a variety of processor chip design applications.
