AI in Chip Design: From Code Generation to EDA Orchestration (University of Edinburgh)

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh published a technical perspective titled “LLMs in Digital EDA: A perspective on shifting roles from Generation to Orchestration.” Abstract Excerpt: “In this Perspective, we instead define three hierarchical roles that reveal how capability accumulates: a Generator that produces design artifacts in a single pass, an Agent that refines outputs through iterative tool feedback, and an Orchestrator that coordinates decisions across EDA-stages. Across publish