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LLMs in EDA: From Generation to Orchestration in Hardware Design

A new perspective paper published on arXiv explores the evolving roles of Large Language Models (LLMs) within Electronic Design Automation (EDA). The paper proposes a hierarchical framework of three roles: Generator, Agent, and Orchestrator, to better understand how LLM capabilities accumulate and scale in hardware design. It highlights challenges such as LLMs being trained for plausible code rather than physically correct hardware and the loss of design context across tools, suggesting a need for a standardized, physics-aware orchestrator to improve hardware design reliability and accessibility. AI

IMPACT This research could lead to more robust and accessible hardware design by improving how LLMs are integrated into EDA workflows.

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LLMs in EDA: From Generation to Orchestration in Hardware Design

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  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Matthew Youngman, Cristian Sestito, Themis Prodromakis ·

    LLMs in Digital EDA: A perspective on shifting roles from Generation to Orchestration

    arXiv:2608.27184v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Electronic design automation (EDA) has advanced engineering productivity through successive generations of tooling that progressively automate synthesis, optimisation, and verification. Large language models (LLMs) extend this tra…