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This is floorplanning the blocks, not every feature. We are talking dozens to hundreds of blocks, not billions-trillions of gates and wires. I assume that the
by jeffbee 2y ago
This is floorplanning the blocks, not every feature. We are talking dozens to hundreds of blocks, not billions-trillions of gates and wires.
I assume that the human benchmark is a human using existing EDA tools, not a guy with a pocket protector and a roll of tape.
- yeahwhatever10 2y agoFloorplanning algorithms and solvers already exist https://limsk.ece.gatech.edu/course/ece6133/slides/floorplanning.pdf https://limsk.ece.gatech.edu/course/ece6133/slides/floorplan...
- jeffbee 2y agoThe original paper from DeepMind evaluates what they are now calling AlphaChip versus existing optimizers, including simulated annealing. They conclude that AlphaChip outperforms them with much less compute and real time. https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~ey204/teaching/ACS/R244_2021_2022/papers/Mirhoseini_NATURE_2021.pdf https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~ey204/teaching/ACS/R244_2021_2022/...
- foobarian 2y agoRandomized algorithms strike again!
- sudosysgen 2y agoThis is moreso amortized optimization/reinforcement learning, not randomized algorithms.
- hulitu 2y ago> They conclude that AlphaChip outperforms them with much less compute and real time. Of course they do. I'm waiting for their products.