HC2024-T1.1: AI Assisted Hardware Design - Will AI Elevate or Replace Hardware Engineers?

Tutorial 1, part 1, Hot Chips 2024, Sunday, August 25, 2024.
Organizer: Bryan Chin, UCSD
This tutorial gives a general introduction to AI modeling concepts, with a particular focus on LLMs (Large Language Models, like ChatGPT). The various presenters then look at how these models are being applied to chip design methodologies, with applications ranging across topics like automatically writing common code segments and improving design optimization algorithms.
Introduction
Bryan Chin, UCSD
Introduction to AI for Chip Design
Mark Ren, NVIDIA
AI Driven Optimization
Stelios Diamantidis, Synopsys
LLM and Chip Design
Hans Bouwmeester, PrimisAI