The system, developed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, uses AI for semiconductor design, dispensing with the need for human developers

Developed by the State Key Laboratory of Processor and the Intelligent Software Research Centre, both under CAS, and the University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the fully automated integrated circuit design system is called QiMeng, which means “enlightenment” in Chinese.

The system uses large language models – the technology underpinning advanced AI chatbots. Details were published in a research paper last week and open-sourced on GitHub.

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