EDN - Machine learning in EDA accelerates the design cycle -

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) come in many shapes, but whatever the intelligence looks like, it is all results-focused. If there is a clear "right way" and "wrong way" to do something, AI needs to demonstrate an ability to follow the "right way." More pertinently, systems that employ AI must work out how to get there on their own and get better at doing it over time. Electronic design automation (EDA) work is the ideal task for AI. The complexity of integrated circuits (ICs) means the number of possible design iterations that need to be evaluated continues to increase, but their regularity means design rules that work well can have a massive positive impact across large parts of the design.