Introduction:
ChipExpert is the first open-source, instructional LLM dedicated to the Integrated-Circuit-Design industry, covering knowledge across multiple sub-domains, including analog circuits, digital circuits, radio frequency (RF), semiconductor devices, electronic design automation (EDA), system-on-chip (SoC), computing-in-memory, and more. This model aims to provide teaching assistant services for students in the field of IC to learn fundamental knowledge, engineers to inquire about technical details, and researchers to investigate cutting-edge papers and research topics. The ultimate goal of this model is to help the integrated circuit industry reduce the learning barrier and lower the training costs.
Key Features:
- The first Large Language Model (LLM) in the IC design field.
- A professional corpus covering ten specialized areas of IC design.
- Achieves superior performance in both foundational and cutting-edge knowledge compared to general LLMs.
Contributions
This project is the result of a collaborative effort：
Ning Xu1,2 Zhaoyang Zhang1,2 Lei Qi1,2 Wensuo Wang1 Chao Zhang1 Zihao Ren2 Huaiyuan Zhang2 Yanqi Zhang2 Zhichao Liu2 Xing Wang2 Qingwen Wei2 Shiyang Wu2 Lanlan Yang2 Xin Geng2 Yuchen Ma2 Yutong Zhang2 Mengyao Kong2 Zhican Zhang2 Shiyang Wu2 Yao Wang2 Lanlan Yang1 Chen Yang1 Qianfeng Lu2 Yiqun Ma2 Zhengxuan Wang2 Yaoyao Xu2 Chengjie Liu1 Mengyao Zhao2 Junbo Liu2 Yufan Song1 Yuejian Shi2 Jun Yang1,2
1National Center of Technology Innovation for EDA, Nanjing, China 2Southeast University, Nanjing, China
Model Description
- Developed by: NCTIEDA (National Center of Technology Innovation for EDA) and Southeast University
Out-of-Scope Use
This is the first version of ChipExpert, more capable versions with enhanced abilities will be released soon.
Citation
If you find our work helpful, please consider citing the following paper:
@article{chipexpert2024,
title={ChipExpert: The First Open-Source Integrated-Circuit-Design-Specific Large Language Model},
author={Ning Xu, ZhaoyangZhang et al.},
journal={arXiv preprint arXiv:2024.xxxxx},
year={2024}
}