Recent years have witnessed transformative changes brought about by artificial intelligence(AI)techniques with billions of parameters for the realization of high accuracy,proposing high demand for the advanced and AI ...Recent years have witnessed transformative changes brought about by artificial intelligence(AI)techniques with billions of parameters for the realization of high accuracy,proposing high demand for the advanced and AI chip to solve these AI tasks efficiently and powerfully.Rapid progress has been made in the field of advanced chips recently,such as the development of photonic computing,the advancement of the quantum processors,the boost of the biomimetic chips,and so on.Designs tactics of the advanced chips can be conducted with elaborated consideration of materials,algorithms,models,architectures,and so on.Though a few reviews present the development of the chips from their unique aspects,reviews in the view of the latest design for advanced and AI chips are few.Here,the newest development is systematically reviewed in the field of advanced chips.First,background and mechanisms are summarized,and subsequently most important considerations for co-design of the software and hardware are illustrated.Next,strategies are summed up to obtain advanced and AI chips with high excellent performance by taking the important information processing steps into consideration,after which the design thought for the advanced chips in the future is proposed.Finally,some perspectives are put forward.展开更多
随着集成电路设计复杂度的不断提高,IP核(Intellectual Property Core)作为可复用的电路模块,已成为现代芯片设计的重要组成部分。IP核的正确性、可靠性和性能直接影响到SoC(System on Chip)的整体质量和开发效率。然而,当前IP核评测标...随着集成电路设计复杂度的不断提高,IP核(Intellectual Property Core)作为可复用的电路模块,已成为现代芯片设计的重要组成部分。IP核的正确性、可靠性和性能直接影响到SoC(System on Chip)的整体质量和开发效率。然而,当前IP核评测标准存在不统一、验证不充分等问题,亟需建立一套科学、全面的评测方法。本文通过对IP核设计验证和硅验证方法的深入研究,提出了一套结合设计验证和硅验证的IP核评测标准。该标准涵盖了功能验证、性能验证、面积检查、代码质量检查、可交付信息资料以及硅验证等内容,为IP核的标准化设计、验证与交付提供了明确的指导。研究还分析了现有国际和国内标准的优缺点,并提出了未来研究方向,包括针对特定功能领域(如:人工智能、网络安全等)的细化标准、更高效的验证方法与工具,以及积极参与国际标准的制定与交流。展开更多
基金supported by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University(1-WZ1Y,1-W34U,4-YWER).
文摘Recent years have witnessed transformative changes brought about by artificial intelligence(AI)techniques with billions of parameters for the realization of high accuracy,proposing high demand for the advanced and AI chip to solve these AI tasks efficiently and powerfully.Rapid progress has been made in the field of advanced chips recently,such as the development of photonic computing,the advancement of the quantum processors,the boost of the biomimetic chips,and so on.Designs tactics of the advanced chips can be conducted with elaborated consideration of materials,algorithms,models,architectures,and so on.Though a few reviews present the development of the chips from their unique aspects,reviews in the view of the latest design for advanced and AI chips are few.Here,the newest development is systematically reviewed in the field of advanced chips.First,background and mechanisms are summarized,and subsequently most important considerations for co-design of the software and hardware are illustrated.Next,strategies are summed up to obtain advanced and AI chips with high excellent performance by taking the important information processing steps into consideration,after which the design thought for the advanced chips in the future is proposed.Finally,some perspectives are put forward.
文摘随着集成电路设计复杂度的不断提高,IP核(Intellectual Property Core)作为可复用的电路模块,已成为现代芯片设计的重要组成部分。IP核的正确性、可靠性和性能直接影响到SoC(System on Chip)的整体质量和开发效率。然而,当前IP核评测标准存在不统一、验证不充分等问题,亟需建立一套科学、全面的评测方法。本文通过对IP核设计验证和硅验证方法的深入研究,提出了一套结合设计验证和硅验证的IP核评测标准。该标准涵盖了功能验证、性能验证、面积检查、代码质量检查、可交付信息资料以及硅验证等内容,为IP核的标准化设计、验证与交付提供了明确的指导。研究还分析了现有国际和国内标准的优缺点,并提出了未来研究方向,包括针对特定功能领域(如:人工智能、网络安全等)的细化标准、更高效的验证方法与工具,以及积极参与国际标准的制定与交流。
