Chip Design

AI-designed chips are so weird that 'humans cannot really understand them' — but they perform better than anything we've created

Princeton Engineering researchers demonstrated AI's ability to design complex wireless chips in hours instead of weeks, creating more efficient designs that humans find difficult to comprehend. The AI-generated chips, focusing on millimeter-wave technology, achieved superior performance by taking unconventional approaches and discarding traditional templates. While promising, the process still requires human oversight to address potential design failures.

IEDM 2025 – TSMC 2nm Process Disclosure – How Does it Measure Up? - Semiwiki

TSMC's 2nm Platform Technology presentation at IEDM 2024 showcased a 30% power improvement and 15% performance gain compared to their 3nm node, with promising early yield reports indicating >80% average yield for 256Mb SRAM arrays. The technology positions TSMC as a leader in density and power efficiency among 2nm class processes, though Intel's 18A may lead in performance, while pricing concerns at $30,000 per wafer could impact market adoption.