AI Circuit Design Debate: The Bottleneck Is Data, Not Compute

A debate in the hardware community questions whether AI can simulate circuit design. One side argues real fabrication remains the best simulator, while Yacine predicts labs will build their own highly parallel EM/physics simulations to generate training data.

2026-09-08 ~ 2026-09-08 · 2 related posts

• AI for circuit design: compute isn't the bottleneck, physical reality is still the best simulator — yacineMTB · 2026-09-08
• Yacine: circuit sims are embarrassingly parallel — labs will build them to train their own AI — yacineMTB · 2026-09-08