NVIDIA says Nemotron 3 Ultra leads open models in agentic RTL design
imjustnewatai · x · 2026-07-27
NVIDIA says Nemotron 3 Ultra beats GLM 5.2 and Kimi K2.6 on agentic RTL design
NVIDIA’s technical blog says Nemotron 3 Ultra powers an agentic chip-design workflow for RTL generation and verification. In the same ACE-RTL pipeline, it outperforms GLM 5.2 and Kimi K2.6 across nine CVPD task categories.
Key claims from the post:
- 97.1% average pass rate across nine hardware tasks
- 100% on several categories, including debugging
- 71% fewer tokens per iteration than Kimi K2.6
- Synopsys says its Nemotron-powered agent can run the full chip verification cycle and reach validated RTL up to 50x faster with 20% more coverage
- Siemens says its self-verifying agents can reach signoff-quality results in hours instead of days
The post frames this as a feedback loop: AI improves chip design, better chips strengthen AI, and the cycle repeats. It also links the theme to Anthropic’s hiring for model work on silicon design.
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