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Probabilistic circuit (PC) structure learning is hampered by greedy algorithms that make irreversible, locally optimal decisions. We propose SymCircuit, which replaces greedy search with a learned generative policy trained via…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-24 Y. Sungtaek Ju

Deep neural networks have achieved great success both in computer vision and natural language processing tasks. However, mostly state-of-art methods highly rely on external training or computing to improve the performance. To alleviate the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-09-25 Ming Yan , Xueli Xiao , Joey Tianyi Zhou , Yi Pan

As we march towards the age of ubiquitous intelligence, we note that AI and intelligence are progressively moving from the cloud to the edge. The success of Edge-AI is pivoted on innovative circuits and hardware that can enable inference…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2022-02-24 Zishen Wan , Ashwin Sanjay Lele , Arijit Raychowdhury

When designing quantum circuits for a given unitary, it can be much cheaper to achieve a good approximation on most inputs than on all inputs. In this work we formalize this idea, and propose that such "optimistic quantum circuits" are…

Threats associated with the untrusted fabrication of integrated circuits (ICs) are numerous: piracy, overproduction, reverse engineering, hardware trojans, etc. The use of reconfigurable elements (i.e., look-up tables as in FPGAs) is a…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-10-14 Zain Ul Abideen , Tiago Diadami Perez , Samuel Pagliarini

This paper introduces a novel method for synthesizing digital circuits derived from Binary Decision Diagrams (BDDs) that can yield to reduction in power dissipation. The power reduction is achieved by decreasing the switching activity in a…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Denis V. Popel

The generation of high-fidelity synthetic data is a cornerstone of modern machine learning, yet Large Language Models (LLMs) frequently suffer from hallucinations, logical inconsistencies, and mode collapse when tasked with structured…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-04-14 Zehua Cheng , Wei Dai , Jiahao Sun , Thomas Lukasiewicz

Invertible logic can operate in one of two modes: 1) a forward mode, in which inputs are presented and a single, correct output is produced, and 2) a reverse mode, in which the output is fixed and the inputs take on values consistent with…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2026-03-31 Sean C. Smithson , Naoya Onizawa , Brett H. Meyer , Warren J. Gross , Takahiro Hanyu

Modern Artificial Intelligence (AI) workloads demand computing systems with large silicon area to sustain throughput and competitive performance. However, prohibitive manufacturing costs and yield limitations at advanced tech nodes and…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2024-06-04 Kaniz Mishty , Mehdi Sadi

Logic synthesis plays a crucial role in the digital design flow. It has a decisive influence on the final Quality of Results (QoR) of the circuit implementations. However, existing multi-level logic optimization algorithms often employ…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2024-04-02 Chen Chen , Guangyu Hu , Dongsheng Zuo , Cunxi Yu , Yuzhe Ma , Hongce Zhang

This paper focuses on the simulation of multi-die System-on-Chip (SoC) architectures using VisualSim, emphasizing chiplet-based system modeling and performance analysis. Chiplet technology presents a promising alternative to traditional…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2025-11-04 Wajid Ali , Ayaz Akram , Deepak Shankar

Designing quantum processors is a complex task that demands advanced verification methods to ensure their correct functionality. However, traditional methods of comprehensively verifying quantum devices, such as quantum process tomography,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-04 Keren Li , Peng Yan , Hanru Jiang , Nengkun Yu

Despite recent advances, analog front-end design still relies heavily on expert intuition and iterative simulations, which limits the potential for automation. We present AnalogCoder-Pro, a multimodal large language model (LLM) framework…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-09-03 Yao Lai , Souradip Poddar , Sungyoung Lee , Guojin Chen , Mengkang Hu , Bei Yu , Ping Luo , David Z. Pan

Transformer-based autoregressive models excel in data generation but are inherently constrained by their reliance on discretized tokens, which limits their ability to represent continuous values with high precision. We analyze the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-01-12 Yeonsang Shin , Insoo Kim , Bongkeun Kim , Keonwoo Bae , Bohyung Han

We present a fast and effective framework for analysing and designing syndrome-extraction circuits (SECs). Our approach is based on left-right circuits, a general design for SECs which maintain low depth by staggering $X$ and $Z$ checks…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-06 Armands Strikis , Dan E. Browne , Michael E. Beverland

Circuit cutting allows quantum circuits larger than the available hardware to be executed. Cutting techniques split circuits into smaller subcircuits, run them on the hardware, and recombine results through classical post-processing.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-11-28 Songqinghao Yang , Prakash Murali

Analyzing massive complex networks yields promising insights about our everyday lives. Building scalable algorithms to do so is a challenging task that requires a careful analysis and an extensive evaluation. However, engineering such…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2019-03-19 Daniel Funke , Sebastian Lamm , Ulrich Meyer , Peter Sanders , Manuel Penschuck , Christian Schulz , Darren Strash , Moritz von Looz

Bridging generative foundation models with non-equilibrium thin-film synthesis remains a central challenge, limiting the practical impact of AI-driven materials discovery on semiconductor dielectrics. Here, we introduce IDEAL (Inverse…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-03-11 Bonwook Gu , Trinh Ngoc Le , Wonjoong Kim , Zunair Masroor , Han-Bo-Ram Lee

Analog layout synthesis requires some elements in the circuit netlist to be matched and placed symmetrically. However, the set of symmetries is very circuit-specific and a versatile algorithm, applicable to a broad variety of circuits, has…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-10-02 Kishor Kunal , Jitesh Poojary , Tonmoy Dhar , Meghna Madhusudan , Ramesh Harjani , Sachin S. Sapatnekar

The synthesis approaches for quantum circuits typically aim at minimizing the number of lines or gates. Given the tight restrictions on those logical resources in physical implementations, we propose to view the problem fundamentally…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2023-02-03 Niels Gleinig , Tobias Rohner , Torsten Hoefler