{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4408442145","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ats64447.2024.10915277","title":"RTL Agent: An Agent-Based Approach for Functionally Correct HDL Generation via LLMs","display_name":"RTL Agent: An Agent-Based Approach for Functionally Correct HDL Generation via LLMs","publication_year":2024,"publication_date":"2024-12-17","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4408442145","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ats64447.2024.10915277"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/ats64447.2024.10915277","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ats64447.2024.10915277","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2024 IEEE 33rd Asian Test Symposium (ATS)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"conference-paper","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5113296020","display_name":"Sriram Ranga","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I172675005","display_name":"Nanyang Technological University","ror":"https://ror.org/02e7b5302","country_code":"SG","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I172675005"]}],"countries":["SG"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Sriram Ranga","raw_affiliation_strings":["Nanyang Technological University,Singapore"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Nanyang Technological University,Singapore","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I172675005"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5062187850","display_name":"Rui Mao","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1082-8755"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I172675005","display_name":"Nanyang Technological University","ror":"https://ror.org/02e7b5302","country_code":"SG","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I172675005"]}],"countries":["SG"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Rui Mao","raw_affiliation_strings":["Nanyang Technological University,Singapore"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Nanyang Technological University,Singapore","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I172675005"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5074456876","display_name":"Debjyoti Bhattacharjee","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6561-8934"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210114974","display_name":"IMEC","ror":"https://ror.org/02kcbn207","country_code":"BE","type":"nonprofit","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210114974"]}],"countries":["BE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Debjyoti Bhattacharjee","raw_affiliation_strings":["Imec,CSA,Leuven,Belgium,3000"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Imec,CSA,Leuven,Belgium,3000","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210114974"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5100752356","display_name":"Erik Cambria","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3030-1280"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I172675005","display_name":"Nanyang Technological University","ror":"https://ror.org/02e7b5302","country_code":"SG","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I172675005"]}],"countries":["SG"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Erik Cambria","raw_affiliation_strings":["Nanyang Technological University,Singapore"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Nanyang Technological University,Singapore","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I172675005"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5110897603","display_name":"Anupam Chattopadhyay","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I172675005","display_name":"Nanyang Technological University","ror":"https://ror.org/02e7b5302","country_code":"SG","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I172675005"]}],"countries":["SG"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Anupam Chattopadhyay","raw_affiliation_strings":["Nanyang Technological University,Singapore"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Nanyang Technological University,Singapore","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I172675005"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":2,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":null,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":6,"citation_normalized_percentile":null,"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"1","last_page":"6"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10791","display_name":"Advanced Control Systems Optimization","score":0.9139999747276306,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2207","display_name":"Control and Systems Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10791","display_name":"Advanced Control Systems Optimization","score":0.9139999747276306,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2207","display_name":"Control and Systems Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.5730037093162537},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/multi-agent-system","display_name":"Multi-agent system","score":0.41271668672561646},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/artificial-intelligence","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","score":0.2115020453929901}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.5730037093162537},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41550386","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q529909","display_name":"Multi-agent system","level":2,"score":0.41271668672561646},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.2115020453929901}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/ats64447.2024.10915277","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ats64447.2024.10915277","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2024 IEEE 33rd Asian Test Symposium (ATS)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320309327","display_name":"Google","ror":"https://ror.org/00njsd438"}],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":15,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W4234222550","https://openalex.org/W4388040405","https://openalex.org/W4391681217","https://openalex.org/W4392405447","https://openalex.org/W4403023462","https://openalex.org/W4403023622","https://openalex.org/W4403024064","https://openalex.org/W4404103182","https://openalex.org/W6778883912","https://openalex.org/W6809646742","https://openalex.org/W6846254642","https://openalex.org/W6850886341","https://openalex.org/W6855917509","https://openalex.org/W6856479018","https://openalex.org/W6861749967"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4391375266","https://openalex.org/W2899084033","https://openalex.org/W2748952813","https://openalex.org/W2390279801","https://openalex.org/W4391913857","https://openalex.org/W2358668433","https://openalex.org/W4396701345","https://openalex.org/W2376932109","https://openalex.org/W2001405890","https://openalex.org/W4396696052"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"LLMs":[0,64,120,156],"as":[1,139],"code":[2,67,85,91,123,137],"generators":[3],"have":[4],"undergone":[5],"rapid":[6],"progress":[7],"over":[8,87],"the":[9,15,24,28,42,53,56,70,73,82,96,101,108,117,130,146,164,171,182,192,208],"past":[10],"couple":[11],"of":[12,27,45,55,72,90,119,145,170,179,189,207],"years.":[13],"However,":[14],"models":[16,194],"on":[17,100,121,163],"their":[18,199],"own":[19],"provide":[20],"no":[21],"guarantees":[22],"for":[23,132,148,181,191],"functional":[25,43],"correctness":[26,44],"generated":[29],"code.":[30,109],"Functional":[31],"tests":[32],"can":[33,60],"not":[34],"only":[35],"be":[36,61],"used":[37],"by":[38],"designers":[39],"to":[40,49,63,107,114,210],"assess":[41],"code,":[46],"but":[47],"also":[48],"guide":[50],"them":[51],"towards":[52],"solution":[54],"problem.":[57],"The":[58,110],"same":[59],"applied":[62],"performing":[65],"automatic":[66],"generation":[68,138,150],"through":[69],"use":[71],"Reflexion":[74,76,162],"technique.":[75],"is":[77,112],"an":[78,143,187],"agent-based":[79],"workflow":[80,147],"where":[81],"model":[83,184],"generating":[84],"iterates":[86],"a":[88,176,204],"loop":[89],"generation,":[92],"getting":[93],"feedback":[94,172],"from":[95],"test":[97],"bench,":[98],"reflecting":[99],"feedback,":[102],"and":[103,186,196],"making":[104],"appropriate":[105],"changes":[106],"technique":[111,131,209],"known":[113],"drastically":[115],"improve":[116],"performance":[118],"software":[122],"generation.":[124],"In":[125],"this":[126],"work,":[127],"we":[128,174],"adopt":[129],"hardware":[133],"description":[134],"language":[135],"(HDL)":[136],"RTL":[140],"Agent":[141],"-":[142],"implementation":[144],"Verilog":[149],"with":[151,157,161],"Reflexion.":[152],"We":[153,202],"compare":[154],"multiple":[155],"standard":[158],"inference":[159],"vs":[160],"VerilogEval":[165],"benchmark.":[166],"Within":[167],"5":[168],"iterations":[169],"loop,":[173],"observe":[175],"relative":[177],"improvement":[178],"33.2%":[180],"low-performance":[183],"Llama3":[185],"average":[188],"17.7%":[190],"high-performance":[193],"GPT-4o":[195],"GPT-4o-mini":[197],"in":[198],"Pass@1":[200],"performance.":[201],"present":[203],"cost":[205],"analysis":[206],"enable":[211],"cost-performance":[212],"trade-offs.":[213]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":2}],"updated_date":"2026-07-14T23:27:15.235271","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}