IC Design and Verification Transformation in the Era of Agentic AI

With the profound advancement of artificial intelligence, Agentic AI has brought a paradigm shift to the field of chip design. Different from the traditional "AI + EDA", the EDA Agent breaks away from the conventional human-led design model supported by EDA tools, freeing engineers from tedious implementation details and enabling them to focus on higher-value work such as architectural innovation, strategic planning and complex decision-making. The next generation of competition in EDA technology will be determined by AI-centric technological breakthroughs. Targeting the real efficiency pain points in IC design, UniVista focuses on reshaping the EDA toolchain with Agentic AI. It analyzes industrial challenges and proposes corresponding solutions around key scientific issues including the evolution of full-flow Agents for digital IC design, the transformation of EDA underlying architecture for Agents, AI hallucination mitigation, and Agent-enabled EDA tool development. This drives the leap of EDA from tool automation to engineer automation, supports domestic EDA in achieving technological breakthroughs and building an independent, controllable ecosystem, and significantly improves chip R&D efficiency.