See it to Place it: Evolving Macro Placements with Vision-Language Models

Name: See it to Place it: Evolving Macro Placements with Vision-Language Models
Uploaded: 2026-10-20T20:15:12.015919+00:00
Duration: 240 s
Description: VeoPlace is a novel framework that uses a Vision-Language Model (VLM) to guide low-level chip placement by constraining it to promising regions, achieving state-of-the-art results across both learning and analytical placers without fine-tuning the VLM. It works by iteratively evolving placements using VLM region proposals as guidance, significantly reducing wirelength.

VeoPlace is a novel framework that uses a Vision-Language Model (VLM) to guide low-level chip placement by constraining it to promising regions, achieving state-of-the-art results across both learning and analytical placers without fine-tuning the VLM. It works by iteratively evolving placements using VLM region proposals as guidance, significantly reducing wirelength.

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