Climbing the Design Ladder: Sequential Knowledge Distillation for Early-Stage Circuit Timing Prediction

Name: Climbing the Design Ladder: Sequential Knowledge Distillation for Early-Stage Circuit Timing Prediction
Uploaded: 2026-10-19T10:58:43.650952+00:00
Duration: 641 s
Description: STEP-KD predicts post-routing timing from early design data by treating intermediate stages (post-floorplan, placement) as sequential teachers for knowledge transfer. This progressive distillation method outperforms direct prediction and industry standards like Static Timing Analysis (STA), significantly reducing timing error and helping engineers catch issues earlier in the design cycle.

STEP-KD predicts post-routing timing from early design data by treating intermediate stages (post-floorplan, placement) as sequential teachers for knowledge transfer. This progressive distillation method outperforms direct prediction and industry standards like Static Timing Analysis (STA), significantly reducing timing error and helping engineers catch issues earlier in the design cycle.

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