{"id":205005,"date":"2026-04-23T03:50:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T07:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/23\/how-agentic-ai-chip-design-built-a-full-risc-v-core\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T03:50:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T07:50:11","slug":"how-agentic-ai-chip-design-built-a-full-risc-v-core","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/23\/how-agentic-ai-chip-design-built-a-full-risc-v-core\/","title":{"rendered":"How Agentic AI Chip Design Built a Full RISC-V Core"},"content":{"rendered":"

How Agentic AI Chip Design Built a Full RISC-V Core<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/spectrum.ieee.org\/ai-chip-design<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-04-22 07:00:01<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: spectrum.ieee.org<\/a><\/p>\n

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The article delves into the progress of AI-driven chip design since 2020, highlighting the advancements by Verkor.io’s agentic AI system known as Design Conductor. Initially, researchers fine-tuned GPT-2 for basic logic circuit fragments, moved to 2023’s GPT-4-driven designs for an 8-bit processor, then progressed to more generalized LLMs capable of basic chip trials by 2024. In 2025, Verkor debuted VerCor, a RISC-V CPU core entirely designed by Design Conductor from initial specifications autonomously. Though VerCore operates at 1.48 GHz and resembles mid-2010s processor performance, it represents the first complete RISC-V design by an AI system. While not a competitor to current market leaders, it signals AI’s expanding role in chip design, suggesting potential for faster iterations and smaller, less-resourced teams to partake in the design process. Design Conductor emulates human engineers’ workflow but falls short in intuition and efficiency for complex designs, emphasizing the continued need for human expertise.<\/p>\n

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