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0 pointsyeahwhatever101y ago0 comments

Floorplanning algorithms and solvers already exist https://limsk.ece.gatech.edu/course/ece6133/slides/floorplan...

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The original paper from DeepMind evaluates what they are now calling AlphaChip versus existing optimizers, including simulated annealing. They conclude that AlphaChip outperforms them with much less compute and real time.

https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~ey204/teaching/ACS/R244_2021_2022/...

hulitu1y ago

> They conclude that AlphaChip outperforms them with much less compute and real time.

Of course they do. I'm waiting for their products.

foobarian1y ago

Randomized algorithms strike again!

sudosysgen1y ago

This is moreso amortized optimization/reinforcement learning, not randomized algorithms.

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