Implementation of AI in the field of VLSI: A Review

The Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) industry has started adapting the Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques in design automation as it provides the opportunity to transform the whole chip design methodology. It has been seen that in System-On-Chip (SoC), in order to add ML algorithms to increase its efficiency, there is a need to reduce the existing power consumption of the hardware as well. Hence, this makes AI an integral part of the VLSI industry. With this in mind, an extensive review has been conducted on various aspects of AI in the field of VLSI. This paper throws light on how AI has marked its way on various subfields of VLSI, namely, analog, digital and physical design. We have also taken into account the recent machine learning and deep learning techniques incorporated in VLSI.