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  "title": "LLM for EDA in Front-End Design: Challenges and Opportunities",
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  "summary": "**The gist** A **DAC 2026 invited paper** reviews LLM use in chip front-end design across **HDL generation**, **testbench construction**, design-space exploration, and high-level synthesis improvement.",
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    "This is a **five-page review and outlook**, not a reported implementation or benchmark. The supplied material names challenges but provides no measured reliability, cost, or production-readiness results."
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