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Samsung patents chip layout tool that uses neural networks to find flaws

Samsung describes a method for improving the design of computer chips by using a neural network to spot weak spots in the layout. The system then fixes these issues and saves the improved design to a database for future use.

Why it mattersThis could help chip designers create more reliable processors by automatically identifying and fixing structural problems during the design phase.

In the filing’s own words

The layout optimization method may include defining information of a layout, deriving vulnerabilities of the layout by a vulnerability detector including a neural network model portion, performing optimization of the layout by an optimization module portion, and generating a new layout pattern by a layout database generator and updating the generated new layout pattern in a layout database.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A layout optimization method considering spatial and physical interactions between layers, the layout optimization method comprising: defining information of a layout; deriving vulnerabilities of the layout by a vulnerability detector including a neural network model portion; performing optimization of the layout by an optimization module portion; and generating a new layout pattern by a layout database generator and updating the generated new layout pattern in a layout database.

Facts

Company: Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
Official title: METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LAYOUT OPTIMIZATION
Publication number: US20260268060A1
Application number: 19390950
Filed: Nov 17, 2025
Published: Sep 10, 2026
Inventors: 5
Claims: 20

Classified under

G06F 30/398 Physics & computing

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