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Overview of 2020 CAD contest at ICCAD

Published: 17 December 2020 Publication History

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The "CAD Contest at ICCAD" is a challenging, multi-month, research and development competition, focusing on advanced, real-world problems in the field of electronic design automation (EDA). Since 2012, the contest has been publishing many sophisticated circuit design problems, from system-level design to physical design, together with industrial benchmarks and solution evaluators. Contestants can participate in one or more problems provided by EDA/IC industry. The winners will be awarded at an ICCAD special session dedicated to this contest. Every year, the contest attracts more than a hundred teams, fosters productive industry-academia collaborations, and leads to hundreds of publications in top-tier conferences and journals. The 2020 CAD Contest hits a record high of 186 teams from all over the world, which represents more than 50% growth compared to last year. The contest keeps enhancing impact and boosting EDA research.

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ICCAD '20: Proceedings of the 39th International Conference on Computer-Aided Design
November 2020
1396 pages
ISBN:9781450380263
DOI:10.1145/3400302
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  • Yuan Xie
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  • (2023)Invited Paper: Overview of 2023 CAD Contest at ICCAD2023 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer Aided Design (ICCAD)10.1109/ICCAD57390.2023.10323648(1-6)Online publication date: 28-Oct-2023
  • (2021)Overview of 2021 CAD Contest at ICCAD2021 IEEE/ACM International Conference On Computer Aided Design (ICCAD)10.1109/ICCAD51958.2021.9643523(1-3)Online publication date: 1-Nov-2021

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