[hulitu]

They don't. You cannot compare reality (Cadence, Synopsys) with hype (Google).

[pelorat]

So you're basically saying that Google should have used existing tools to layout their chip designs, instead of their ML solution, and that these existing tools would have produced even better chips than the ones they are actually manufacturing?

[hulitu]

> So you're basically saying that Google should have used existing tools to layout their chip designs, instead of their ML solution

Did they tested their ML solution ? With real world chips ? Are there any "benchmarks" that show that their chip performs better ?

[dsv3099i]

It’s more like no one outside of Google has been able to reproduce Google’s results. And not for lack of trying. So if you’re outside of Google, at this moment, it’s vapor.