Abstract

Machine learning (ML)-driven standard cell library characterization enables rapid, on-the-fly generation of cell libraries, opening the door for extensive design-space exploration and other, previously infeasible approaches. However, the benefits of ML-based cell library characterization are strongly limited by its high demand in training data and the costly SPICE simulation required to generate the training samples. Therefore, efficient learning strategies are needed to minimize the required training data for ML models while still sustaining high prediction accuracy. In this work, we explore multiple active and passive learning strategies for ML-based cell library characterization with focus on aging-induced degradation. While random sampling and greedy sampling strategies operate with low computational overhead, active learning considers the performance of ML models to find the most valuable samples for training. We also introduce a hybrid approach of active learning and greedy sampling to optimize the trade-off between reduction in training samples and computational overhead. Our experiments demonstrate an achievable training data reduction of up to 77% compared to the state of the art, depending on the targeted accuracy of the ML models.

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