The question was put forth at Siemens’ EDA Tech Day in May: Which of the following can be replaced by AI?

• Input
• Schematic
• Footprints
• Placement
• Routing
• Deliverables (DfM, validation, etc.).

It was posed by a user who indicated that routing takes up about 30% of the time of a typical design spin. In classical Pareto thinking, that makes it the best target for process improvement.

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