arxivcs.ARcs.AIcs.LG2026-07-17
RTL-Sequencer: Towards Scalable RTL Timing Prediction with the Sequence-based Paradigm
Ziyan Guo, Wenji Fang, Wenkai Li, Yuchao Wu, Shang Liu, Zhiyao Xie
Accurate timing prediction at the register-transfer level (RTL) is a longstanding challenge in design automation. Existing graph-based methods struggle with limited receptive fields, high complexity, and a lack of signal directionality. We present RTL-Sequencer, a novel sequence-…