arXiv:2606.28279v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We present HORIZON, a self-evolving agent framework that treats hardware design as repository-level code evolution. A Markdown harness is compiled into a project pack containing domain knowledge, an executable evaluator, an acceptance predicate, and a git/runtime policy; a hands-free agent loop then evolves an isolated git worktree, using repository operations for state management, tracing, and replay. This extends prior works of repository-scale self-evolution from EDA software systems, to hardware-design artifacts themselves. We evaluate our
The proliferation of advanced AI agent frameworks is expanding beyond software, enabling autonomous evolution within sophisticated design domains like hardware.
This development indicates a potential paradigm shift in hardware design, moving towards self-evolving systems that could accelerate innovation and reduce human intervention significantly.
Hardware design workflows could become increasingly automated and agent-driven, with systems independently evolving and optimizing designs based on predefined criteria.
- · AI Agent Developers
- · Hardware Design Automation Sector
- · Semiconductor Industry
- · Traditional Hardware Design Services
Reduced human input in complex hardware design processes.
Faster iteration cycles and potentially more optimized and novel hardware architectures are developed.
Enhanced global competition in hardware development as design complexity ceases to be a primary bottleneck.
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