Engineering researchers have demonstrated that artificial intelligence (AI) can design complex wireless chips in hours, a process that would have taken humans weeks.

The AI-designed chips were more efficient and used a radically different approach than traditional human designs.

The research focused on millimeter-wave (mm-Wave) wireless chips, which are used in 5G modems and present significant design challenges.

The AI used an inverse design method, specifying the desired output and allowing the algorithm to determine the inputs and parameters.

Although AI can enhance chip design productivity, human designers are still needed to correct certain pitfalls in the AI-generated designs.