https://freerepublic.com/tag/verkor/ en-us Thu, 23 Apr 2026 13:38:01 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4376112/posts AI chip design startup Verkor.io claims, in a research paper published in March, that its agentic AI system, Design Conductor, autonomously produced a complete RISC-V CPU core — taking a 219-word requirements document and generating a verified, layout-ready design in 12 hours, which is orders of magnitude faster than the standard 18- to 36-month timelines seen in commercial chip design. This is the first time an autonomous agent has built a working CPU from spec to GDSII layout file, according to Verkor. The resulting processor — VerCore — is a five-stage pipelined, in-order, single-issue core that met timing at 1.48... Tom’s Hardware https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4376112/posts#comment Thu, 23 Apr 2026 13:38:01 GMT