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From Natural Language to Silicon: The Representation Bottleneck in LLM Hardware Design

As of 3 August 2026, this Paper Citation Record lists 20 of 20 outbound references and 5 inbound Pith citation observations for arXiv:2604.17097.

A citation records a reference. It does not transfer a finding from one paper to another.

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Outbound references

Observation 74febae0-40f5-4a41-9b4c-c8fc9cb82753 · outbound

This paper cites Occupational outlook handbook: Computer hardware engineers.

From Natural Language to Silicon: The Representation Bottleneck in LLM Hardware Design Occupational outlook handbook: Computer hardware engineers

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This paper cites High-level synthesis for FPGAs: From prototyp- ing to deployment.

From Natural Language to Silicon: The Representation Bottleneck in LLM Hardware Design High-level synthesis for FPGAs: From prototyp- ing to deployment

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This paper cites Bambu: An open-source research frame- work for the high-level synthesis of complex applications.

From Natural Language to Silicon: The Representation Bottleneck in LLM Hardware Design Bambu: An open-source research frame- work for the high-level synthesis of complex applications

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This paper cites Chip-Chat: Challenges and opportunities in conversational hardware design.

From Natural Language to Silicon: The Representation Bottleneck in LLM Hardware Design Chip-Chat: Challenges and opportunities in conversational hardware design

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This paper cites VerilogEval: Evaluating large language models for Verilog code generation.

From Natural Language to Silicon: The Representation Bottleneck in LLM Hardware Design VerilogEval: Evaluating large language models for Verilog code generation

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Observation 3628dc94-9714-4159-8127-7d7ec9cba5c0 · outbound

This paper cites RTLLM: An open-source benchmark for design RTL generation with large language model.

From Natural Language to Silicon: The Representation Bottleneck in LLM Hardware Design RTLLM: An open-source benchmark for design RTL generation with large language model

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Observation 6fc1b62f-a4a7-406d-af2e-ff4047715b1a · outbound

This paper cites Benchmarking large language models for automated Verilog RTL code generation.

From Natural Language to Silicon: The Representation Bottleneck in LLM Hardware Design Benchmarking large language models for automated Verilog RTL code generation

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Observation 0757ea5f-83c4-454c-bc30-e024a464b3b5 · outbound

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From Natural Language to Silicon: The Representation Bottleneck in LLM Hardware Design Unresolved cited work

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This paper cites Chisel: Constructing hardware in a Scala embedded language.

From Natural Language to Silicon: The Representation Bottleneck in LLM Hardware Design Chisel: Constructing hardware in a Scala embedded language

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Observation 597f41f5-c4f8-48ce-a1fe-4d71c0683cec · outbound

This paper cites The Rocket Chip generator.

From Natural Language to Silicon: The Representation Bottleneck in LLM Hardware Design The Rocket Chip generator

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Observation c1f37d93-b14d-4040-919c-9d7b4fc9a3e5 · outbound

This paper cites Bluespec System Verilog: Efficient, correct RTL from high level specifications.

From Natural Language to Silicon: The Representation Bottleneck in LLM Hardware Design Bluespec System Verilog: Efficient, correct RTL from high level specifications

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This paper cites PyMTL3: A Python framework for open- source hardware modeling, generation, simulation, and verification.

From Natural Language to Silicon: The Representation Bottleneck in LLM Hardware Design PyMTL3: A Python framework for open- source hardware modeling, generation, simulation, and verification

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This paper cites LLVM: A compilation framework for lifelong program analysis & transformation.

From Natural Language to Silicon: The Representation Bottleneck in LLM Hardware Design LLVM: A compilation framework for lifelong program analysis & transformation

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This paper cites RTLCoder: Fully open-source and efficient LLM-assisted RTL code generation technique.

From Natural Language to Silicon: The Representation Bottleneck in LLM Hardware Design RTLCoder: Fully open-source and efficient LLM-assisted RTL code generation technique

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Observation b9e63713-875c-4785-a3a5-ea907040a9d4 · outbound

This paper cites BetterV: Controlled Verilog generation with discriminative guidance.

From Natural Language to Silicon: The Representation Bottleneck in LLM Hardware Design BetterV: Controlled Verilog generation with discriminative guidance

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This paper cites Chipgpt: How far are we from natural language hardware design.

From Natural Language to Silicon: The Representation Bottleneck in LLM Hardware Design Chipgpt: How far are we from natural language hardware design

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Observation fb9aa621-83b8-42e8-a0c7-3d94c8847e6b · outbound

This paper cites AutoChip: Automating HDL Generation Using LLM Feedback.

From Natural Language to Silicon: The Representation Bottleneck in LLM Hardware Design AutoChip: Automating HDL Generation Using LLM Feedback

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Observation 05284ad1-089b-4cc8-b544-243222134ff4 · outbound

This paper cites Yosys – a free Verilog synthesis suite.

From Natural Language to Silicon: The Representation Bottleneck in LLM Hardware Design Yosys – a free Verilog synthesis suite

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This paper cites Yosys+nextpnr: An open source framework from Verilog to bitstream for commercial FPGAs.

From Natural Language to Silicon: The Representation Bottleneck in LLM Hardware Design Yosys+nextpnr: An open source framework from Verilog to bitstream for commercial FPGAs

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This paper cites Synthesis-in-the-loop evaluation of LLMs for RTL generation: Quality, reliability, and failure modes.

From Natural Language to Silicon: The Representation Bottleneck in LLM Hardware Design Synthesis-in-the-loop evaluation of LLMs for RTL generation: Quality, reliability, and failure modes

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Pith citing papers

Observation e1f8687b-129d-4df0-be14-98ef74c10544 · inbound

LLMs for Secure Hardware Design and Related Problems: Opportunities and Challenges cites this paper.

LLMs for Secure Hardware Design and Related Problems: Opportunities and Challenges From Natural Language to Silicon: The Representation Bottleneck in LLM Hardware Design

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LLMs for Secure Hardware Design and Related Problems: Opportunities and Challenges cites this paper.

LLMs for Secure Hardware Design and Related Problems: Opportunities and Challenges From Natural Language to Silicon: The Representation Bottleneck in LLM Hardware Design

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LLMs for Secure Hardware Design and Related Problems: Opportunities and Challenges cites this paper.

LLMs for Secure Hardware Design and Related Problems: Opportunities and Challenges From Natural Language to Silicon: The Representation Bottleneck in LLM Hardware Design

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LLMs for Secure Hardware Design and Related Problems: Opportunities and Challenges cites this paper.

LLMs for Secure Hardware Design and Related Problems: Opportunities and Challenges From Natural Language to Silicon: The Representation Bottleneck in LLM Hardware Design

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A Progressive Approach to Synthesizable RTL Design Generation Using LLMs cites this paper.

A Progressive Approach to Synthesizable RTL Design Generation Using LLMs From Natural Language to Silicon: The Representation Bottleneck in LLM Hardware Design

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