Empyrean Technology Releases .aix Series AI Agent Platform, Covering Analog, Panel, Digital and Manufacturing Segments
At the HUG 2026 Ecosystem Partner and User Conference, Empyrean Technology released the .aix series AI agent platform, built on domestic open-source large models, and providing a Copilot agent for each EDA tool. Custom.aix compresses analog circuit parameter tuning and layout drawing from weeks or months to within 1 day, reduces design iterations by 60%, and improves PPA by more than 5 times; FPD.aix compresses a week's worth of panel pixel design work to within 1 day, improving efficiency by more than 7 times. Digital.aix generated more than 200 standard cells in an open-source CPU case, of which 118 brought positive returns, with the maximum frequency increased from 1.81GHz to 1.83GHz; Manufacture.aix compresses long-range Pcell tasks from several days to within half an hour, and increases Dummy Fill space utilization from 78% to 93%. On the tool foundation side, ALPS VX achieves 3x simulation acceleration, Patron VX improves efficiency by 2x, and Liberal VX achieves 3x acceleration in K library characterization.
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On October 27, it was reported that Huada Empyrean recently released the .aix series AI agent platform at the HUG 2026 Ecosystem Partner and User Conference, marking chip design's official entry from manual tool operation into the era of Agent collaborative design.
Huada Empyrean built the secure and resilient AI platform .aix based on domestic open-source large models, and provides a companion Copilot agent for each EDA tool, upgrading traditional tools into intelligent experts that work uninterrupted 24/7, so that chip design workflows are no longer interrupted by human pacing.
Custom.aix targets analog circuit design, compressing parameter tuning and layout drawing that previously took weeks or months into less than one day, reducing design iterations by 60% and improving PPA by more than 5x. The solution targets the order-of-magnitude gap between the product portfolios of domestic analog chip vendors and overseas competitors, supplementing product lines with tenfold efficiency.
FPD.aix targets panel pixel design, compressing what originally took a design expert a week into less than one day, improving efficiency by more than 7x and boosting image quality metrics by 5x. Panel pixel design metrics interfere with one another, making it difficult for humans to balance parasitic effects; the Agent automates the trial-and-error process.
Digital.aix generated more than 200 standard cells in an open-source CPU case, of which 118 delivered positive returns, with the maximum frequency rising from 1.81GHz to 1.83GHz, exceeding the preset target of 1%. Work that took dozens of engineers across multiple teams 2 to 3 months was compressed into a few days.
Manufacture.aix compressed long-range Pcell tasks from several days to within half an hour, and raised Dummy Fill space utilization from 78% under manual solutions to 93%. Agents in the manufacturing stage not only improve efficiency but also find better layouts that are difficult for humans to achieve.
The tool foundation was also upgraded in tandem: ALPS VX achieves 3x simulation acceleration, Patron VX improves efficiency by 2x, and Liberal VX achieves 3x acceleration in K library characterization. Huada Empyrean also showcased 3DX's complete 3D signoff capabilities, covering key stages such as DRC/LVS, ESD, PEX, STA, and EMIR/Thermal.
On the ecosystem front, Huada Empyrean signed strategic cooperation agreements with Xinhangji, Qijie Technology, Zhongke Jianxin, and Shanghai Manguang, respectively filling gaps in placement and routing, ECO logic optimization, DFT testing, and optoelectronic simulation.