Product
Chip Chat
An AI-powered static timing analysis debug tool for chip design.
Built in partnership with Submicron
Overview
What it is
Chip Chat is an AI-powered static timing analysis debug copilot for chip design, built by Regnus and co-developed with Submicron. It is a multi-agent system that surfaces debug issues and fixes from raw synthesis and PNR-stage reports. All timing arithmetic runs through a deterministic SQL/Python engine — never the LLM — to keep results grounded, and every numeric citation is verified against that engine before an answer is returned. Handles 50K+ timing paths at up to 4 minutes worst-case latency.
Platform scope
Capability areas
The platform spans these domains. Grouped deliberately — the detail of a client's operation is theirs, not ours to publish.
Report ingestion
Raw synthesis and PNR-stage timing reports parsed without manual preparation
Deterministic timing engine
All timing arithmetic resolved in SQL and Python — the model never computes a number
Claim verification
Rule and claim checks on every numeric citation before an answer is released
Evidence grounding
Every finding traced back to the report lines it came from
Debug guidance
Proposed fixes for failing paths, grounded in engine results rather than model recall
FAQ
Chip Chat — common questions
What is Chip Chat?
Chip Chat is an AI-powered static timing analysis debug tool for chip design, built by Regnus and co-developed with Submicron. It reads raw synthesis and PNR-stage timing reports and surfaces debug issues and proposed fixes, with every numeric claim verified before it is returned.
Who is Chip Chat for?
Chip design and timing-closure engineers who spend their time reading static timing analysis reports. It is aimed at the debug loop specifically — working out why a path fails and what to do about it — rather than at running the analysis itself.
Does Chip Chat use a language model to calculate timing numbers?
No. All timing arithmetic is resolved by a deterministic SQL and Python engine, never by the model. The language model's job is to interpret, hypothesise and explain; every numeric citation is checked against the engine before an answer is released.
How large a design can Chip Chat handle?
It handles 50,000+ timing paths per run, with a worst-case latency of about four minutes. Routine questions come back quickly; answers that need deeper cross-checking take longer, which is where that four-minute figure comes from.
What reports does Chip Chat accept?
Raw synthesis and PNR-stage timing reports, parsed directly without manual preparation or reformatting.
Who develops Chip Chat?
It is built by Regnus, a product engineering company based in India, and co-developed in partnership with Submicron.