# Inside Simberian's AI-Driven Design Automation

- Show: [OnTrack](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ontrack)
- Published: 2025-12-09
- Length: 58m
- Episode: 325
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ontrack/2025-12-09-inside-simberians-ai-driven-design-automation
- Listen: https://podcast.altium.com/e/inside-simberians-ai-driven-design-automation/

## Summary

Yuriy Shlepnev, founder of Simberian, discusses the integration of Large Language Models (LLMs) into signal integrity (SI) workflows via Simbeor Commander. He contrasts this agentic approach with previous machine learning attempts that relied on training data, arguing that LLMs are better suited for orchestrating deterministic solvers than for optimization or prediction. Shlepnev demonstrates how the AI agent can autonomously create stackups, import complex data from PDFs, and compare designs, effectively acting as an engineer that calls the underlying simulation tools.

## Chapters

- [0:03](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ontrack/2025-12-09-inside-simberians-ai-driven-design-automation#t=3) Introduction and AI Context
- [5:15](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ontrack/2025-12-09-inside-simberians-ai-driven-design-automation#t=315) Limitations of Previous ML Approaches
- [14:02](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ontrack/2025-12-09-inside-simberians-ai-driven-design-automation#t=842) The Agentic AI Architecture
- [27:34](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ontrack/2025-12-09-inside-simberians-ai-driven-design-automation#t=1654) Demo: Stackup Creation and Constraints
- [45:18](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ontrack/2025-12-09-inside-simberians-ai-driven-design-automation#t=2718) Demo: PDF Import and Comparison
- [51:19](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ontrack/2025-12-09-inside-simberians-ai-driven-design-automation#t=3079) Future Roadmap and Conclusion

## Topics

- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)
- [PCB design & layout](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/pcb-design)
- [EDA & CAD tools](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/eda-and-cad-tools)
- [Debugging & failure analysis](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/debugging-and-failure-analysis)

## Most relevant to

companies scaling up

## Mentioned

- Simberian (company)
- Simbeor (product)
- Simbeor Commander (product)
- Intel (company)
- Rogers 303 (material)
- Megtron 7 (material)
- Wild River Technology (company)

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