Chipmind Introduces Generative UI for Chip Design Agents

Zu ich, July 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Chipmi d, a pio ee i AI-d ive semico ducto desig automatio , today a ou ced the lau ch of RTL Ca vas, the i dust y’s fi st bidi ectio al co t act su face betwee chip desig e gi ee s a d AI age ts. E gi ee s sketch a chitectu al i te t di ectly o the RTL diag am, a d eve y age t-ge e ated cha ge e de s back as the st uctu e it modifies with its implicatio s, its evide ce, a d what was left u ve ified. Nothi g me ges that a huma did ’t u de sta d.

RTLCa vas with Visual Diff i actio du i g a eview o -the-fly ge e ated visual explai i g the cha ges a d thei impact.

The b oke i te face a d the AI code- eview bottle eckAI age ts have d amatically accele ated chip desig by ge e ati g a d ite ati g ha dwa e code (RTL) faste tha a y team ca ead it but a age t’s ow checks ca o ly ve ify what was specified. The judgme t calls that dete mi e whethe a desig ca be t usted still belo g to huma e gi ee s: a chitectu al i te t, assumptio s that o specificatio eve cove ed a d co e cases o o e thought to check. Thei tooli g has ’t kept up. Huma s a e still fo ced to eview these massive, complex cha ges usi g outdated, text-heavy pull equests o static diag ams. Relyi g o text p ompts to ge e ate desig diag ams c eates a slow, clu ky feedback loop that delays daily tasks. Ultimately, the bottle eck i semico ducto developme t has officially shifted f om ge e ati g a d testi g code to how huma s eview it, t ust it, a d i te act with it.

Chipmi d Fou de s Ha ald K öll a d Sa d o Belfa ti.

“E gi ee s do ‘t thi k i code. They thi k i blocks a d buses. So we built a ca vas that shows you existi g chip desig a chitectu e, a d you d aw you i te ded cha ges ight o to it while the AI w ites the RTL. A d it wo ks both ways: whe the AI w ites, its cha ges come back as a visual diff, ot a wall of text,” said Ha ald K öll, CEO a d Co-Fou de of Chipmi d.

The Solutio : A I te active RTL Ca vasChipmi d’s Ge e ative UI fu dame tally shifts the huma -AI i te actio pa adigm f om text chat to di ect g aphical ma ipulatio . Placed alo gside a sta da d age t chat pa el, the i te active RTL Ca vas p og ammatically sy thesizes a custom visual co t ol i te face o -the-fly, tailo ed to the exact e gi ee i g co text of the immediate task. The ca vas is equipped with a eal-time visual stagi g sa dbox whe e e gi ee s ca f eely p ototype, pla , a d simulate desig va iatio s without maki g immediate cha ges to the u de lyi g codebase. This p ovides ha dwa e teams with total f eedom a d co ve ie ce to explo e a chitectu al alte atives while keepi g the desig eposito y u touched. The ca vas itself becomes the co t act betwee e gi ee a d age t: i te t is stated o it, eve y cha ge is judged agai st it, a d o ly what both sides u de sta d a d ag ee esults i cha ges i the codebase.

The i te face ecog izes a f eeha d c oss-out gestu e as a comma d to emove a block, t igge i g feedback a d cla ificatio .

Rathe tha e de i g static schematic pictu es, the ca vas ge e ates the optimal visual fo mat o -the-fly displayi g eleva t pa ts of the a chitectu e, showi g fi ite-state-machi e o wavefo m diag ams. Chipmi d deploys the platfo m i side the custome ’s ow desig e vi o me t: the Visual-I te t Dataset it builds f om the team’s e gi ee i g wo k is custome -ow ed a d co ti uously e codes the team’s u ique desig methodology i to the ca vas. 

Co e Capabilities of the Chipmi d RTL Ca vas

• Addi g a d emovi g modules: E gi ee s i itiate module modificatio s by di ectly d awi g o the RTL Ca vas to g aphically add o emove compo e ts, d ag modules  ac oss hie a chies a d clock domai s, e- oute pe iphe als o expe ime t with optimizatio s o a live ca vas. These i te ded cha ges a e captu ed withi a secu e, eal-time stagi g sa dbox, allowi g fo ite ative a chitectu al explo atio a d co st ai t validatio without impacti g the u de lyi g codebase a d befo e the age t cha ges a si gle li e of code. O ce ve ified a d app oved o the ca vas, the cha ge is sy ch o ized with the u de lyi g HDL code.
• I te active Visual Diffs: I stead of maki g e gi ee s li e- ead aw HDL code deltas, the platfo m automatically t a slates textual code cha ges i to i te active st uctu al compo e ts. Newly added Fi ite State Machi e (FSM) stages, clock domai s, a d logic gates a e highlighted i g ee , emoved eleme ts a e show i ed, a d u cha ged backg ou d code is automatically “ghosted” to elimi ate visual oise.
• Logic-Awa e Stagi g Sa dboxes: E gi ee s ca i te actively d ag sig als ac oss hie a chies a d clock domai s, e- oute buses, o expe ime t with optimizatio s o a live ca vas to p eview a chitectu al cha ges i sta tly. This low-late cy stagi g sa dbox allows teams to validate co st ai ts visually befo e the AI age t executes a y heavy lifti g o w ites a si gle li e of pe ma e t code to the eposito y.
• O -the-Fly Hie a chical T ave sal: Navigati g a massive, u k ow chip desig is simplified th ough fluid, i te active zoomi g. As a e gi ee focuses o a specific sub-hie a chy o IP block, the ca vas dy amically executes data- et ieval que ies to ge e ate highe – esolutio fu ctio al layouts, state t a sitio s, a d add ess maps i eal-time.

Immediate Value fo Semico ducto Teams

Chipmi d Age ts, featu i g the RTL Ca vas Ge e ative UI platfo m, t a sfo ms ha dwa e developme t by slashi g o boa di g times fo complex legacy chip desig IP, automati g desig a d a chitectu al explo atio tasks a d tackli g the text-based pull- equest backlog. E gi ee i g teams ca ow move f om specificatio to validated silico a chitectu e faste , safe , a d with d astically educed cog itive fatigue.

“The co e tech ical b eakth ough he e is that we’ve give ou AI age ts the powe to shape the use expe ie ce dy amically, while mai tai i g adhe e ce to the u de lyi g ha dwa e eality.” added D . Sa d o Belfa ti, CTO a d Co-Fou de of Chipmi d. “This achieves p actical dete mi ism: e su i g the AI eve halluci ates faulty logic, yet emai s flexible e ough to sketch u w itte a chitectu es. Ultimately, the age t ca safely ge e ate the UI o -the-fly, c eati g a bidi ectio al wo kspace that adapts i sta tly to the e gi ee i g co text. It ec eates the i tuitive sy e gy of two e gi ee s sta di g at a whiteboa d, sketchi g complex a chitectu es i eal time. We a e movi g chip desig past the e a of pa si g aw text a d i to a fluid, i tuitive e vi o me t built fo how huma mi ds actually co ceptualize silico .

Chipmi d Age ts with RTL Ca vas a e available fo e te p ise evaluatio . Semico ducto teams eady to accele ate thei developme t cycles a d elimi ate text-based eview fatigue ca ow apply fo ou exclusive ea ly-access pilot p og am o schedule a live, tech ical demo st atio . Co tact us today at hello@chipmi d.ai o via ou Web fo m to secu e you demo spot.

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About Chipmi d Chipmi d is a Zu ich-based semico ducto desig -automatio compa y buildi g AI- ative tools fo how chips a e desig ed, eviewed, a d ve ified. Fou ded by D . Ha ald K öll a d D . Sa d o Belfa ti a d backed by Fou de ful a d I osuisse, Chipmi d wo ks with semico ducto teams ac oss Eu ope a d beyo d. Lea mo e at https://www.chipmi d.ai./