OpenYield: An Open-Source SRAM Yield Analysis and Optimization Benchmark Suite

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Main Authors: Shen, Shan, Li, Xingyang, Liu, Zhuohua, Ma, Junhao, Wang, Yikai, Wu, Yiheng, Sun, Yuquan, Xing, Wei W.
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Published: 2025
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author Shen, Shan
Li, Xingyang
Liu, Zhuohua
Ma, Junhao
Wang, Yikai
Wu, Yiheng
Sun, Yuquan
Xing, Wei W.
author_facet Shen, Shan
Li, Xingyang
Liu, Zhuohua
Ma, Junhao
Wang, Yikai
Wu, Yiheng
Sun, Yuquan
Xing, Wei W.
contents Static Random-Access Memory (SRAM) yield analysis is essential for semiconductor innovation, yet research progress faces a critical challenge: the large gap between simplified academic models and the complexities observed in practice. The lack of open, higher-fidelity benchmarks has hindered reproducibility and transferability, as promising academic techniques often fail to carry over to more realistic settings. We present OpenYield, an open-source ecosystem that aims to narrow this gap through three contributions: (i) An SRAM circuit generator that explicitly incorporates second-order effects (interconnect/line parasitics, inter-cell leakage coupling, and peripheral-circuit variations) that are commonly omitted in academic studies. (ii) A standardized evaluation platform with a simple interface and baseline yield-analysis implementations to enable fair comparisons and reproducible research on these higher-fidelity circuits. (iii) An optimization platform for transistor-level sizing under these models, supporting reproducible studies of robustness/efficiency trade-offs. OpenYield aims to foster more reproducible and transferable progress in SRAM-yield research. The framework is publicly available at https://github.com/ShenShan123/OpenYield
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spellingShingle OpenYield: An Open-Source SRAM Yield Analysis and Optimization Benchmark Suite
Shen, Shan
Li, Xingyang
Liu, Zhuohua
Ma, Junhao
Wang, Yikai
Wu, Yiheng
Sun, Yuquan
Xing, Wei W.
Hardware Architecture
Static Random-Access Memory (SRAM) yield analysis is essential for semiconductor innovation, yet research progress faces a critical challenge: the large gap between simplified academic models and the complexities observed in practice. The lack of open, higher-fidelity benchmarks has hindered reproducibility and transferability, as promising academic techniques often fail to carry over to more realistic settings. We present OpenYield, an open-source ecosystem that aims to narrow this gap through three contributions: (i) An SRAM circuit generator that explicitly incorporates second-order effects (interconnect/line parasitics, inter-cell leakage coupling, and peripheral-circuit variations) that are commonly omitted in academic studies. (ii) A standardized evaluation platform with a simple interface and baseline yield-analysis implementations to enable fair comparisons and reproducible research on these higher-fidelity circuits. (iii) An optimization platform for transistor-level sizing under these models, supporting reproducible studies of robustness/efficiency trade-offs. OpenYield aims to foster more reproducible and transferable progress in SRAM-yield research. The framework is publicly available at https://github.com/ShenShan123/OpenYield
title OpenYield: An Open-Source SRAM Yield Analysis and Optimization Benchmark Suite
topic Hardware Architecture
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.04106