Chip Design in the Era of AI & Quantum: From Idea to IC, are we there yet?

By 2030, we will design monolithic chips with hundreds of billions of transistors and 3D-integrated systems surpassing a trillion—pushing the boundaries of complexity and creativity. These designs will emerge from millions of lines of RTL, but will they be crafted by engineers, or by intelligent agents? Generative AI is no longer a curiosity; it is reshaping the EDA landscape. Are we witnessing the birth of an era where autonomous AI agents orchestrate entire design flows, transforming high-level intent into 2nm, DRC-clean, timing-optimized layouts—bypassing traditional toolchains? Or will quantum computing claim the crown, solving optimization problems once deemed intractable? Or will most of this still be a decade out? This keynote looks beyond incremental progress to a future where heterogeneous compute—CPUs, AI accelerators, and quantum processors—collaborate seamlessly. What breakthroughs are needed and what disruptions and paradigm shifts lie ahead as we try to reimagine the very nature of chip design?