Sony and university researchers present LOADBench for analog circuit generation and topology-selection evaluation
The MLCAD 2026 program lists LOADBench with Stefan Uhlich, Lorenzo Servadei and university coauthors in the September 9 analog-design session. The work provides more than 100 SkyWater130 op-amp topologies, annotations and ngspice testbenches, with benchmarks including structural circuit generation and topology selection as well as sizing. The program lists Sony Semiconductor Solutions Europe and Sony AI; the later manuscript uses SonyAI affiliation labels. The October 15 arXiv upload supports this September research milestone and is not treated as a second Event or the first public presentation.
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MLCAD 2026 official program: September 9, session 8 ↗
The program lists LOADBench on September 9 with its authors and Sony AI/Sony Semiconductor Solutions Europe and university affiliations.
LOADBench manuscript and artifact description ↗
The October 15, 2026 manuscript describes topology data, ngspice testbenches and six benchmark tasks; generation and topology selection qualify beyond sizing-only optimization.