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VeriGraphi is introduced as a novel framework to improve LLM-based Verilog generation for large, hierarchical hardware designs by using a spec-anchored Knowledge Graph (KG) to represent module hierarchy, interfaces, and dependencies. The framework constructs a hierarchical design abstraction (HDA) through multi-agent analysis, providing a structured scaffold for code generation. Evaluation on NIST specifications and a RISC-V processor case study demonstrates that VeriGraphi enables reliable RTL generation with minimal human intervention while maintaining functional correctness.
LLMs can now reliably generate synthesizable Verilog for complex, hierarchical hardware designs, thanks to a knowledge graph that enforces interface consistency and dependency correctness.
Generating synthesizable Verilog for large, hierarchical hardware designs remains a significant challenge for large language models (LLMs), which struggle to replicate the structured reasoning that human experts employ when translating complex specifications into RTL. When tasked with producing hierarchical Verilog, LLMs frequently lose context across modules, hallucinate interfaces, fabricate inter-module wiring, and fail to maintain structural coherence - failures that intensify as design complexity grows and specifications involve informal prose, figures, and tables that resist direct operationalization. To address these challenges, we present VeriGraphi, a framework that introduces a spec-anchored Knowledge Graph as the architectural substrate driving the RTL generation pipeline. VeriGraphi constructs a HDA, a structured knowledge graph that explicitly encodes module hierarchy, port-level interfaces, wiring semantics, and inter-module dependencies as first-class graph entities and relations. Built through iterative multi-agent analysis of the specification, this Knowledge Graph provides a deterministic, machine-checkable structural scaffold before code generation. Guided by the KG, a progressive coding module incrementally generates pseudo-code and synthesizable RTL while enforcing interface consistency and dependency correctness at each submodule stage. We evaluate VeriGraphi on a benchmark of three representative specification documents from the National Institute of Standards and Technology and their corresponding implementations, and we present a RV32I processor as a detailed case study to illustrate the full pipeline. The results demonstrate that VeriGraphi enables reliable hierarchical RTL generation with minimal human intervention for RISC-V, marking a significant milestone for LLM-generated hardware design while maintaining strong functional correctness.
