Finding Hardware Bugs - Computerphile

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When you're setting your hardware design out using automated tools is essential, but what if the tools themselves have bugs in them? John P Wickerson is based at Imperial College London. The paper that John's team wrote about the work: https://johnwickerson.github.io/papers/fuzzing_pnr.pdf An accessible blogpost John wrote about the work: https://johnwickerson.wordpress.com/2026/01/06/finding-bugs-in-fpga-place-and-route-tools/ Computerphile is supported by Jane Street. Learn more about them (and exciting career opportunities) at: https://jane-st.co/computerphile This video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley. Computerphile is a sister project to Brady Haran's Numberphile. More at https://www.bradyharanblog.com

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