Nvidia, ChipAgents Develop Joint Benchmark for Autonomous Chip Design, Implementation

02:40 PM EDT, 10/14/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Nvidia (NVDA) and ChipAgents' joint benchmark Build-A-Chip-Bench tests whether AI agents can meet functional, timing, power, area, as well as physical-verification needs together, ChipAgents said in a statement Wednesday. Build-A-Chip-Bench evaluates the complete chip design process, providing developers a proper view of where reasoning and tool use must improve to deliver impactful autonomous chip design and implementation, according to the statement. Price: 220.82, Change: -7.71, Percent Change: -3.37