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RTL-Breaker: Assessing the Security of LLMs against Backdoor Attacks on HDL Code Generation

As of 19 August 2026, this Paper Citation Record lists 40 of 40 outbound references and 2 inbound Pith citation observations for arXiv:2411.17569.

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Observation 0ec39a43-ec02-465d-a827-0e19ca4d0b52 · outbound

This paper cites Llms and the future of chip design: Unveiling secu- rity risks and building trust,.

RTL-Breaker: Assessing the Security of LLMs against Backdoor Attacks on HDL Code Generation Llms and the future of chip design: Unveiling secu- rity risks and building trust,

Reference 1

Resolution: verified fuzzy; raw_fallback, observed 2026-08-12T12:02:49.231700Z

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Observation 0dfa988c-98a3-4bb7-917f-82187294b112 · outbound

This paper cites Verigen: A large language model for verilog code generation,.

RTL-Breaker: Assessing the Security of LLMs against Backdoor Attacks on HDL Code Generation Verigen: A large language model for verilog code generation,

Reference 2

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Observation c2f61df7-649d-4ab1-8209-64fd90c6024e · outbound

This paper cites Rtllm: An open-source benchmark for design rtl generation with large language model,.

RTL-Breaker: Assessing the Security of LLMs against Backdoor Attacks on HDL Code Generation Rtllm: An open-source benchmark for design rtl generation with large language model,

Reference 3

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Observation a0a02ed5-ed1a-4c14-bca4-d5d99c003dd8 · outbound

This paper cites AutoChip: Automating HDL Generation Using LLM Feedback.

RTL-Breaker: Assessing the Security of LLMs against Backdoor Attacks on HDL Code Generation AutoChip: Automating HDL Generation Using LLM Feedback

Reference 4

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Observation df804102-6104-47e0-b60f-f5aec52de49e · outbound

This paper cites Chip-chat: Challenges and opportunities in conver- sational hardware design,.

RTL-Breaker: Assessing the Security of LLMs against Backdoor Attacks on HDL Code Generation Chip-chat: Challenges and opportunities in conver- sational hardware design,

Reference 5

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Observation 7fa5e657-c077-4f59-8553-a1cb5a37d4c6 · outbound

This paper cites Verilogeval: Evaluating large language models for ver- ilog code generation,.

RTL-Breaker: Assessing the Security of LLMs against Backdoor Attacks on HDL Code Generation Verilogeval: Evaluating large language models for ver- ilog code generation,

Reference 6

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Observation b3ece96f-4034-492b-8f07-8d149dc383e3 · outbound

This paper cites (Security) Assertions by Large Language Models.

RTL-Breaker: Assessing the Security of LLMs against Backdoor Attacks on HDL Code Generation (Security) Assertions by Large Language Models

Reference 7

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Observation 6ba4a2fe-14fb-4c3f-bb94-5be055e801e2 · outbound

This paper cites Assertllm: Generating and evaluating hardware verifica- tion assertions from design specifications via multi-llms,.

RTL-Breaker: Assessing the Security of LLMs against Backdoor Attacks on HDL Code Generation Assertllm: Generating and evaluating hardware verifica- tion assertions from design specifications via multi-llms,

Reference 8

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Observation 9ea54bdd-98c4-4d4b-8964-0614f511c1c6 · outbound

This paper cites AutoBench: Automatic Testbench Generation and Evaluation Using LLMs for HDL Design.

RTL-Breaker: Assessing the Security of LLMs against Backdoor Attacks on HDL Code Generation AutoBench: Automatic Testbench Generation and Evaluation Using LLMs for HDL Design

Reference 9

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Observation 2ec34ea9-f22a-4aac-a8a1-554d7437f643 · outbound

This paper cites LLM-Aided Testbench Generation and Bug Detection for Finite-State Machines.

RTL-Breaker: Assessing the Security of LLMs against Backdoor Attacks on HDL Code Generation LLM-Aided Testbench Generation and Bug Detection for Finite-State Machines

Reference 10

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Observation e4804168-c1d8-4655-b290-f9b791bdb97e · outbound

This paper cites Chateda: A large language model powered autonomous agent for eda,.

RTL-Breaker: Assessing the Security of LLMs against Backdoor Attacks on HDL Code Generation Chateda: A large language model powered autonomous agent for eda,

Reference 11

Resolution: verified fuzzy; raw_fallback, observed 2026-08-12T12:02:49.097849Z

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Observation 0f856dad-4210-4b13-aeb9-3788326bbb81 · outbound

This paper cites ChipNeMo: Domain-Adapted LLMs for Chip Design.

RTL-Breaker: Assessing the Security of LLMs against Backdoor Attacks on HDL Code Generation ChipNeMo: Domain-Adapted LLMs for Chip Design

Reference 12

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Observation 6b62d0f2-519d-4667-8998-b7fa03c91546 · outbound

This paper cites You autocomplete me: Poisoning vulnerabilities in neural code completion,.

RTL-Breaker: Assessing the Security of LLMs against Backdoor Attacks on HDL Code Generation You autocomplete me: Poisoning vulnerabilities in neural code completion,

Reference 13

Resolution: verified fuzzy; raw_fallback, observed 2026-08-12T12:02:49.051797Z

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Observation 861a5006-971d-4d3a-9d00-cff5044a701f · outbound

This paper cites TrojanPuzzle: Covertly Poisoning Code-Suggestion Models.

RTL-Breaker: Assessing the Security of LLMs against Backdoor Attacks on HDL Code Generation TrojanPuzzle: Covertly Poisoning Code-Suggestion Models

Reference 14

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Observation 6c5eb1f9-8ebe-4ee5-aa13-cd2f95615fbb · outbound

This paper cites A comprehensive overview of backdoor attacks in large language models within communication networks,.

RTL-Breaker: Assessing the Security of LLMs against Backdoor Attacks on HDL Code Generation A comprehensive overview of backdoor attacks in large language models within communication networks,

Reference 15

Resolution: verified fuzzy; raw_fallback, observed 2026-08-12T12:02:49.014246Z

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Observation b2aebf29-dd67-421d-90b1-5300a546bdd6 · outbound

This paper cites An LLM-Assisted Easy-to-Trigger backdoor attack on code completion models: Injecting disguised vulnerabilities against strong detection,.

RTL-Breaker: Assessing the Security of LLMs against Backdoor Attacks on HDL Code Generation An LLM-Assisted Easy-to-Trigger backdoor attack on code completion models: Injecting disguised vulnerabilities against strong detection,

Reference 16

Resolution: verified fuzzy; raw_fallback, observed 2026-08-12T12:02:48.990276Z

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Observation f9eb8fda-fbf6-488c-8abc-0652ab1c05e1 · outbound

This paper cites Instruction backdoor attacks against customized LLMs,.

RTL-Breaker: Assessing the Security of LLMs against Backdoor Attacks on HDL Code Generation Instruction backdoor attacks against customized LLMs,

Reference 17

Resolution: verified fuzzy; raw_fallback, observed 2026-08-12T12:02:48.961207Z

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Observation 0b9d3da8-625c-451e-a543-904bd891a421 · outbound

This paper cites Trojan insertion versus layout defenses for modern ICs: Red-versus-blue teaming in a competitive community effort,.

RTL-Breaker: Assessing the Security of LLMs against Backdoor Attacks on HDL Code Generation Trojan insertion versus layout defenses for modern ICs: Red-versus-blue teaming in a competitive community effort,

Reference 18

Resolution: verified fuzzy; raw_fallback, observed 2026-08-12T12:02:48.864109Z

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Observation 5fc5817b-56cf-4b06-86f6-e5b6f21ac4dd · outbound

This paper cites A2: Analog malicious hardware,.

RTL-Breaker: Assessing the Security of LLMs against Backdoor Attacks on HDL Code Generation A2: Analog malicious hardware,

Reference 19

Resolution: verified fuzzy; raw_fallback, observed 2026-08-12T12:02:48.803343Z

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Observation 3aea693d-b6f3-4078-ad61-0cae27a3c678 · outbound

This paper cites Bomberman: Defining and defeating hardware ticking timebombs at design-time,.

RTL-Breaker: Assessing the Security of LLMs against Backdoor Attacks on HDL Code Generation Bomberman: Defining and defeating hardware ticking timebombs at design-time,

Reference 20

Resolution: verified fuzzy; raw_fallback, observed 2026-08-12T12:02:48.769107Z

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Observation dac2ac9f-7f2a-4679-8a4d-9d823594ebdb · outbound

This paper cites A primer on hardware security: Models, methods, and metrics,.

RTL-Breaker: Assessing the Security of LLMs against Backdoor Attacks on HDL Code Generation A primer on hardware security: Models, methods, and metrics,

Reference 21

Resolution: verified fuzzy; raw_fallback, observed 2026-08-12T12:02:48.739369Z

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Observation 70e23ce0-032d-4bcf-b0ad-f867e6dee4de · outbound

This paper cites Hardware security for and beyond CMOS technology,.

RTL-Breaker: Assessing the Security of LLMs against Backdoor Attacks on HDL Code Generation Hardware security for and beyond CMOS technology,

Reference 22

Resolution: verified fuzzy; raw_fallback, observed 2026-08-12T12:02:48.698259Z

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No event found in the named queried sources as of 2026-08-19T06:32:44.657259+00:00.

Observation 6ba210b7-db7f-43e5-a0fb-e761494315ce · outbound

This paper cites Breakthrough silicon scanning discovers back- door in military chip,.

RTL-Breaker: Assessing the Security of LLMs against Backdoor Attacks on HDL Code Generation Breakthrough silicon scanning discovers back- door in military chip,

Reference 23

Resolution: verified fuzzy; raw_fallback, observed 2026-08-12T12:02:48.663322Z

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Observation f6adfbab-3913-4397-988b-47dbb096c64d · outbound

This paper cites CodeGen: An Open Large Language Model for Code with Multi-Turn Program Synthesis.

RTL-Breaker: Assessing the Security of LLMs against Backdoor Attacks on HDL Code Generation CodeGen: An Open Large Language Model for Code with Multi-Turn Program Synthesis

Reference 24

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Observation d7301810-884b-4018-a215-4ae01cb07e3c · outbound

This paper cites Code llama: Open foundation models for code,.

RTL-Breaker: Assessing the Security of LLMs against Backdoor Attacks on HDL Code Generation Code llama: Open foundation models for code,

Reference 25

Resolution: verified fuzzy; raw_fallback, observed 2026-08-12T12:02:48.634468Z

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Observation 07e1a27f-1fa5-465c-9e58-b923d218dcc1 · outbound

This paper cites Llama 2: Open Foundation and Fine-Tuned Chat Models.

RTL-Breaker: Assessing the Security of LLMs against Backdoor Attacks on HDL Code Generation Llama 2: Open Foundation and Fine-Tuned Chat Models

Reference 26

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Observation 73148473-b4fd-4852-a4bc-be3a8d124962 · outbound

This paper cites RTLCoder: Outperforming GPT-3.5 in Design RTL Generation with Our Open-Source Dataset and Lightweight Solution.

RTL-Breaker: Assessing the Security of LLMs against Backdoor Attacks on HDL Code Generation RTLCoder: Outperforming GPT-3.5 in Design RTL Generation with Our Open-Source Dataset and Lightweight Solution

Reference 27

Resolution: unresolved; no resolver link, observed 2026-08-12T12:02:47.139978Z

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Observation 6519dcc6-80bb-47ce-b97e-e2455b7538f8 · outbound

This paper cites Gpt4aigchip: Towards next-generation ai accelerator design automation via large language models,.

RTL-Breaker: Assessing the Security of LLMs against Backdoor Attacks on HDL Code Generation Gpt4aigchip: Towards next-generation ai accelerator design automation via large language models,

Reference 28

Resolution: verified fuzzy; raw_fallback, observed 2026-08-12T12:02:48.598908Z

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Observation 5f65a80f-18ef-441d-a483-64c47c8569e4 · outbound

This paper cites Chipgpt: How far are we from natural language hardware design,.

RTL-Breaker: Assessing the Security of LLMs against Backdoor Attacks on HDL Code Generation Chipgpt: How far are we from natural language hardware design,

Reference 29

Resolution: unresolved; no resolver link, observed 2026-08-12T12:02:47.149852Z

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Observation 6068b6a4-350b-4baa-9029-5b008ead8e12 · outbound

This paper cites Understanding the Effectiveness of Large Language Models in Detecting Security Vulnerabilities.

RTL-Breaker: Assessing the Security of LLMs against Backdoor Attacks on HDL Code Generation Understanding the Effectiveness of Large Language Models in Detecting Security Vulnerabilities

Reference 30

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Observation 2117ef59-f7f5-48d3-b917-a902146c5d92 · outbound

This paper cites Software vulnerability detection using large language models,.

RTL-Breaker: Assessing the Security of LLMs against Backdoor Attacks on HDL Code Generation Software vulnerability detection using large language models,

Reference 31

Resolution: verified fuzzy; raw_fallback, observed 2026-08-12T12:02:48.552767Z

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Observation 16350c39-dde7-4318-b5f8-8c88d16ed39d · outbound

This paper cites Exploring the Limits of ChatGPT in Software Security Applications.

RTL-Breaker: Assessing the Security of LLMs against Backdoor Attacks on HDL Code Generation Exploring the Limits of ChatGPT in Software Security Applications

Reference 32

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Observation 7e4c7392-d331-49a4-9478-c061c43fe3a8 · outbound

This paper cites Scaling Trends for Data Poisoning in LLMs.

RTL-Breaker: Assessing the Security of LLMs against Backdoor Attacks on HDL Code Generation Scaling Trends for Data Poisoning in LLMs

Reference 33

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Observation c694ac38-e35a-4823-a2ee-5403fea9c296 · outbound

This paper cites Meta-llama-3.1-70b-bnb-4bit,.

RTL-Breaker: Assessing the Security of LLMs against Backdoor Attacks on HDL Code Generation Meta-llama-3.1-70b-bnb-4bit,

Reference 34

Resolution: verified fuzzy; raw_fallback, observed 2026-08-12T12:02:48.500726Z

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Observation 6c4df5bf-6728-4b55-8df9-597e2e87a9f5 · outbound

This paper cites Yosys open SYnthesis suite,.

RTL-Breaker: Assessing the Security of LLMs against Backdoor Attacks on HDL Code Generation Yosys open SYnthesis suite,

Reference 35

Resolution: verified fuzzy; raw_fallback, observed 2026-08-12T12:02:48.472739Z

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Observation f30d3a62-33ba-477b-b6e3-2d26719fe110 · outbound

This paper cites Meta-llama-3-70b,.

RTL-Breaker: Assessing the Security of LLMs against Backdoor Attacks on HDL Code Generation Meta-llama-3-70b,

Reference 36

Resolution: verified fuzzy; raw_fallback, observed 2026-08-12T12:02:48.439048Z

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Observation a4a8236f-af17-44c1-a3d1-1df46ad220d5 · outbound

This paper cites Harnessing the power of general-purpose llms in hardware trojan design,.

RTL-Breaker: Assessing the Security of LLMs against Backdoor Attacks on HDL Code Generation Harnessing the power of general-purpose llms in hardware trojan design,

Reference 37

Resolution: verified fuzzy; raw_fallback, observed 2026-08-12T12:02:48.412103Z

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Observation 3d0e98b9-4aed-4678-b777-f2ec8ca79c3f · outbound

This paper cites SENTAUR: Security EnhaNced Trojan Assessment Using LLMs Against Undesirable Revisions.

RTL-Breaker: Assessing the Security of LLMs against Backdoor Attacks on HDL Code Generation SENTAUR: Security EnhaNced Trojan Assessment Using LLMs Against Undesirable Revisions

Reference 38

Resolution: unresolved; no resolver link, observed 2026-08-12T12:02:47.249569Z

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Observation 46ab5093-140e-4de0-bcce-afc5c30a4f2c · outbound

This paper cites Unleashing ghost: An llm-powered framework for automated hardware trojan design,.

RTL-Breaker: Assessing the Security of LLMs against Backdoor Attacks on HDL Code Generation Unleashing ghost: An llm-powered framework for automated hardware trojan design,

Reference 39

Resolution: verified fuzzy; raw_fallback, observed 2026-08-12T12:02:48.377507Z

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Observation bb39a823-609c-4beb-b6fb-1cb354ed5413 · outbound

This paper cites Code Llama: Open Foundation Models for Code.

RTL-Breaker: Assessing the Security of LLMs against Backdoor Attacks on HDL Code Generation Code Llama: Open Foundation Models for Code

Reference 2024

Resolution: unresolved; no resolver link, observed 2026-08-12T12:02:47.127281Z

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Pith citing papers

Observation 9c3561e8-15fc-46da-9c0f-1b8c677e3b44 · inbound

Don't Pass@k: A Bayesian Framework for Large Language Model Evaluation cites this paper.

Don't Pass@k: A Bayesian Framework for Large Language Model Evaluation RTL-Breaker: Assessing the Security of LLMs against Backdoor Attacks on HDL Code Generation

Reference 64

Resolution: verified exact; arxiv_id, observed 2026-05-18T10:06:13.719443Z

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Observation 9a18ac3a-fba2-4a1a-b241-2f155006ac17 · inbound

Bridging Generation and Training: A Systematic Review of Quality Issues in LLMs for Code cites this paper.

Bridging Generation and Training: A Systematic Review of Quality Issues in LLMs for Code RTL-Breaker: Assessing the Security of LLMs against Backdoor Attacks on HDL Code Generation

Reference 85

Resolution: verified exact; arxiv_id, observed 2026-05-11T17:26:04.560761Z

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