NVIDIA HORIZON uses git worktrees to iterate hardware-design agents

MarkTechPost reports that NVIDIA Research introduced HORIZON, an agent framework for hardware design that treats RTL work as repository-level code evolution. A Markdown harness is compiled into a project pack, the agent edits an isolated git worktree, and changes are committed only when executable checks pass. NVIDIA reports 100% completion across evaluated RTL benchmark suites while noting that reward hacking, benchmark scope, and long-turnaround hardware feedback remain unresolved.

Key details: HORIZON runs hardware-design tasks through isolated git worktrees, A structured Markdown harness defines goals, evaluators, and acceptance predicates, NVIDIA reports 100% completion across the evaluated RTL benchmark suites.

Why it matters: Hardware-design agents need executable feedback and traceable state, and this shows git-native iteration moving from software repair into chip design.