@article{aresadaptivereasoningeffortsteeringforpp, title = {ARES: Adaptive Reasoning-Effort Steering for PPA- and Cost-Aware RTL Optimization with LLM Agents}, author = {Stef Cuyckens and Mihaela Jivanescu and Jun Yin and Chao Fang and Marian Verhelst}, year = {2026}, eprint = {2607.27879}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.27879}, }