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VLSI DESIGNTRENDS, CAREER AND OPPORTUNITIES
DEEPAK KUMAR RA, VLSI DESIGNER
OVERVIEW VLSI DESIGN
Design Modules Tools and Vendor Company
Market analysis Research & Development How to enter the market Job perspectives
VLSI DESIGN
Implementation of the million switches at small area Switches should have low power consumption , high speed ,low
area and low noise. Switches – MOS Switch
Motive of VLSI DESIGN Fast design Low power design Low area design
DESIGN FLOW Problem Behaviour /truth table/gate level/logic level HDL (VERILOG,VHDL) Simulation Verification STA(static time analysis) DFT (design for testability) Cell characterization/Physical level/switch/transistor level Functional simulation Layout Floor planning, routing & placement Fabrication
Front-end
Back-end
Idea
VLSI CAD TOOL MENTOR
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DESIGN ANALYSIScompilation/
synthesis
VHDL / Verilog / SystemC
device layout find wire routesmask layout patterns
design schematics
tape out
mask writer masks
wafer
printing
die
dice
mask layout patterns
test and packaging
chip
MARKET RESEARCH
Where does India stand?Are there any govt. initiatives?
What is the status of jobs and career?
200+ semiconductor companies are already here
23 of the top 25 semiconductor companies in the world have a strong presence in India
Do you know Wipro, Infosys and L&T are
already intoVLSI design?
Almost all major IT companies have started investing in chip designing
Intel Xeon processor designed at Intel India (Bangalore)
What about the jobs?
NPE (2011) aims to create employment for around 28 Million people
75,000 jobs waiting in the year 2015
* IITs and NITs together satisfy only 25% of the job requirement in chip design
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
Key playersResearch areas
Key players
Intel AMD ARM IBM Qualcomm Texas Instruments
Cadence Synopsys Cypress semiconductor ST microelectronics freescale and many more….
Research areas
High speed design Low power design Low area design
HOW TO ENTER THE MARKET
What are the skills required?What should be in the resume?
Does post-graduation and PhD counts?
What are the skills required? Sound understanding of VLSI design flow Digital design , Basic electronics HDL (VHDL, Verilog or SystemVerilog) Basic EDA tools (Modelsim, Xilinx ISE, Virtuoso, QuestaSim, Tanner ,ADS
etc) Short-term courses and certification
What makes your resume special?
Industry standard projects Thesis and research IEEE research paper work
JOB PERSPECTIVES
Job profilePublic vs Private?
Packages and growth
Job profile
Design engineer Product engineer Verification engineer Test engineer
Cell characterization Layout designer Packaging engineer CAD engineer
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Apart from multinationals, thegovernment also hires chip designers for space and defence research
There is a huge potential in government sector from academics to research
ANINDYA SUNDAR DHAR, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AND FACULTY ADVISOR,
MICROELECTRONICS AND VLSI DESIGN, IIT KHARAGPUR
Packages and growth
Fresher (Graduate): 4.5 lacs INR per annumFresher (Post-graduate): 6 – 8 lacs per annum Fresher (PhD holder): 11 – 18 lacs per annum
SUMMARY
Future of Indian Electronics industry is VLSI design Government will ensure that semiconductor sector grows It holds a bright career with excellent growth opportunity
”“ Questions
andQueries?
Presented by Deepak KumarEmail me at [email protected] +91-9971555458
Join our VLSI Design training courses at www.cmcncr.com/vlsidesign
