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How similar is an ASIC verification job compared to a Software coding profile?

FunctionalVerification, VLSI Career / By Ramdas

An ASIC or SOC Verification job is increasingly becoming like a Software coding and debugging profile. However what is different is that you also need to be thinking like a hardware engineer while you apply some of the software engineering practices in coding and debug. Most of Verification infrastructure (test bench, stimulus generation, build, regression, …

Product Companies vs Service Companies in VLSI

VLSI Career, VLSI Design / By Ramdas

There are mainly two types of companies in the VLSI/Semiconductor industry. Quite often entry level engineers gets confused between these and wonder what are the differences and which one is better in terms of career. Here are some details which hopefully will give you some insights. Product Companies : The companies designs and develops products …

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VLSI / Semiconductor Companies – References

1 Comment / Blogs, VLSI Career / By Ramdas

One of the question that I hear most often from students or engineers are which are all the VLSI and Semiconductor Companies that exists in India / Bangalore and other cities to apply for a job This is an attempt to list all the VLSI and Semiconductor companies those which I am aware. (Note: This list …

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Verification Engineer Career- Opportunities and Path

Blogs, FunctionalVerification, VLSI Career, VLSI Design / By Ramdas

Introduction One of the big job opportunities in VLSI Design spectrum is front end verification engineer. The demand for verification engineers has been increasingly over last decade and is also getting more and more importance. Note: If you are new to VLSI Design life cycle, you might want to read VLSI – Front end vs …

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Working at Small vs Big companies – The good and bad

Blogs, Latest Posts, VLSI Career / By Ramdas

Ever came across this question on whether to work for a small company or a big company. How do you decide between small company vs big company ? What will you like and what will you dislike ? Here are some thoughts from my experience over last 18+ years of industry experience. I have worked at …

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VLSI Design – Front End and Back End

Latest Posts, VLSI Career, VLSI Design / By Ramdas

In VLSI design, what is VLSI Front end and what is VLSI Back end ? What does a front end engineer do compared to a back end engineer in the vlsi design flow ? Who has better opportunities in terms of career and earning potential? These are some common questions that every student or an …

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What are must know things for a chip design engineer ?

Blogs, Latest Posts, VLSI Career / By Ramdas

Chip design engineer skills are learned through experience over years. It is hard to give a comprehensive single list that is needed nor is it possible to learn everything before you start working as a chip design engineer. Having said that, following are some of the must-know things as you start your journey through a …

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Opportunities For Electronics Engineering Graduates

Blogs, Latest Posts, Uncategorized, VLSI Career / By Ramdas

This week, I got an invite to talk to a batch of final year Electronics Engineering Students who was undergoing a 4 week internship training as part of curriculum. The students have completed 6 semesters of their graduation program and completed course work on Semiconductors, Digital Electronics, Embedded Systems, Micro Controllers, Verilog, C programming and …

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IP and VIPs in VLSI Design

Blogs, Latest Posts, VLSI Career / By Ramdas

An Intellectual Property (IP) core in Semiconductors is a reusable unit of logic or functionality or a cell or a layout design that is normally developed with the idea of licencing to multiple vendor for using as building blocks in different chip designs. In today’s era of IC designs more and more system functionality are getting integrated …

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My top answers of 2017 across VLSI, Semiconductor, Verification, Interviews and Career

Blogs, FunctionalVerification, Latest Posts, VLSI Career / By Ramdas

Another year of writing on Quora completed (2017) with more than 300+ answers. That fell short slightly below my goal of averaging an answer per day. Nevertheless it has been another wonderful experience. I am happy to have helped those in need through these answers in the last year related to VLSI, Semiconductor and related …

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VLSI Career

How similar is an ASIC verification job compared to a Software coding profile?

Product Companies vs Service Companies in VLSI

VLSI / Semiconductor Companies – References

Verification Engineer Career- Opportunities and Path

Working at Small vs Big companies – The good and bad

VLSI Design – Front End and Back End

What are must know things for a chip design engineer ?

Opportunities For Electronics Engineering Graduates

IP and VIPs in VLSI Design

My top answers of 2017 across VLSI, Semiconductor, Verification, Interviews and Career

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