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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 …
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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Do you know differences between Verification, Validation and Testing of ASIC / SOC designs in the VLSI/chip design life cycles? If you are involved in any ASIC/SOC design life cycle, it is highly likely that you would have heard questions like – Have you verified a feature? Is all feature testing completed? How will you …
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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 …
As I get close to two decades of experience in my career and if I look back, I can recollect a lot of learning moments, great people and experiences at multiple companies. Here I list five of the best engineers whom I had opportunity to work with and why I found them to be best, …
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UVM (Universal Verification Methodology) is a SystemVerilog language based Verification methodology which is getting more and more popularity and adoption in the VLSI Verification industry. The methodology is currently in the IEEE working group 1800.2 and is expected to be an IEEE standard shortly. What are some of UVM Interview questions that can test your …
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VLSI Question and answers Another new year has arrived and it is time to commit towards New Year Resolutions and to introspect and evaluate learning from last year’s resolutions. Last year around same time, I was in the middle of writing my book and pushing towards completion. Some where in between I came across this …
Is it knowledge about a protocol or an IP ? Or learning a new methodology or a new language? Finding corner case bugs? Thinking out of box ? – How can you become a great Verification Engineer ? Whether you are a young engineer entering VLSI Verification industry or aspiring to build a great career …
If you are a VLSI engineer in the current era of increasing IP (Intellectual Property) based SOC (System on Chip) designs, it is highly likely that you would have heard about AMBA, AHB, APB, AXI, AXI-lite, ACE etc somewhere or other. Given the large number of designs that use these you definitely would want to …
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