VLSI Flow can be majorly be divided in to 12 steps as below These can be majorly divided in to two categories, VLSI Front end flow and VLSI Back end flow. VLSI Front end flow consists of design flow starting from architecture to functional verification. Rest of the flow starting from Synthesis to Physical verification is VLSI Back end flow. Assuming team has 50 engineers.

Below shows possible distribution of team members in various domains(value in brackets is number of engineers)

• RTL Design (2, SoC development mostly works on IP reuse, most of IP development happens outside India)
• RTL Integration (2)
• Functional verification (13)
• Formal verification (1)
• Power aware verification (1)
• Synthesis (2)
• Physical Design (13)
• STA (3)
• DFT (2)
• Custom Layout (4)
• Physical Verification (4)
• Post Silicon validation (3)

VLSI Design flow starts with requirments, then it gets developed as a architecture, which is implemented using Verilog RTL(or VHDL) coding.This RTL code is verified using Systemverilog & UVM (C + SV for SOC) based testbenches. This stage is called functional verification. The flow till this stage is called as VLSI Front end flow(similar to software job). This is more programming oriented. The flow starting from this point(RTL code) till it gets manufactured in to a chip is called VLSI Backend flow. It involves multiple stages(Synthesis, DFT, Physical Design, STA, Custom Layout, Physical Verification, Fabrication and Post Silicon validation). VLSI Front end domain is more programming oriented and VLSI Back end is more tool and VLSI technology oriented. As shown above, every domain offers job opportunities. Even though Functional verification and Physical design offers more opportunities, they also have more people undergoing training. Hence student should choose domain of training based on interest rather than job openings.

RTL Design, RTL integration, Functional verification, formal verification is more focused on understanding design specification, learning bus protocols and implementing designs and testbenches based on these protocols using Verilog, SV & UVM. Job role is more programming oriented.

Rest of the flow (from Synthesis toll Post silicon validation), also called post-synthesis flow does not involve much of programming. These jobs are more EDA tool usage oriented. Engineer need to learn various aspects of the flow and learn required commands in tool to implement these steps. It may involve learning 1 00's of tool commands and their significance to the VLSI implementation flow. The overall flow is implemented using TCL commands(above tool commands), so it will TCL exposure. It also requires good fundamentals of CMOS, FinFET, 2nd order effects, timing closure and digital design.

Student doesn't need to learn all the aspects of VLSI flow. Choose one domain and get complete expertise in that topic.

When a student joins institute, we do not make any assumption on their current preparation level, all the training starts from basics.

Yes, you can opt for self paced learning(e-learning) course and complete at own pace.

Dedicated mentor will be assigned

Yes, you can opt for self paced learning(e-learning) course and complete at own pace.

Dedicated mentor will be assigned

Yes, you can do the training over 3 semesters.

Phase1 of training in 6th semester

Phase2 of training in 7th semester

Phase3 of training in 8th semester

For a fresher salary can be anywhere from 2.5 Lakhs to 6 Lakhs. Product companies do offer up to 1 5 Lakhs, but they mostly hire from campus.

All the courses are offered in both classroom and online.

Placement and project support is same for both classroom and online students

Yes. It is strongly recommended to stay close by institute. There are many Paying guests (PGs) available nearby institute (within 1KM)

Below is link for PG

Yes

Discounts based on academic percentage

Dedicated mentor assigned during the entire course

Tool support 24x7

Yes

We will align session timings in sync with US timings.

Below is list of courses

• VLSI Functional verification course
• Physical design course
• DFT course

Through above courses many MS pursuing students got placed in top product companies in USA and Europe.

Courses custom designed for students planning to pursue MS.

Offers flexibility in mode of training.

Student can attend part of the course in class room, rest online from USA as required.