ASIC's - Concept to Product

Duration: 3 days
Course Part Number: 230769
Pricing: 1500 USD

Description

This course is aimed to provide an opportunity for the participant to acquire comprehensive technical and business insight into the ASIC world.  As most of these aspects also hold true for general IC design, this course will also greatly benefit an IC Design Engineer.

Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) is a major topic of interest in the highly competitive field of VLSI circuits where each industry player tries to outdo the other by introducing a niche and differentiated product ahead of the competition. While products assembled from off-the-shelf components are faster to reach the market, they ride on an already existing product wave. With ASICs, however, one can be the forerunner and tap into the initial and major chunk of the market window grossing high revenues. The exclusive design rights also provide an added advantage.

This course is aimed to provide a basic understanding of the ASIC development chain. It will enable your Design Engineer to understand the basics involved in various phases of the ASIC development chain, from A Request for Quote to Working Silicon, with an appreciation of how activities and decisions made in one phase affects another. It will also enable your Customer Support Engineering staff to provide an effective and proactive support to your ASIC customer. Product Development Engineers can also benefit from useful insight. This course also provides a well-structured guideline to Business Managers to be used as a reference for the ASIC biz.

The course is structured into modules.  Short interactive workshops within the course facilitate in making this an interesting, interactive learning experience. Participants will be exposed to issues cited from real industry experience.

This course will be conducted by an experienced VLSI consultant with extensive exposure in supporting & managing ASIC projects on a global scale with a well known multinational semiconductor company.

What You Will Learn

• Basics of ASIC Design Libraries, Design Flow
• Basics of Verification especially DFM/DFY
• Basics of Design for re-use and IPs, guidelines for Low Power design
• Insight into ASIC technology and market trends
• Overview of MPW/MRS
• Economics involved in ASIC development and Managing an ASIC Program with a broad understanding of variousgeneric issues seen and tips on addressing them
• These in turn will enable you in
• • How to effectively communicate with your customers
  • How to effectively support your customers

Who Should Attend

• General IC & ASIC Design Engineers (fresh or with a couple of years experience)
• Customer Support Engineers
• Product Development Engineers
• Sales & Marketing Engineers

Prerequisite

Basic engineering know how. 1-2 years experience in IC design/support is preferable.

Course Methodology

This course is conducted in a seminar room.  The course will include brief interactive workshops like sessions to encourage participation and facilitate learning. Each participant will receive a set of course material.