VLSI Design Essentials

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Sep 15, 2008Sep 17, 20089:00am - 5:00pmSingapore, SGRegister


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Duration: 2 days
Course Part Number: 230770
Pricing: 1000 USD

Description

This course is aimed to provide an opportunity for the participant to acquire comprehensive technical and business insight into the IC Design arena. 

IC Design chain is a complex process. This course provides a basic understanding & a holistic view of the complete IC design chain. It will enable your Design Engineer to understand the basics involved in various phases of IC design 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 customer. This course also provides a well-structured guideline to Business Managers & Program Managers to be used as a reference for the IC 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 IC projects on a global scale with a well known multinational semiconductor company.

What You Will Learn

  • Basics of IC Design Libraries, IC Design Flow
  • Basics of Verification especially DFM/DFY
  • Basics of Design for re-use and IPs, guidelines for low power design
  • Overview of MPW/MRS, Economics involved in IC development with a broad understanding of various genericissues seen and tips on addressing them
  • These in turn will enable you to effectively communicate with & support your customers

Who Should Attend

  • IC Design Engineers, Product Development Engineers (fresh or with 1-2 years experience)
  • Customer Support Engineers, Business Development Engineers, Program Managers

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. There are no lab sessions.

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