This course  is designed to illustrate the Flows and Phases involved in a typical IC design cycle. Most of the design engineers are involved with few steps of the design cycle. This course will provide an high-level overview of the entire design flow, utilizing a "popular microprocessor" as a reference design. Commonly used "commercial EDA tools" and PDK  (Process Design Kits) components/ terminology used at various phases of the design will be explained with simplified examples.

• High-level understanding of each phases of an IC Design flow.
• Simplified explanations of EDA tools and PDK components used at various phases of the design.

Note- This is an introductory course with high-level overview. This course will be followed by several "implementation" courses addressing the issues/ techniques involved with various phases/ styles of IC design.

• Basic EE/ CS graduate level understandings

• Design Methodology for High-end Microprocessors
• Top Down Concepts
• Bottom Up Implementations
• Essential Supporting Elements for IC Design
  • EDA
  • PDK

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• Project Manager
• Platform Manager
• Semiconductor professionals transitioning to design (e.g.- Product/ Test Engineer., Process Engineer, PDK- Moving to design).
• Anyone involved with some phases of IC design ( e.g.- Verification, RTL, Synthesis, Physical design, Layout, Analog and RF design, EDA, PDK) - Expand understanding with all phases of the design flow
• Anyone Involved with semiconductor industry (e.g.- Design, Process, Product/ Test Engineering)- Widen the Horizon
• Technical recruiters in semiconductor field- Simplified the IC/ Semiconductor related "technical jargon’s" with simple illustration.
• Technical Writers
• System Engineers
• New EE/ CS college grad.

"Sharpen Your Saw!"