The document provides an overview of VLSI design, including trends, design flow, and career guidance within the semiconductor industry. It highlights various job profiles in VLSI, skills required for freshers, and the challenges faced during hiring. Additionally, it includes useful resources for job hunting and skill development.

1. VLSI DESIGN OVERVIEW
&
CAREER GUIDANCE
25/05/2020
Richu Jose Cyriac
Senior Engineer I
Sankalp Semiconductor

2. Agenda
• Trends in VLSI
• VLSI Design Flow
• VLSI career guidance

3. Moore’s Law
https://ourworldindata.org/uploads/2019/05/Transistor-Count-over-time-to-2018.png

4. Advancement in technology
2005 2014
https://www.mymemory.co.uk/blog/a-decade-of-microsd/

5. Recent trend in CMOS technology
https://semiengineering.com/5nm-vs-3nm/

6. ASIC Design Flow
https://asic4u.wordpress.com/2018/01/06/asic-design-flow-outline-part-1/

7. Bridging the gap
https://www.peoplematters.in/article/campus-recruitment/how-to-bridge-the-gap-between-academia-and-industry-15203

8. Academia Industry profiles
• Semiconductor Devices
• Digital Electronics
• Analog Electronics
• Microcontroller
• Verilog/VHDL
• RC circuit
• Basics of VLSI
• IP(Memory/Standard
Cell/IO) Design Engineer
• IP(Memory/Standard
Cell/IO) Layout Engineer
• Physical Design(PD) Engineer
• Static Timing Analysis(STA)
Engineer
• RTL Engineer
• CAD Engineer

9. A SAMPLE JOB DESCRIPTION Communication skill
Technical knowledge
Industry standard tools
Scripting
Adhering to deadlinesCommunication
between teams

10. What Industry is expecting?
https://eps.ieee.org/images/files/Roadmap/ITRSBeyCMOS2015.pdf

11. Semiconductor Market Share
Sales
Intel
Samsung
SK Hynix
Micron
Broadcomm
Qualcomm
TI
ST
Toshiba
NXP
Others
15.7
Source: Gartner (January 2020)
12.5
5.4
4.8
3.7
3.23.22.22.12.1
45.2

12. VLSI Industry
Fabs
•Samsung
•GF
•TSMC
EDA
•Cadence
•Synopsys
•Mentor
Graphics
Design
•Intel
•ST
•Qualcomm

13. Design
•AMS Engineer
•Library
developer
•Memory/IO
designer
•RTL designer
Verification
•Front End
Verification
•Back end
Physical
Verification
EDA
•Software
Engineer
•Application
Engineer
•Product
Engineer
Job Profiles

14. Factors
Lack of Fundamentals
Lack of Skill Set
Lack of Industry Standard Project
Lack of soft skills
College/Brand Name
Others
40%
Challenges for hiring freshers
28%
20%
5%
5% 2%
http://www.vlsi-expert.com/

15. • Resume
• Cover letter
• Linkedin
• Coursera/Udemy
• Industry Oriented Courses
• Aptitude
• Thorough knowledge of Engineering Subjects
• Basic of Scripting
Preparations

16. http://www.vlsi-expert.com/
https://www.udemy.com/user/anagha/
https://semiwiki.com/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvbB8p6HuXPVxkP64O0mokA
https://www.youtube.com/user/lithoguru
https://www.coursera.org/learn/vlsi-cad-logic
USEFUL RESOURCES

17. THANK YOU
THANK YOU
&
HAPPY JOB HUNTING
www.linkedin.com/in/richujose
Email: richujck@gmail.com