VLSI Design Flow RTL to GDS Nptel Answers All Weeks [1-12]

This course covers the entire RTL to GDS VLSI design flow, going through various stages of logic synthesis, verification, physical design, and testing. Besides covering the fundamentals of various design tasks, this course will develop skills in modern chip design with the help of activities and demonstrations on freely available CAD tools. This course will enhance the employability of the students and will make them ready to undertake careers in the semiconductor industry.

PREREQUISITES: Basic Course on Digital Circuits (typically taught in the first/second year of UG Program)

INDUSTRY SUPPORT: The course develops skills to use design automation tools for chip designing. The course will be valued by companies working on semiconductors, such as Qualcomm, Intel, Texas Instruments, NXP, ST Microelectronics, Micron, IBM, Cadence, Synopsys, Siemens, ARM, AMD, NVidia, Apple, and Google.