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How to get into top universities for higher education in VLSI in India or abroad?

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To pursue Masters degree in VLSI domain i.e  MS in Electronics and Communication  abroad is a gateway to numerous options and opportunities in your career. It gives a lot of exposure and a new dimension to your career in case you had been studying within your state since years.  Eligibility Criteria and cutoff marks to get into top universities are given below: You can try applying to these top 10 universities abroad offering MS courses in VLSI: 1.        Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2.        Stanford University 3.        University of California Berkeley 4.        University of Illinois—Urbana-Champaign 5.        California Institute of Technology 6.      Georgia Institute of Technology 7.      University of Michigan 8.      Carnegie Mellon  Universi...

Open source tools for IC design and Simulations

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In this blog we will understand the various IC design components and open source tools available to perform IC design. First lets take a look at  IC design components.  Fig: Logic Synthesis First step in IC design is to do Logic Synthesis . Logic synthesis is a process by which an abstract specification of desired circuit behavior which is the netlist, at register transfer level (RTL), is converted or transformed into a design implementation in terms of logic gates. And the open source tool which helps us do logic synthesis is Yosys Open Synthesis Tool . Fig: Floor-planning Second step is Floorplanning . In floorplanning blocks/macros in the chip/core area, are placed . Floor-plan determines the size of die and creates wire tracks for placement of standard cells. It. creates power ground(PG) connections.           Fig : Placement and Clock Tree Synthesis Third Step is Placement of logical cells that we got from first step and third step is CTS Clock...