r/vlsi

Since the N.Ex.T challenge is known for being competitive, I wanted to reach out to those who have cleared it before or are currently prepping.

I'm an ECE student currently doing 3rd year, and i really wish to get a job in the core vlsi field....anyone kind enough to provide the necessary guidance.

I want to know if any electronics graduate who started their career in the software industry and then pivoted to hardware successfully. How did you manage both? Is it feasible or should I just focus on getting into VLSI?

I am asking this because I have an offer as a software trainee I need to join immediately. But I am not at all interested in it and only considering it due to the job market and how tough it is to enter VLSI as a fresher.

Design a Digital Circuit for the following specifications:

a. There are 3 inputs A, B, and C.

b. There are two outputs P and Q.

c. The circuit behaves like a half adder when C = 0 and behaves like a half subtractor when C = 1. Implement this using only 4 number of 2:1 MUXs.

Hey everyone,

I’m planning to learn RTL to GDS flow and found the NPTEL course by Prof. Sneh Saurabh (IIIT Delhi).

Has anyone taken it? How’s the teaching and depth? Is it beginner-friendly or more advanced? does it cover complete topic as required for interviews?

Would you recommend it for someone aiming for VLSI / Physical Design roles?

Also open to better or more hands-on alternatives if you have any suggestions.

Thanks!

My friend who works in automotive embedded software validation team is very sure that the ai coding tools can impact hiring and could even replace many engineers in ASIC flows.

I argued that it is not possible. We have multiple layers of abstraction and all of it, although may look like can be modelled using mathematics and equations, cannot be accurate when you look at the end result/tapeout. Hardware is 'represented' as code. Each device has its own equations and stuff for the current, voltage, etc factors modelled in the software tool backend.

Although I am aware that electronics itself is the HEAVILY AUTOMATED domain among all others, I find his argument hard to come by. No one in their work/field has ever stated such a possibility. But even the seniors from his company seem to emphasise the same.

What are your thoughts?