Course category: Entry level course
Target audience: Company employees and engineers seeking to acquire in-depth knowledge of the VLSI design flow, modern semiconductor manufacturing technologies, and chip testing methodologies. The course is designed for those wishing to gain hands-on mastery in developing digital chips using industrial and open-source EDA tools and PDK libraries.

Course summary: The course introduces modern semiconductor manufacturing technologies and the VLSI design flow. The curriculum covers the Verilog hardware description language, digital chip design, functional verification, logical and physical synthesis, and layout design principles. The course consists of theoretical lectures and practical sessions utilizing industrial EDA tools and open-source PDK modules (such as the IHP OpenPDK) to reinforce the complete VLSI design flow from RTL to manufacturing files (GDSII).