Physical Design Mentorship

COURSE HIGHLIGHTS:
• Trainers with 20+ years of Industry and 15+ years of teaching experience.
• Make-Flow Based Learning ( Industry uses Make-flow )
• Excellent coverage of concepts along with practical labs.
• 24/7 Lab access with VPN/VNC.
• SYNOPSYS tools ( DC, ICC2, Fusion Compiler, PrimeTime).
• Placement assistance till you get placed.
• Option to attend the classes again in the next batch without any payment.
• Trainer has trained 1000+ Engineers worldwide.
• Resume preparation, interview guidance and placement support.
• Grooming the candidates for the written test & interview.
• Freedom to update the course syllabus.
• Access the tools from anywhere & anytime.

Tools : (Synopsys Tools – Latest Versions)
• Design Compiler
• IC-Compiler 2
• Fusion-Compiler
• Star-RC
• PrimeTime
• Formality

Syllabus : (PDMentorship)

  • Basics:
    ○ Module 1: Digital Circuit Design
    ○ Module 2: CMOS Circuit & Layout Design
    ○ Module 3: Linux Operating System
    ○ Module 4: ASIC/SOC Design flow
    ○ Module 5: PDK and Technology Library
    ○ Module 6: Standard Cell & Macro Libraries
    ○ Module 7: Timing Constraint ( SDC ) Development
    ○ Module 8: Static Timing Analysis
  • Implementation:
    ○ Module 9: RTL Synthesis
    ○ Module 10: Pre-Layout STA
    ○ Module 11: Introduction to DFT
    ○ Module 12: Introduction to Physical Design Flow
    ○ Module 13: Design Planning (Floorplan)
    ○ Module 14: Power-Routing
    ○ Module 15: Physical Cells Placement & Std-Cell Pre-Placement
    ○ Module 16: Std-Cell Placement
    ○ Module 17: Scan-Chain Re-Ordering
    ○ Module 18: Pre-CTS Timing Analysis & Optimization
    ○ Module 19: CTS
    ○ Module 20: Post-CTS Timing Analysis & Optimization
    ○ Module 21: Routing
  • SignoffChecks:
    ○ Module 22: Physical Verification
    ○ Module 23: RC Extraction
    ○ Module 24: Sign-off STA Checks
    ○ Module 25: Timing Closure
    ○ Module 26: ECO Implementation
    ○ Module 27: Logical Equivalence Check
    ○ Module 28: IR-Drop and Electromigration Analysis Flow
  • Advanced Topics:
    ○ Module 29: Low Power Methodologies & UPF
    ○ Module 30: TCL Scripting
    ○ Module 31: Advanced STA Topics
    ○ Module 32: Introduction to Fin-FET & Double-Patterning.
    ○ Module 33: Introduction to 16nm, 7nm Technologies & Floorplan Challenges
    ○ Module 34: Make-Flow & LSF
    ○ Module 35: Final Projects ( Multiple Designs with different technologies )

 

  • Placement & Career Guidance:
    ○ Soft-Skills Training
    ○ Student Presentation
    ○ Resume Preparation
    ○ Interview Guidance
    ○ Mock Interviews