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Sixteen courses covering the full path from device physics to post-silicon validation. Each will include lectures, labs, projects and interview questions.

Foundations course coverPlanned

Foundations

The tools every chip engineer uses daily.

6 topics planned
Digital Design course coverCourse draft ready

Digital Design

Gates to FIFOs, clock crossings and a working CPU.

68 lectures3 minor projects2 major projects1 industry project
RTL and SystemVerilog course coverPlanned

RTL and SystemVerilog

Code that synthesizes the way you intended.

6 topics planned
Device Physics and Modelling course coverPlanned

Device Physics and Modelling

See what changing a transistor really does.

7 topics planned1 minor project
SPICE Simulation course coverPlanned

SPICE Simulation

From a first netlist to Monte Carlo.

8 topics planned1 major project
Analog and Mixed Signal course coverPlanned

Analog and Mixed Signal

The circuits connecting chips to reality.

8 topics planned
Custom Layout and Memory course coverPlanned

Custom Layout and Memory

Standard cells, SRAM and DRAM, down to the layout.

7 topics planned1 industry project
Logic Synthesis and STA course coverPlanned

Logic Synthesis and STA

How RTL becomes gates that meet timing.

7 topics planned
Verification course coverPlanned

Verification

Find every bug before silicon does.

8 topics planned1 major project1 industry project
Design for Test course coverPlanned

Design for Test

Make every manufactured chip testable.

6 topics planned1 major project
Physical Design course coverPlanned

Physical Design

RTL to GDS: floorplan through signoff.

9 topics planned1 industry project
Post-Silicon Validation course coverPlanned

Post-Silicon Validation

The day the chip comes back from the fab.

7 topics planned1 major project
FPGA course coverPlanned

FPGA

Run your own hardware this week.

6 topics planned1 major project
Protocols Library course coverPlanned

Protocols Library

Every major interface, animated.

15 topics planned
Computer Architecture and AI Hardware course coverPlanned

Computer Architecture and AI Hardware

CPUs, GPUs and accelerators from the inside.

6 topics planned
Fabrication, Packaging and Careers course coverPlanned

Fabrication, Packaging and Careers

How the industry works and how to join it.

7 topics planned