Testimonial

Project: Digital VLSI SoC Design and Planning

Partha Singha Roy
Partha Singha RoyElectronics Hobbyist
Successfully completed a 10-week research internship at VLSI System Design, focusing on designing a 4-Bit Asynchronous Up Counter in the Physical Design domain using open-source tools like Ngspice, Xschem, and OpenROAD. Utilized the FOSS 130 nm PDK from Google and SkyWater Technology Foundry.
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Dr. Skandha Deepsita S
Dr. Skandha Deepsita SSenior Physical Design Engineer Lemurian Labs
Excitedly announces being one of the 40 selected designs for the Google sponsored MPW shuttle by Efabless Corporation and SkyWater Technology Foundry, receiving fabricated chips and test equipment. Credits the achievement to the mentorship of Kunal Ghosh and the opportunities provided by VSD platforms.
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Mohammad A Nili
Mohammad A NiliR&D Manager, Tehran Branch
VSD-HDP program, starting from discovering Kunal Ghosh's VLSI courses to successfully completing a design for tape-out. This program, marked by mentorship from industry experts, rigorous learning, and a focus on self-guided study, culminated in a successful project submission.the value of program is $1000, emphasize in professional growth, networking, and skill development in ASIC design.
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Sumanto Kar
Sumanto KarSr. Project Technical Assistant | M. Tech. Student IEOR, IIT Bombay
Successfully completed a tape-out as part of the MPW3 shuttle, sponsored by Google and SkyWater Technology Foundry, after participating in the eSim marathon 2021 organized by FOSSEE and VLSI System Design. Utilized open-source software like eSim and MAGIC for schematic design, simulation, and layout, with the project being part of a larger movement to encourage youth in chip fabrication and design.
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Syed Imaduddin
Syed ImaduddinStudent
Completed an internship in Mixed Signal Physical Design Flow at VLSI System Design, working on a 4-bit Asynchronous up counter circuit using open-source tools like Ngspice, Xschem, and OpenROAD. Based the design on the FOSS 130 nm PDK from Google and SkyWater, and thanks mentors Kunal Ghosh for their guidance.
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Project: Chip Design for High School

Student from Standard 10th
"The Chip Design for High School Program surpassed my expectations, offering an engaging and beneficial learning experience. The course content and teaching methods, combined with interesting lab sessions, made the program highly impactful. However, pacing the session uploads to three per week would improve the overall experience."
Student from Standard 9th
"The course surpassed my expectations by providing a highly beneficial and practical learning experience. The lab activities were particularly engaging, offering a hands-on approach to chip design that went beyond theory. The segment on types of energies was also very relevant and helpful as it aligned with topics covered in school. While the lab sessions were initially challenging, they became easier over time with practice. Further clarity in the initial explanations of the labs could improve the experience."
Student from Standard 11th
"The course met my expectations, delivering what was promised. I appreciated the clear explanation of concepts, which made learning much easier. The lab programs were especially enjoyable, helping me better understand topics like Boolean logic and other school subjects through practical examples. Incorporating a more activity-based approach could make the course even more interactive and engaging."
Student from Standard 12th
"The course met my expectations by delivering what was promised. The explanations were clear and started at a beginner level, gradually building a strong foundation. I appreciated that physical materials weren't required, making it self-paced and manageable alongside long school hours. However, more interaction with the instructor, such as dedicated doubt-solving sessions on weekends, would enhance the experience. As a robotics enthusiast, this course helped me understand the basics more clearly than self-learning on platforms like Tinkercad."

Project: Product Based RISC-V Skilling Program

Glenn Frey OlamitDesign Engr. 2 at Lattice Semiconductor
Completed a comprehensive program on RISC-V on FPGA and OpenFPGA, covering design and architecture, tools for analysis and simulation, and implementing RISC-V cores on FPGA, supported by the Open-Source FPGA Foundation and industry experts. Gratitude expressed to mentors, contributors, and fellow participants, highlighting the program's goal to democratize hardware design.
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Chip Design for High School Program

Registration for Ethical RISC-V IoT Workshop

Welcome to Ethical RISC-V IoT Workshop

The “Ethical RISC-V IoT Workshop” at IIIT Bangalore, organized in collaboration with VSD, is a structured, educational competition aimed at exploring real-world challenges in IoT and embedded systems. Participants progress through three stages: building an application, injecting and managing faults, and enhancing application security. The event spans from May 9 to June 15, 2024, culminating in a showcase of top innovations and an award ceremony. This hands-on hackathon emphasizes learning, testing, and securing applications in a collaborative and competitive environment.

Rules :
  1. Only for Indian Student whose college is registered under VTU
  2. Only team of 2 members can Register
  3. Use only VSDSquadron Mini resources for product development
Awards :
  1. Prize money for final 10 Team
  2. 3 Winner team’s Product will be evaluated for Incubation
  3. 7 consolation prizes
  4. Completion Certificate to final round qualifier
  5. Chance to build a Proud Secured RISC-V Platform for India

Date for Registration : 9th May - 22nd May, 2024
Hackathon Inauguration : 23rd May 2024

VSDSquadron (Educational Board)

VSDSquadron, a cutting-edge development board based on the RISC-V architecture that is fully open-source. This board presents an exceptional opportunity for individuals to learn about RISC-V and VLSI chip design utilizing only open-source tools, starting from the RTL and extending all the way to the GDSII. The possibilities for learning and advancement with this technology are limitless.

Furthermore, the RISC-V chips on these boards should be open for VLSI chip design learning, allowing you to explore PNR, standard cells, and layout design. And guess what? vsdsquadron is the perfect solution for all your needs! With its comprehensive documentation and scalable labs, thousands of students can learn and grow together.

VSD HDP (Hardware Design Program) Duration-10 Week

With VSD Hardware Design Program (VSD-HDP),  you have the opportunity to push the boundaries of what exist in open source and establish the new benchmark for tomorrow.

It will leverage your degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering to work with

  • Programmable logic
  • Analog/ digital IP
  • RISC-V
  • Architecture & microprocessors
  • ASICs and SoCs on high-density digital or RF circuit cards
  • Gain hands-on knowledge during design validation and system integration.

Sounds exciting to just get started with expert mentors, doesn’t it? But we are looking for the next generation of learners, inventors, rebels, risk takers, and pioneers.

“Spend your summer working in the future !!”

Outcomes of VSD Online Research IP Design Internship Program

  1. Job opportunities in Semiconductor Industry
  2. Research work can be submitted to VLSI International journals
  3. Participate in Semiconductor International Conference with Internship Research Work
  4. Paper Publications in IEEE Conference and SIG groups
  5. Tape out opportunity and IP Royalty
  6. Interact with world class Semiconductor designer and researchers
  7. Academic professions where more research projects are encouraged.
  8. All the above research and publication work will help colleges and institutes to improve accreditation levels.

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VSD – Intelligent Assessment Technology (VSD-IAT)

VSD – Intelligent Assessment Technology (VSD-IAT) is expertly built training platform and is suited for designer requirements. Semiconductor companies understand the value of training automation and Engineer performance enhancement, and do not need to be convinced of the impact of a virtual platform for learning. VSD trainings are quick, relevant, and easy to access from any device at any time zone.

VSD Intern Webinars

VSD Interns made it happen !!

VSD is working towards creating innovative talent pool who are ready to develop design and products for the new tech world. VSD believes in “Learning by doing principle” , and always prepare the student to apply the knowledge learned in the workshops, webinars and courses. We always push our students to work on new designs, test it and work continuously till it becomes the best performing design. Any student who enrolls to VSD community starts working with small design and grows with us and develops a tapeout level design with complete honesty and dedication towards the Work !!

Check out VSD Interns Achievement!

VSDOpen Online Conference

Welcome to the World’s only online conference in Semiconductor Industry VSDOpen Conference. With enormous support and global presence of audience from different segments of industrial lobby and academia made a highly successful event. Evolution is change in the genetic makeup of a population over time, online conference is one kind evaluation everyone adapt soon. 

  • VSDOpen 2022 is an online conference to share open-source research with the community and promote  hardware design mostly done by the student community.
  • VSDOpen 2022 is based on the theme “How to lower the cost to learn, build, and tapeout chips ?”  , which will provide a platform to community to build stronger designs and strengthen the future of Chip design.
  • VSDOpen is envisioned to create a community based revolution in semiconductor hardware technology.
  • The open source attitude is required to bring out the talent and innovation from the community who are in remote part of world and have least access to the technologies.  And now Google support will help to bring the vision to execution by VSD team

VSD Online Course by Kunal Ghosh

VSD offers online course in complete spectrum of vlsi backend flow from RTL design, synthesis and Verification, SoC planning and design, Sign-off analysis, IP Design, CAD/EDA automation and basic UNIX/IT, Introduction to latest technology – RISC-V, Machine intelligence in EDA/CAD, VLSI Interview FAQ’s.

Current Reach – As of 2021, VSD and its partners have released 41 online VLSI courses and was successfully able to teach  ~35900 Unique students around 151 countries in 47 different languages, through its unique info-graphical and technology mediated learning methods.

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