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📣 kovezd

Where to learn about semiconductors design?


Where to learn about semiconductors design?


  👤 rasz Accepted Answer ✓
You can start 40 years ago at the source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mead%E2%80%93Conway_VLSI_chip_...

Lynn Conway 'Introduction to VLSI Systems' https://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/conway/VLSI/VLSIText/PP-V2/...

One semester course based on this book, or rather the other way around - book based on notes Lynn Conway made while preparing the course https://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/conway/VLSI/EDN/The%20VLSI%..., was enough for people to start designing real useful chips, like Jim Clark (SGI) Geometry Engine https://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/conway/VLSI/ClassicDesigns/...


👤 odood
Learn VHDL and/or Verilog

Check out https://opencores.org/


👤 hayst4ck
Questions like this almost always need context.

What is your current level of technical understanding? What do you want to achieve through your learning? What do you mean when you say "semiconductor design?"



👤 polalavik

👤 drifter04
Learn about TCAD and atomistic modeling on www.nanohub.org