Career in VLSI/ Chip Designing - options and opportunities

Career in VLSI/ Chip Designing - options and opportunities- Introduction, options, opportunities, courses, institutes, exams etc.
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  • RE: Career in VLSI/ Chip Designing - options and opportunities -Career Insights (04/25/18)

  • VEDA (VLSI Engineering and Design Automation) is an industry driven state-of-the-art training institute of excellence in various fields such as VLSI and Embedded system design. Since its outset in 1997, 135 batches have passed out with almost 100% job placement. VEDA has been rated among the top VLSI institutes in India. VEDA houses top quality faculty drawn from both industry and academia and has plenty of tool licensed from world-class vendors.
    The MS in VLSI engineering program at VEDA is ideal if you are looking to develop key theoretical concepts, learn how to adapt and utilize skills in a practical environment, and to stand out in the semiconductor industry.
    ELIGIBILITY:
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    Graduation Percentage: 55%
    Final year students may also apply.
    HOW TO APPLY:
    Apply online at www.vedaiit.org
    Online registration fee: Rs.500/-
    SELECTION PROCESS:
    Admission based on the performance in Entrance Tests & Interview.
    IMPORTANT DATES:
    Last date for submission of the online application form: 22nd May, 2018
    Exam date: 26th May, 2018
    EXAM PATTERN:
    The written exam will be of 3 hours duration comprising of 1 – 5 marks questions in the following pattern
    1. Fill in the blanks
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    Duration: 10:00 AM – 1:00 AM
    Exam Centers: Hyderabad, Guntur, Bengaluru & New Delhi
  • RE: Career in VLSI/ Chip Designing - options and opportunities -Rohit Sharma (11/29/11)
  • Introduction

    VLSI, 'Very Large Scale Integration' is all about Integrated Circuit (IC) design. In other words it is called Chip design. Integrated circuit design is a subset of electrical engineering and computer engineering, consisting the particular logic and circuit design techniques required to design integrated circuits. Chip Designers are engineers who define chip’s architecture, create circuit designs, run simulations, supervise layout, tape out the chip to the foundry and evaluate the prototype once the chip returns from the laboratory. This field is suitable for those students who to do something more challenging and creative. Students with electronic background with good programming skills, strong mathematics and analytical skills are well suited for this career. Today, the two most popular languages used for chip designing are Verilog and VHDL. Nowadays, we have also become dependant on these chips as they are present in most of the electronic appliances which we use everyday, from mobiles, remote of TV to dishwashers and so on. This has increased the demand of chip designers in every sector, be it automobiles, consumer electronics etc.

    Performance and growth of industry in India

    At present, India is showing a huge potential in the market and its chip industry is growing at a rate of 20 per cent annually. There are over 160 Chip design firms in India. The immense pool of talent and growing domestic market has helped the country emerge as an important centre for chip design. The increasing demand for consumer electronic items has increased various career opportunities in chip design industry. Demand of Chip Designers is in excess compared to their supply. All the NITs and IITs totally produce only one fourth of the demand annually. To address the shortage of engineers possessing the right skills, the Indian government has set up a special manpower development programme (SMDP) in this area and spent a huge amount to introduce VLSI in institutes like NITs and IITs.

    Options and Opportunities

    In this industry the main job functions of a Chip Designer are Designing, Testing, Applications, Production and Process Engineering. The job options available to the engineers in this field are Design Engineer, CAD Engineer, Packaging Engineer, Product Engineer, Applications/Systems engineer, Test Engineer, Process Engineer. A chip design engineer's job ranges right from the architecture, logic design, circuit design and physical design of the chip to the testing and verification of the final product. Depending on the experience of the candidate in the industry his role could range from a technical individual to a technical leader to an engineering manager. Some of the major recruitment companies are HCL Technologies, Intel, Micron Tech, Alliance Semiconductor, Texas Instruments, Wipro, Synopsis, Cadence etc.

    Courses Available

    The IITs, NITs and many other universities offer various courses with high quality education in VLSI or Chip Designing.
    - M.E /M.Tech in VLSI Design
    - M.E /M.Tech in Embedded Systems Technologies
    - M.Tech in Embedded Systems and Design
    - M.Tech in Microelectronics and VLSI Design
    - Post Graduate Diploma in VLSI and Embedded Systems
    - Post Graduate Diploma in VLSI Design through Correspondence/Distance learning.
    - Diploma in VLSI Designing
    - Diploma in Embedded Systems Design

    Qualification required

    - Students can take admission in theses courses after passing 10+2 with at least 60% aggregate marks from any recognised board.
    - In order to pursue Master’s degree a candidate should have at least Bachelor’s degree (B.E/B.Tech) in electronics, telecommunications or computer science with high score in GATE.

    Some good institutes

    - Anna University: College of Engineering, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
    - Shri Vaishnav Institute of Technology and Science, Indore, MP
    - Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Goa
    - JB Institute of Engineering and Technology, AP
    - VEDA IIT, Hydrerabad
    - BITS, Pilani,
    - Punjab University
    - Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, Hydrerabad, AP
    - DOEACC Centre, Kerala
    - Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, West Bengal
    - International Institute of Information Technology, School of Information Technology, Pune, Maharashtra
    - National Institute of Technology, Kerala
    - Manipal Centre of Information Science
    - Bharath Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
    - Bharati Vidyapeeths College of Engineering, Pune, Maharashtra
    - Annamalai University Directorate of Distance Education, Tamil Nadu

    Entrance exams

    Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering