Being as Electronics/ECE
student, we study Digital-Electronics, Micro-Electronics, VLSI as a subject in
our Engineering. Digital Electronics tells us how we can make flip-flops,
registers, different types of counters etc. and VLSI explains the structure of BJT,
MOSFET, how can we reduce the power consumption, what factors should one keep
in mind while designing different kinds of gates through BJT or MOSFET etc.
Whereas Microelectronics describes the chip formation, how a silicon ingot is
converted into useful chips and what are the fabrication steps that take place
before tape-out. Tape-out is a process where a final chip is ready to release
in market.
We all are aware about I.T. industry. We
know on which language they are currently working, what opportunities we have,
but can we exactly say about VLSI? Can you tell me what VLSI industry is, on
which technologies we are working, what kind of opportunities we have in this
field, what the basic tools we must learn. So, here is a brief description
about that. If you are interested to make career in this field, you must know
•
VERILOG/VHDL
language ie., hardware description language.
•
Along
this, you must have great knowledge of Digital Electronics, FSM Designing etc.
You can do the following with
your VLSI knowledge i.e.,
•
Digital
Design.
•
ASIC:-Application
specific integrated circuits (ASICs).
•
Systems-
on-a-chip (SoCs).
•
Reconfigurable
computing.
Here is a list of job opportunities that
are available in VLSI field.
ASIC frontend designer
FPGA frontend designer
ASIC physical design
engineer
AMS (Analog Mixed
Signal) designer
Library developer
IP design engineer
Verification Engineers
Front-end verification
engineer
FPGA Back-end
verification engineer
Application Engineer
Technical Support
Tech Support Engineer
Product Application
Engineer (PAE)
Reliability
Engineer
Fab/Foundry
Engineer
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Physical design
verification engineer
AMS verification
engineer
EDA tool validation
engineer
IP verification engineer
Board validation
engineer
EDA/CAD Engineers
Software Development
Engineer
Software Test Engineer
Regression and
Automation Engineer
Build and Release
Engineer Application Engineers
Field Application
Engineer (FAE)
Corporate Application Engineer (CAE)
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