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Foundations

The logic and the language every chip starts from.

  • Digital Electronics11 lessons · Beginner
  • Verilog14 lessons · Beginner
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Design and verify the RTL before it becomes gates.

  • Design Verification14 lessons · Beginner
  • Clock Domain Crossing8 lessons · Intermediate
  • Hardware Protocols8 lessons · Intermediate
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Turn RTL into a signoff-clean layout.

  • Synthesis11 lessons · Beginner
  • Physical Design11 lessons · Intermediate
  • Static Timing Analysis16 lessons · Intermediate
  • Physical Verification12 lessons · Intermediate
All paths128 STA interview questions

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Power intent and testability across the flow.

  • Low Power Design & UPF13 lessons · Advanced
  • Design for Test8 lessons · Intermediate
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The scripting, the terminal, and the interview.

  • TCL for EDA7 lessons · Beginner
  • Linux for VLSI7 lessons · Beginner
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Become a design verification engineer

DV engineers prove a design works before it becomes silicon. They build testbenches, write constrained-random stimulus and assertions, and measure coverage until the bugs run out. This track goes from digital logic to UVM.

7
free paths
69
lessons
~9 h
of reading

Foundations

  1. Digital ElectronicsThe logic you will be verifying.11 lessons · Beginner
  2. VerilogRead and write the RTL under test.14 lessons · Beginner

Verification

  1. Design VerificationTestbenches, SystemVerilog, UVM, coverage and SVA.14 lessons · Beginner
  2. Hardware ProtocolsAXI, APB, SPI, I2C and UART: what most testbenches drive.8 lessons · Intermediate
  3. Clock Domain CrossingCDC bugs are among the hardest to find in simulation.8 lessons · Intermediate

Tools

  1. Linux for VLSIRegressions run on Linux farms.7 lessons · Beginner
  2. TCL for EDAScripting for tool flows and reports.7 lessons · Beginner

Get hired

  1. 08VLSI domains: which one is for you?How DV compares with design and PD roles.Free
  2. 09Interview BootcampOptional: RTL questions and company-wise interview prep.Course · ₹299
  3. 10A mock interviewOptional: practise answering out loud.Free

What a design verification engineer does

  • Builds SystemVerilog and UVM testbenches
  • Writes constrained-random tests and assertions
  • Measures and closes functional coverage
  • Debugs failures down to the RTL

A project for your resume

Build a UVM testbench for a small APB or AXI-Lite peripheral: constrained-random sequences, a scoreboard, functional coverage and SVA assertions.

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