June 25, 2025
Complex semiconductor chips power today’s cell phones, cars, computers, and more. This on-line Master Class will provide non-technical people who work in and around the chip design industry a high-level overview and understanding of how these complex chips are designed.
Time
10:00 am - 11:30 am PDT
Location
The chips powering today’s cell phones, cars, computers, and more can contain billions of transistors. Designing these chips requires a team of engineers with expertise in various aspects of the design flow, along with Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools that are needed to implement and verify these complex designs.
This Master Class is intended for non-technical staff that wish to understand the basics of semiconductor chip design. It provides an appreciation of the complex design flows and an understanding of some of the terminology used by chip design teams.
For students, the course will introduce some of the rewarding challenges and career opportunities available in the design and EDA industries.
In this class we will cover basic information about digital chips, then introduce some of the key steps and tools used during the design flow. We will also discuss some of the tradeoffs of different implementation methodologies and some of the challenges presented by various critical applications such as devices used in medical and automotive systems.
Agenda
Welcome and Introduction
Introduction to Chip Design and EDA
Course Overview
• Introduction to electronic devices
• Overview of digital logic and chip design history
• Semiconductor manufacturing basics
• Chip design and verification flow
• Implementation choices
• Heterogenous integration
• Interface to manufacturing
• Emerging challenges
Registration
SEMI Members: $49
Use your corporate email address during log in to be recognized as a SEMI Member.
Non-Members: $99
Students: Free
Contact Paul Cohen ([email protected]) with a picture of your student ID to receive your discount code.