Free learning paths from Verilog and RTL design to signoff, real tool commands, and 1109 interview questions, written by a working senior physical design engineer.
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Each path is a numbered list of lessons you read in order, from Digital Electronics and Verilog through RTL & Logic Design, Synthesis, Physical Design, STA and Low Power. Every lesson explains the idea first, then shows the command or code that does it.
See every learning path →PnR, STA, MMMC and Low Power answers are readable now, each with the reasoning an interviewer is listening for. No login or payment is required.
Topic guides: Setup & hold · OCV, POCV & CRPR · PnR & inputs · MMMC signoff · UPF & low power
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Netlist, SDC, Liberty, tech LEF, cell LEF and MMMC explained line by line on a small demo design: what the PnR tool reads and why each line matters.
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View Complete Library details pageStatic timing analysis from timing paths through PrimeTime signoff reports. Our deepest, most-read collection: ten chapters covering the full setup-to-signoff loop.
Synopsys Design Constraints that carry clock, I/O and exception intent from synthesis to signoff.
Modes, PVT corners, RC parasitics and analysis views used for multi-corner timing signoff.
Build low-power depth, then master physical verification, timing, reliability, correlation, and tapeout evidence through the Signoff Academy.
14-chapter mentor-led handbook to VLSI hierarchical design planning, floorplanning, partitioning, power mesh, clock trunks, and timing budgeting.
8-chapter ICC2 Implementation Mentor Guide carrying one Nimbus-8 design from placement through clock tree synthesis, routing, chip finishing, hierarchical implementation, and ECO signoff.
Build practical low-power physical design knowledge from power architecture and UPF authoring through implementation, verification, and multivoltage signoff.
Physical verification and ASIC signoff mentor guides built from the supplied source PDFs, covering the flow from final implementation to tapeout evidence.
Innovus place and route
Free to read online, PDFs 199 rupees
A stage by stage qualification handbook for Innovus place and route, in 16 chapters from tool and session qualification and design import through floorplan, placement, clock tree, routing, optimisation, extraction and signoff handoff. Each chapter says what to check before you start the stage, what to run, how to read the report, and what counts as healthy, suspicious or a hard stop, so you can decide whether a run is fit to move on instead of only whether the tool finished. It includes a sanity check sheet and a command sheet for every stage, and 486 command forms.
Read every chapter free on the site. The paid download gives you two PDFs for 199 rupees: the 290-page handbook and an 83-page cheat sheet book.
Legacy commands are checked against the vendor reference. Nothing in the book claims a command was run on a live design. Example output is synthetic and thresholds are illustrative.
Synopsys PrimeTime static timing analysis
Free to read online, PDFs 199 rupees
A 17-chapter PrimeTime mentor guide covering reading and linking a design, constraints, clocks, timing paths and exceptions, operating conditions, delay calculation, back-annotation, case and mode analysis, variation, multivoltage design, SMVA, signal integrity, advanced analysis, constraint consistency, reporting and debugging, the ECO flow, and using PrimeTime with Design Compiler.
Read every chapter free on the site. The paid Offline Edition gives you the 17 original chapter PDFs for 199 rupees.
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9-chapter mentor guide to Innovus place and route, from session and environment setup through design data import, floorplanning, power planning, placement, CTS, routing, chip finishing, and signoff ECO closure. Free to read online, no login required.
Read every chapter free on the site. The paid offline bundle gives you all 9 chapter PDFs in one ZIP for 199 rupees.
Free Technical Interview Preparation
Practice 1109 free, source-grounded interview questions with detailed explanations, physical mechanisms, and signoff verification. No login required.
Physical design inputs, NDM/LEF/DEF models, manufacturing grids, pre-floorplan sanity gates, core sizing, macro placement, halos, blockages, and floorplan DRC readiness.
Setup/hold timing paths, clock jitter/skew, SDC constraints, OCV/POCV derates, CRPR pessimism removal, crosstalk noise, and PrimeTime report analysis.
Modes vs corners, PVT analysis views, SPEF parasitics, delay corner setup, ICC2 vs PrimeTime correlation, and multi-corner ECO closure.
Power domains, IEEE 1801 UPF syntax, isolation cells, level shifters, state retention flip-flops, always-on paths, and multivoltage verification.
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