Welcome to a milestone in the world of VLSI and semiconductors - the VSDOpen2023. This year’s conference is not just another event; it's a defining moment that promises to reshape the contours of the industry. RISC-V Hackathon: The Future Begins Here For the very first time, VSDOpen is playing host to the RISC-V product development hackathon finale. From over 200 innovative teams who poured their ingenuity into RISC-V based product ideas, a mere 11 have risen to the top. These selected teams will converge in Bangalore, presenting their working prototypes to a panel of elite judges with decade ..read more

India, the land of innovations and revolutions, is on the brink of another technological metamorphosis. And you, the young minds of our great nation, are at the helm of this transformation. In this groundbreaking year of VSDOpen2023, we witnessed a marvel – the launch of VSD's First RISC-V development board and products. This wasn't just a product launch; it marked the culmination of years of hard work, innovation, and vision. Each year, with milestones like VSDOpen2018's dive into EDA, VSDOpen2019's embrace of IPs, VSDOpen2020's initiation of the Tapeout Flow, VSDOpen2021's monumental VSD S ..read more

If you're looking to enter the world of digital design and computer architecture, learning VLSI and RISC-V can be incredibly beneficial. These skills are in high demand in the tech industry and can lead to exciting career opportunities. But where do you begin? That's where vsdsquadron comes in. This comprehensive platform offers a unique learning experience that can help you master VLSI and RISC-V in a way that's both effective and enjoyable. In this blog post, we'll explore five reasons why you should consider learning VLSI and RISC-V using vsdsquadron. 1) Limited Chips Due to the limited ..read more

While you could do an embedded system design course using “vsdsquadron”, but you could do a lot more as “vsdsquadron” is built for chip designers. With a comprehensive curriculum covering topics such as RISC-V ISA, digital logic design, PCB design, and more, learners can gain a solid foundation in electronics system design and chip design. Additionally, the availability of opensource simulation tools, PDKs and verification resources ensures that learners can explore these subjects in-depth and develop a deeper understanding of the concepts. There are a bunch of topics, infact an entire chip d ..read more

With "vsdsquadron" under safe and capable leadership, it's now the perfect time to expand the reach of RISC-V and VLSI chip design education to even more regions throughout India. Let's empower and equip even more learners with the skills and knowledge to excel in these exciting fields. We were absolutely inspired by the incredible low-end applications that students have already started building on "vsdsquadron" using RISC-V. The excitement level goes through the roof when you realize that you can actually view the RTL of the RISC-V processor that lies within "vsdsquadron". What's even more t ..read more

Calling All Software Developers: Join the open-source chip design movement and expand your skill set! To facilitate software developers, you will get FREE access to VSD's Online Physical Design course on Udemy during the event to discover the exciting world of chip design. If you're a software developer looking to explore a new world of innovation, consider joining the 7nm open-source chip design movement. There's never been a better time to leverage your modern software practices into chip design and push the limits of what can be done. In the world of chip design, there has been a ..read more

Some good news for VLSI and the exact reasons why to join VSD-HDP ChatGPT, as a language model, may not be able to replace VLSI physical design engineers, STA engineers, analog designers, and physical verification engineers for several reasons. One reason is that the IC design process is highly complex, which is quite evident from past VSD-HDP participants and requires a deep understanding of the underlying technology, process nodes, as well as the ability to make decisions based on trade-offs between different design constraints. GPT-like models can assist in automating certain tasks, but t ..read more

This pic represents possible achievements from industry-academia collaboration VSD is happy to present vsdsquadron rev_0, which is an educational board especially for RISC-V and semiconductor learning and training. This is one of the many projects built as a part of VSD-IIIT Bangalore industry-academia collaboration. So how different is vsdsquadron than the other enormous RISC-V and FPGA boards already available in market? It's the only board which is documented from Product specifications - RTL design - SoC design - RISC-V ISA - Physical design - CMOS transistor level which to ..read more

1. What is a latch? Explain using NOT, NAND, and NOR gates. A latch is a type of digital circuit that is used to store and maintain a binary value (either 0 or 1). It consists of two inputs (S and R) and two outputs (Q and Q'). The outputs are the stored values, and the inputs are used to control the stored values. A latch can be implemented using a variety of different gates, such as NOT gates, NAND gates, and NOR gates. Here is an example of how a latch can be implemented using NOT, NAND, and NOR gates: NOT gates: The NOT gate has a single input and a single output. It inverts ..read more

1. What is combinational circuit ? A combinational circuit is an electronic circuit in which the output of the circuit is a function of the current inputs only, and not of the past inputs or outputs. This means that the output of a combinational circuit depends only on the current state of its inputs, and not on any previous input or output states. Combinational circuits are commonly used to perform logical operations, such as AND, OR, and NOT, on binary inputs. They are also used to implement digital circuits that perform arithmetic operations, such as addition and subtraction, a ..read more