About

RAJIV DAVE, M.S.C.E., is an experienced senior product manager and principal engineer passionate about developing next generation physical design solutions and has led the end-to-end design and development of an AI/Machine learning solution for tool development. He has worked at Synopsys, Nanovata and Avant! as a product specialist role in physical design implementation. 

Dave has 25 years of experience in digital design implementation development and led solutions for place and route EDA tools, ensuring advanced node development for TSMC, Samsung, Intel, and Global foundries. He has led multiple teams focusing on design planning, clock tree synthesis, timing, signal integrity, signal EM, extraction, placement, routing, post-route optimization, leakage optimization, signoff optimization, flip chip and development of the Synopsys RTL Architect tool. He has also published a routing patent. 

Lately he has led the development and deployment of professional training solutions at Synopsys. He has successfully designed and developed engineering certification courses for RTL design, RTL synthesis, design for test, physical synthesis, analog circuit & layout design, signoff and manufacturing engineers. 

Rajiv Dave's courses currently open for enrollment

Introduction to VLSI and ASIC Design

VLSI.X403
$990
  • Live-Online Attend via Zoom at scheduled times.
Schedule
Date Start Time End Time Meeting Type Location
Mon, 09-14-2026 6:30pm 9:30pm Live-Online REMOTE
Mon, 09-21-2026 6:30pm 9:30pm Live-Online REMOTE
Mon, 09-28-2026 6:30pm 9:30pm Live-Online REMOTE
Mon, 10-12-2026 6:30pm 9:30pm Live-Online REMOTE
Mon, 10-19-2026 6:30pm 9:30pm Live-Online REMOTE
Mon, 10-26-2026 6:30pm 9:30pm Live-Online REMOTE
Mon, 11-02-2026 6:30pm 9:30pm Live-Online REMOTE
Mon, 11-09-2026 6:30pm 9:30pm Live-Online REMOTE
Mon, 11-16-2026 6:30pm 9:30pm Live-Online REMOTE
Mon, 11-23-2026 6:30pm 9:30pm Live-Online REMOTE
 

This class is offered in an online synchronous format. Students are expected to log into this course via Canvas at the start time of scheduled meetings and participate via Zoom, for the duration of each scheduled class meeting.

No meeting on October 5, 2026. To see all meeting dates, click "Full Schedule" below.

To see all meeting dates, click “Full Schedule” below.

You will be granted access in Canvas to your course site and course materials approximately 24 hours prior to the published start date of the course.

Required Tools & Materials:

A Practical Approach to VLSI System on Chip (SoC) Design, Chakravarthi, Veena S., Springer Nature, 2022,  ISBN: 9783031183638.

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Prerequisites / Skills Needed

Skills Needed:

  • General understanding of digital logic.
  • Lab exercises require some knowledge of Linux.