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
$980
  • Flexible Attend in person or via Zoom at scheduled times.
Schedule
Date Start Time End Time Meeting Type Location
Sat, 04-04-2026 9:00am 12:00pm Flexible SANTA CLARA / REMOTE
Sat, 04-11-2026 9:00am 12:00pm Flexible SANTA CLARA / REMOTE
Sat, 04-18-2026 9:00am 12:00pm Flexible SANTA CLARA / REMOTE
Sat, 04-25-2026 9:00am 12:00pm Flexible SANTA CLARA / REMOTE
Sat, 05-02-2026 9:00am 12:00pm Flexible SANTA CLARA / REMOTE
Sat, 05-09-2026 9:00am 12:00pm Flexible SANTA CLARA / REMOTE
Sat, 05-16-2026 9:00am 12:00pm Flexible SANTA CLARA / REMOTE
Sat, 05-30-2026 9:00am 12:00pm Flexible SANTA CLARA / REMOTE
Sat, 06-06-2026 9:00am 12:00pm Flexible SANTA CLARA / REMOTE
Sat, 06-13-2026 9:00am 12:00pm Flexible SANTA CLARA / REMOTE
 

This class meets simultaneously in a classroom and remotely via Zoom. Students are expected to attend and participate in the course, either in-person or remotely, during the days and times that are specified on the course schedule. Students attending remotely are also strongly encouraged to have their cameras on to get the most out of the remote learning experience. Students attending the class in-person are expected to bring a laptop to each class meeting.

No meeting on May 23, 2026. 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 Text:

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