Learn next-level chip design skills
Teaching the future from where it all started
In Silicon Valley, the original home base of the entrepreneur and innovative leadership, we teach you the latest trends and best practices in VLSI and chip design.
- Next-level VLSI design skills
- Integrated circuit curriculum including ASIC, semiconductor, EDA, device, and integrated circuits.
- 2 Design Tracks: front-end & back-end
- Hands-on practice with premier tools—Cadence, OpenROAD, Siemens, and Synopsys.
We are an Education Partner with the U.S. Chips Act. Our instructors are leaders in global chip design companies and startups. Expand your options.
• Mentored instruction
• Industry-aligned curriculum
• Hands-on projects to build your resume
• In-person, remote, flex, weekend, & evening classes
• 9–12 months to complete a certificate
• Approved for workforce funding
• F-1 visa-compliant
• International OPT opportunities
Take a Course. Earn a Certificate.
Silicon Chip Design and Semiconductor Engineering
Complete this 5-course certificate program in 9–12 months.
CORE COURSES
- SystemVerilog Assertions and Formal Verification
- Advanced Verification with SystemVerilog OOP Testbench
- System and Functional Verification Using UVM (Universal Verification Methodology)
- FPGA Application in Autonomous Driving Systems, Introduction
- Advanced Signaling: Jitter and Noise Analysis
- Practical DFT Concepts for ASICs, SoC and SiP
ELECTIVES: FRONT-END
- IO Concepts and Protocols: PCI Express, Ethernet, and Fibre Channel
- Digital Design with FPGA
- Digital Logic Design Using Verilog
- Analog IC Design, Introduction
- IO Design Fundamentals
- Embedded System Hardware Architectures, Introduction
- Wireless Communications and Mobile Antenna Design, Introduction
ELECTIVES: BACK-END
- Comprehensive Signal and Power Integrity for High-Speed
- Digital Systems
- Practical Design with Xilinx FPGAs
- Physical Design Flow From Netlist to GDSII
- ASIC Physical Design, Advanced
- Timing Closure in IC Design
- IO Design Fundamentals
- Practical Design and Implementation of VLSI Memory Devices