Tag: VLSI Design

Lint Check in VLSI Design: Common Linting Errors and How to Fix Them

July 22, 2025July 18, 2025 vlsifacts No Comments

In VLSI design, ensuring high-quality, error-free RTL code is critical for successful chip development. One essential step in this process is performing a lint check on your HDL code. Linting helps detect potential coding issues early, improving code reliability, readability, and synthesis results. This article explains what lint checking is, why it matters in VLSI design, highlights…

Verification, Verilog

Standard‑Cell Libraries 201: Advanced Optimization Techniques for PPA and Silicon Success

July 7, 2025July 7, 2025 vlsifacts No Comments

Standard-Cell Libraries 101 taught you what they are; this 201 guide will teach you how to use them like a silicon pro. From achieving timing closure to shaving off nanowatts of leakage power, advanced knowledge of standard-cell libraries can make the difference between a passable design and a top-tier, power-optimized chip. In this article, we…

Digital Electronics, SoC

Standard‑Cell Libraries 101: What They Are & How They Shape Your VLSI Design

July 5, 2025July 3, 2025 vlsifacts No Comments

Every modern chip—whether in your smartphone, laptop, or car—is built using one fundamental building block: the standard cell. While these cells operate in the background of every VLSI project, understanding them is essential to mastering digital design. In this article, we break down what standard-cell libraries are, how they impact power, performance, and area (PPA),…

Digital Electronics, SoC

What are Pilot Projects in VLSI

March 2, 2023June 18, 2025 vlsifacts No Comments

A pilot project in VLSI refers to a small-scale, initial implementation of a large system with the aim of testing its feasibility, viability and to gather information on the system’s behavior. The objective of a pilot project is to minimize risk and ensure that the system will meet the needs of the end-users. This information…

SoC

Interview Experience – Silicon Interfaces – for Trainee VLSI Design (Off Campus)

August 28, 2015May 18, 2025 Priyadarshi No Comments

Hello everyone !!!This is my interview experience for the post of Trainee VLSI design at Silicon Interfaces, A software and VLSI Design centre. This post also presents my thoughts towards “What should be done to get noticed by VLSI companies“. This article would be of great assistance to those, who are vouching to make a…

Interview Experience