CHIP DESIGNING GROUP MEMBERS :- Varunavi Neharika Daksh Anubhav Priyanka Swarnim Shouryaa

What is a chip ? Computer chip, also called chip, integrated circuit or small wafer of semiconductor material embedded with integrated circuitry. Chips comprise the processing and memory units of the modern digital computer (see microprocessor; RAM).

What is a integrated circuit ? An integrated circuit or monolithic integrated circuit (also referred to as an IC, a chip, or a microchip) is a set of electronic circuits on one small plate ("chip") of semiconductor material, normally silicon. This can be made much smaller than a discrete circuit made from independent electronic components.

Uses of integrated circuit An integrated circuit (IC), sometimes called a chip or microchip, is a semiconductor wafer on which thousands or millions of tiny resistors, capacitors, and transistors are fabricated. An IC can function as an amplifier, oscillator, timer, counter, computer memory, or microprocessor.

Chip designers Chip designers are basically design engineers who define the chip's architecture, create circuit designs, run simulations, supervise layout, tape out the chip to the foundry and evaluate the prototype once the chip comes back from the laboratory. Chip designers work to make faster, cheaper and more innovative chips that can automate parts or the entire function of electronic devices. A chip design engineer's job ranges right from the architecture, logic design, circuit design and physical design of the chip to the testing and verification of the final product. So a chip architect visualises the product, do complete research or study about it, measure the cost against estimated markets for the chip. The two popular languages being used today for chip designing are Verilog and VHDL.

Types of chips Chips come in a variety of packages. Some of them are :- Memory Chips DIP’S SIP’S PGA’S There are different types of chips. For example, CPU chips (also called microprocessors) contain an entire processing unit, whereas memory chips contain blank memory.

MEMORY CHIPS DIPs PGAs SIPs Dual in-line packages are the traditional bug like chips that have anywhere from 8 to 40 legs, evenly divided in two rows. MEMORY CHIPS A memory chip is an electronic component which can store a program, data or both. PGAs  Pin-grid arrays are square chips in which the pins are arranged in concentric squares. SIPs  Single in-line packages are chips that have just one row of legs in a straight line like a comb. For example, it typically contains a sort area, hash area, session cursor cache, etc.

QUALIFICATION QUALIFICATION REQUIRED FOR BECOMING A CHIP DESIGNER To develop Career in Chip Designing, one should be fully trained and qualified. There are many chip designing courses available by several institutes/universities. Admission criteria depend upon its respective institutes.  List of some professional courses are a follows.  • Diploma in VLSI design • Post-graduate diploma in VLSI design  • Course in VLSI ASIC chip design  • CR + (Chip Level Repairing)  • Certified Hardware Intensive Programme  

CAREER IN CHIP DESIGNING Career in Chip Designing offers you with several employment opportunities in various sectors. Fables firms: These designers actually perform only designing work of chip and do not manufacture the chip  Design Service firms: They carry out contacts with the big firms for designing chips. Silicon intellectual property firms: This firm creates IP for all chips and then deals with other firms for selling chips. EDA (Electronic Design Automation) tool vendors: They examine the purpose of designing chips.  

TOP COLLEGES IN INDIA FOR CHIP DESIGNING  Vasavi College of Engineering, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh  Vel Tech Engineering College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu Sri Sairam Engineering College, Chennai International Institute of Information Technology : School of Information Technology, Pune Sastra University, Tirumalaisamudram , Thanjavur   Indian Institute of Technology (I.I.T.), Kharagpur West Bengal Central Institute of Tool Design Hydrabad