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Re: Ask HN: My son wants to learn how to build ASICs

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Post by rapatel0 »

First get a cheap FPGA and learn verilog. Also I just googled it and Khan academy has a digital logic course.

Once he can build a functional ALU in verilog then have him do bigger projects. Digital logic books have lots of projects in them.

Then there is a fork: 1) go deeper down the logic synthesis route, 2) go into semiconductors, manufacturing, 3) computer architecture and operating systems.

it’s a choose your own adventure book

Re: Ask HN: My son wants to learn how to build ASICs

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Post by floxy »

CMOS: Circuit Design, Layout, and Simulation by R. Jacob Baker

https://www.amazon.com/CMOS-Circuit-Simulation-Microelectron...

I'd looks like there have been many revisions. I've got the first edition from 1998 which covers LASI, a small layout tool for integrated circuits. Seems like it is still a thing: https://cmosedu.com/

Re: Ask HN: My son wants to learn how to build ASICs

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Post by internalfx »

rapatel0 wrote: post #4

First get a cheap FPGA and learn verilog. Also I just googled it and Khan academy has a digital logic course. Once he can build a functional ALU in verilog then have him do bigger projects. Digital logic books have lots of projects in them. Then there is a fork: 1) go deeper down the logic synthesis route, 2) go into semiconductors, manufacturing, 3) computer architecture and operating systems. it’s a choose your own…

Thank You

Re: Ask HN: My son wants to learn how to build ASICs

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Post by internalfx »

floxy wrote: post #5

CMOS: Circuit Design, Layout, and Simulation by R. Jacob Baker https://www.amazon.com/CMOS-Circuit-Simulation-Microelectron... I'd looks like there have been many revisions. I've got the first edition from 1998 which covers LASI, a small layout tool for integrated circuits. Seems like it is still a thing: https://cmosedu.com/

Thank You
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