Chip Start
Online Learning

High-level, industry-aligned awareness programs designed to help students, graduates, and early-career engineers understand real-world semiconductor and embedded systems workflows — before committing to deep technical specialization.

Program Overview

IC Design

  • End-to-end digital IC design flow
  • Roles: RTL, Verification, Synthesis, Physical Design, STA
  • EDA tools & industry constraints
  • Live demos of real design stages

Embedded Systems

  • Embedded Systems Fundamentals
  • C programming in embedded context
  • Microcontroller peripherals & interrupts
  • Real-world embedded applications

Who Should Join?

Engineering & STEM Students Exploring Career Paths

Fresh Grads Evaluating Specialisation Options

Lecturers Seeking Excosystem Exposure

Non-IC Engineers Looking Into Transitioning

... and anyone in between!

Program Details

IC Design Awareness

A high-level awareness program covering the complete digital IC design lifecycle, designed to help participants understand how modern chips are designed, implemented, and signed off in industry.

Learning Outcomes
  • Understanding the complete RTL-to-silicon flow

  • Recognizing the role of each design stage

  • Understanding EDA tools & design constraints

  • Awareness of real-world chip design decisions

  • Clear pathway into advanced IC design training

  • Day 1: IC Design, Linux, Verilog & Verification

  • Day 2: Synthesis, Physical Design, STA

Date:
3 - 4 March

Time:
10 AM - 5 PM

Mode:
Virtual / Online

Embedded Systems Awareness

The Embedded Systems Awareness Program introduces participants to the fundamentals of embedded systems and how software interacts with hardware in real-world applications.

This program is designed to provide conceptual clarity on embedded architectures, microcontrollers, and embedded C development — helping participants understand what embedded engineers actually do in industry before committing to hands-on specialization.

Learning Outcomes
  • Understand what constitutes an embedded system and how it differs from general-purpose computing

  • Recognize the role of C programming in embedded applications

  • Understand microcontroller-based system architecture and peripherals

  • Appreciate concepts such as interrupts, modular programming, and resource constraints

  • Identify embedded systems career pathways and required skill progression

  • Overview of embedded systems and real-world applications

  • Introduction to microcontrollers and embedded hardware platforms

  • Role of C programming in embedded environments

  • Concepts of structured and modular embedded software design

  • Basics of GPIO, timers, interrupts, and peripheral interfacing

  • Overview of embedded development workflows and toolchains

Date:
5 - 6 March

Time:
10 AM - 5 PM

Mode:
Virtual / Online

*Please be aware that Embedded Systems and RISC-V programs have overlapping date and time*

Come join us!