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🚀 𝐀𝐌𝐃 𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 – Shared by One of Our Community Member At 𝐕𝐋𝐒𝐈 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐬𝐭'𝐬, we believe that knowledge grows when it's shared. One of our community members recently appeared for an 𝐀𝐌𝐃 𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 and shared the topics discussed during the technical rounds. We're publishing these insights to help fellow VLSI aspirants prepare smarter and build confidence for upcoming interviews. 📚 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐓𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 🔹 𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 • Reducing combinational (Tcomb) and net delay • Clock Skew (Useful vs Harmful) • Antenna Violations • DRC & LVS • Routing Congestion • Global vs Detailed Placement • IR Drop & Electromigration (EM) 🔹 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐬 (𝐒𝐓𝐀) • Setup & Hold Analysis • Timing Slack • Temperature Inversion • Recovery & Removal Checks • OCV, AOCV & POCV • CPPR • Critical Path Optimization • Timing Exceptions 🔹 𝐀𝐒𝐈𝐂 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐰 • RTL → Synthesis → Floorplanning → Placement → CTS → Routing → STA → Signoff • CTS-related discussions • SDC Constraints • MMMC Concepts • LEF & LIB File Formats 🔹 𝐈𝐂 𝐅𝐚𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 • MOSFET Fabrication Flow • Short Channel Effects • FinFET Architecture • FEOL, MOL & BEOL • EUV Lithography 🔹 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 & 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐠 • Blocking vs Non-Blocking Assignments • Synchronous vs Asynchronous Reset • One-Hot vs Binary Encoding • Verilog Coding Questions 🔹 𝐓𝐂𝐋 & 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐱 • Common TCL Commands • Loops & Conditional Statements • Frequently Used Linux Commands 🧮 𝐀𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐓𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐬 • Ratio & Proportion • Time & Work • Speed, Time & Distance • Probability • Permutation & Combination • Average Speed • Logical Reasoning 💡 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐢𝐩: Focus on understanding the concepts behind Physical Design and STA rather than memorizing answers. Interviewers often dive deeper into project work, timing analysis, and the complete RTL-to-GDSII implementation flow. 🤝 𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐕𝐋𝐒𝐈 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲? Share your interview experience with us! Your contribution can help thousands of aspiring VLSI engineers prepare better for their dream opportunities. 📩 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, and we'll feature it on our page to support the growing VLSI community. 📢 𝐅𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐕𝐋𝐒𝐈 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐬𝐭'𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐬𝐀𝐩𝐩 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥 for the latest VLSI job updates, interview experiences, and learning resources: https://lnkd.in/gqzzZYBZ 📸 𝐅𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐕𝐋𝐒𝐈 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐬𝐭'𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 for daily VLSI content, career tips, technical insights, and community updates: https://lnkd.in/g2qdG_WE #AMD #PhysicalDesign #VLSI #ASIC #Semiconductor #STA #RTLtoGDSII #ChipDesign #InterviewExperience #VLSIJobs #EDA #CTS #Verilog