New Education and Training Model (NETM) Upskill now with industry-led microcredentials.

A semiconductor or silicon chip is a physical product designed to manage and control the flow of current in electronic devices and equipment. Semiconductors are the foundational elements of modern computing and are responsible for powering nearly every electronic device we use on a day-to-day basis. Their rapid growth in performance and integration density resulted in the birth or exponential growth of new industries such as 5G communication and artificial intelligence (AI).

This microcredential will develop skills and knowledge that support semiconductor silicon chip design, including Electronic Design Automation (EDA), digital integrated circuit design fundamentals, and high-level synthesis of digital design.

This microcredential is the first in a series of three that cover the three phases of semiconductor design (system, logical and physical), digital design verification and digital implementation. The stackable microcredentials develop skills in hardware description language (HDL) coding principles and practices and includes applications using Cadence electronic design automation tools.