Inspiring Minds, Designing Chips
A Fabless Design & Training hub for Up-Skilling graduate engineers for the Semiconductor Industry and perform chip design research and development.
About us
NCDC is a national level initiative to ignite the semiconductor ecosystem in Pakistan. It aims to be an inclusive, open and collaborative entity with a vision to facilitate universities, industries and engineering graduates, thereby placing Pakistan on the global semiconductor map. Key features include
- Train-to-Hire Chip Design & Manufacturing Trainings
- University Memberships & Industrial Partnerships
- EDA Tools, PDKs, and Tape-outs
- Chip Design Startup Incubation
- Chip Testing Services
- Cutting-edge R&D and much more…
Trainings
- Industry Validated Curriculum & Expert Trainers
- Hands-on experience using industry-standard EDA tools
- Complete design to tape-out cycle
- Manufacturing and OSAT training
- Incubation possibilities at training completion
- Stipends available
- Soft-skills mentoring & Extra-curricular activities
- Exit interviews of successful trainees by chip design companies
Digital IC Design
- Computer Architecture
- RISC-V
- Advanced Digital Design
- C Programming
- RTL to GDS Flow using Cadence & Open Source Tools
- FPGA Prototyping
Analog & Mixed Signals IC Design
- MOS Device to Circuit understanding
- Analog design cycle including schematic & layout
- Practical circuit design experience of OTAs, BGR, LDO, VCO, PLL and data converters
- DRC, LVS & chip sign-off process
Digital Design Verification
- Computer Architecture
- RISC-V
- C Programming
- SystemVerilog
- System Verification using UVM
- Fundamentals of Linux & Git
Semiconductor Manufacturing
- Manufacturers Overview
- Semiconductor lifecycle, supply chain & fab processes
- Test & Product Engineering to manage Fabless products
- Quality & Reliability for die & package qualification
- IC Failure analysis, QMS process and flows
PCB & Package Design
- Multi-layer, Mixed Signal PCB Design
- DFM & DFT considerations
- Signal, Power Integrity, EMC, Thermal Analysis
- Design for Manufacturing, Assembly, Testing
- Advanced Package Design, Heterogeneous Integration
Our Team
Project Director
Dr Hammad M Cheema
Analog & RF IC Design
Deputy Project Director
Dr. Waqar Ahmed
Digital IC Design
IC Designers
Karam Ellahi
Analog & Mixed Signal IC Design
Muhammad Haris Farooq
Analog & Mixed Signal IC Design
Shirin Qaisar
Analog & Mixed Signal IC Design
Syed Muhammad Sarmad
Digital IC Design
Chip Gallery
Electro-Impedance Tomography Measurement IC
(2 x 1.9 mm.sq)
High-Throughput Impedance-Measurement IC
(2.1 x 1.9 mm.sq)
Analog Assisted Digital Low Dropout Regulator (LDO) Chipset
(1.1 x 0.8 mm.sq)
Tri-Loop Low Dropout Regulator (LDO) for Power Management in SoCs
(1.2 x 0.8 mm.sq)
Activities
Our Collaborators
Contact Information
Location: NUST Chip Design Centre (NCDC), National University of Sciences & Technology
SINES building, Sector H-12, Islamabad.
Phone Number: 03028641252
Email: contact@ncdc.nust.edu.pk
