Digital course

Digital course

Want to learn how to design digital chips?

Learn to design your own ASIC and get it fabricated! Thanks to the open source Process Development Kit from Google and Skywater and the LibreLane ASIC flow, we now have the opportunity to get involved in this exciting field without signing NDAs or paying a fortune for tool licenses.

GCC revolutionised compiling, Linux revolutionised computing. Android revolutionised phones. Arduino revolutionised microcontrollers. RISCV is revolutionising ISAs. The next step is open source silicon.

This course will give you the experience of designing your own microchip using free and open source tools and getting it manufactured on an open source PDK.

Of the 650 people who have taken the course, 200 have submitted designs for MPW2, MPW3, MPW4, MPW5, MPW6, MPW7, MPW8 and Tiny Tapeout.

Analog course

Analog course

Want to learn how to design analog chips?

The Zero to ASIC Analog course will guide you through the process of taping out analog integrated circuits using open-source tools. While digital design often relies on hardware description languages and automated synthesis, analog design involves more in depth simulation and drawing circuit layouts by hand. You’ll learn to use tools like Xschem for schematic capture, NGspice for simulation, and Magic for layout.

The course focuses on the Sky130 Process Design Kit, a readily available open-source PDK well-suited for mixed-signal designs. You’ll gain practical experience by drawing schematics, simulating, and ultimately taping out your own analog circuits, culminating in the fabrication of a physical chip through Tiny Tapeout.

Join the growing movement of open source analog chip designers by taking this course!

Testimonials

Having studied analog theory in college but not having the opportunity to tape out left a void in my heart. This course really was the “missing semester” for taping out analog and mixed signal designs. I highly recommend it anyone who wants to bridge this skill gap!

Argunda (analog course)
The really exciting part for me is when you see what you've written actually end up as laid out digital logic.

Robert Baruch (digital course)

Zero To Asic is the best chip design course I have ever seen or heard about. Changed my future career goals thanks to this experience.

Kolos (analog course)

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