M.Tech in VLSI and Embedded System
Future Prospects
Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) has become an integrated part of our life be it in our cars, cell phones, household appliances, cameras, medical devices, and many other places. This rapidly evolving sector offers exciting opportunities in verification based jobs for those with strong fundamentals in electronic circuit design and hardware description languages, interest in VLSI design and verification, and more importantly, the skill to put know-how of VLSI concepts to practice. With the advances being made in technologies like process geometries, features, and product innovations on a daily basis, there is a constant need to design, develop, and re-engineer integrated circuits (ICs). Since products like mobile phones are being released with new features in increasingly shorter cycles, there is a healthy demand for qualified very large scale integration (VLSI) engineers to work on these products. Therefore there is good scope for a career in the VLSI industry.
Placement Scenario
VLSI professionals are always in high demand in the fast-changing chip designing industry. There are over 150 companies catering to this industry, including big names like Texas Instruments, Infineon, Freescale Semiconductor, Cadence, HCL, Intel, Lucent, Motorola, Philips Semiconductor, Qualcomm, Sasken, Conexant, Wipro, and TCS, to name a few. He says, “A career in one of these companies is highly sought after, and developing VLSI skills is a good way to make this dream a reality.”
Career Opportunities In VLSI Field
The VLSI field offers exciting growth opportunities for engineers who are strong in electronic design fundamentals, have an interest in VLSI design and verification, and know-how to apply VLSI concepts to practice. According to TimesJobs.com, “In the VLSI chip design and verification alone, 20,000 to 30,000 engineers are currently employed with over 200,000 engineers working in the broader semiconductor industry, including embedded systems development and board-level hardware design.”Jobs in the IC industry are broadly distributed in four areas: FPGA based embedded system design, embedded based small FPGA application development, application-specific integrated circuits (ASIC) based designs, and VLSI verification for FPGAs/ASICs/embedded based designs. Excellent fundamentals in digital electronics, topped with knowledge in either VHDL or Verilog HDL, can easily get an engineer a job in FPGA based companies, Especially for an M.Tech graduate in VLSI, at entry-level it is highly possible to get an opportunity to work at the design level in the VLSI industry.
Future In Government Sectors
VLSI companies hire at M.Tech levels for VLSI design positions, candidates with good fundamentals in electronics, electrical, or computer science engineering can find positions in areas such as testing and debugging of VLSI chips, Government companies like ISRO, DRDO also demand VLSI M.Tech.
Eligibility
General Eligibility Criteria for M.Tech VLSI Branch The candidates should have qualified B.Tech/BE in Electronics/ Electronics & Communication from any recognized board.
BE/BTech percentage must be a minimum of 50 %.