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CrackingDigitalVLSIVerificaitonInterviews

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CrackingDigitalVLSIVerification Interviews AlargenumberofjobsinsemiconductorindustryfallinthecategoryofDigitalVLSIDesign andVerification.Withdigitaldesignsbecomingmoreandmorecomplex,demandofDigital VLSIVerificationEngineersisontherise.Increaseindesigncomplexityhasnotonlyledto anincreaseinthenumberofVLSIVerificationjobsbuthasalsoconvolutedthechallenges whichaVerificationEngineerfaceonday-to-daybasis.Overall,thesechangeshavemade DigitalVLSIVerificationachallengingbutaninterestingcareeroption. However,unlikeasoftwarejob,manyrecent/newCollegeGraduatesoftenfinditbitdifficult tosuccessfullylandajobintheVLSIindustry.Thisispartiallyduetothefactthattheskills requiredtobesuccessfulinVLSIindustryaremuchmoreadvancedandinvolvedthanwhat istaughtinColleges/Universitiesthroughregularcoursesandcurriculum.Additionally, absenceofresourceswhichcanprovideone-shop-stopsolutionandcanaid Graduates/ExperiencedFolksinInterviewpreparationaggravatetheproblem. Duetothis,peopleaspiringforacareerinDigitalVLSIVerificationdomainoftentendto ponderuponfollowingquestionsbeforeanInterview:HowshouldIprepareforaDigitalVLS VerificationInterview?WhatalltopicsdoIneedtoknowbeforeIturnupforaninterview? WhatallconceptsdoIneedtobrushup?WhatallresourcesdoIhaveatmydisposalfor preparation?WhatdoesanInterviewerexpectinanInterview? Ifyouhavethesequestionsinyourmind,nowyoursearchendshere! http://verificationexcellence.in/books/

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Keepingthisproblemstatementandthesequestionsintheirminds,authors(RamdasMand RobinGarg**)haverecentlylaunchedabook:"CrackingDigitalVLSIVerification Interview:InterviewSuccess"**,e-bookversionofwhichisnowavailableonAmazon. Thisbookenablesthereaderstopracticeandgraspimportantconceptsthatareapplicable toDigitalVLSIVerificationdomain(andInterviews)throughaQuestionandAnswer approachwithdetailedexplanationsofconcepts. BookalsohasaninterestingsectionwherefourleadersfromDigitalVLSIVerification industrysharetheirexperiences(worthmorethansixdecadesintotal)ininterviewing candidates.Theseexperienceswillassistallthereadersandhelpthembeingbetter preparedforDigitalVLSIVerificationinterviewsastheywouldgetaglimpseofwhatto expectinaninterview.ThankstoChaitanyaAdapa,DurairaghavanKasturirangan,Pradeep Salla,andRoopeshMatayambathforsharingtheirpreciousviewson“Whatdotheylookfor whileInterviewingcandidatesandhowdotheyusuallyarriveatadecisionifacandidate shouldbehired?” Tocapturebriefly: Bookconsistsof500+questionsspreadacrossninesectionswhichcoverfollowingtopics. DigitalLogicDesign(NumberSystems,Gates,Combinational,SequentialCircuits,State Machines,andotherDesignproblems)ComputerArchitecture(ProcessorArchitecture, Caches,MemorySystems)Programming(Basics,OOP,UNIX/Linux,C/C++,Perl)Hardware DescriptionLanguages(Verilog,SystemVerilog)FundamentalsofVerification(Verification Basics,Strategies,andThinkingproblems)VerificationMethodologies(UVM,Formal, Power,Clocking,Coverage,Assertions)VersionControlSystems(CVS,GIT,SVN)Logical

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Reasoning/Puzzles(RelatedtoDigitalLogic,GeneralReasoning,LateralThinking)NonTechnicalandBehavioralQuestions(Mostcommonlyasked)BigthankstoAchutaKiran KumarandPushkinPariforprovidingdetailedreviewsandforewordonthebook. Ithasbeenalittleovertwoweekssincereleaseofthisbook.Bookhasbeenahugehit,and ithasbeenperformingexceedinglywell(actuallybetterthanwhattheauthorshadinitially expected).Lotofgoodreviewsandpersonalemailsaremakingusfeelthatweareableto addlotofvaluethroughthisbook. Authorswouldliketothankallthereadersfortheirkindwordsandencouragement.Youcan enjoyreadingthebookhere.Authorsareopentoyourfeedback.Pleasedoprovideyour valuablecomments,ratings,andreviews. Andlastly,thereisalsoasurprisebonuse-Bookwhichreaderswilldiscoverwhilereading thebook! PS:Thisbookisanindependentworkoftheauthorsandisnotendorsedbytheiremployers Formoredetailsseehttp://verificationexcellence.in/books/ ThanksRamdas&Robin FollowusonTwitter/Quora/LinkedInFollowuson https://www.facebook.com/verificationexcellence/

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FirstChapter GitBookallowsyoutoorganizeyourbookintochapters,eachchapterisstoredinaseparate filelikethisone.

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