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Certificate Course in Formal Verification

Learn Formal Verification Course Online from Experts with 10+ yrs. of Industry Experience.

Become proficient in Formal Verification and apply formal methods to ensure functional correctness of digital circuits and systems.

Start Date

Duration

5 Months

Training Type

Live Online Classes

Designed for

  • B.E / B.Tech in Electronics / Electrical / Instrumentation/CS
  • M.Tech / M.S in VLSI / Embedded Systems / Electronics / Similar

Course Overview

Formal Verification is a comprehensive course that introduces the principles and techniques of verifying the correctness of digital designs and systems using formal methods.

It covers the theoretical foundations, practical use of Formal Property Verification, and industry-standard tools used in the field of formal verification.

*No Cost EMI

More About The Course

Course Delivery Model

Duration & Timing

VLSI Tools & Lab

Who Can attend this Course

Payments

Placement Assistance

Course Delivery Model

  • Live Interactive Online Sessions on Weekends
  • 6 hours - Live lecture + Lab sessions every weekend.
  • Emphasis on hands-on training aimed at building key skills
  • Weekdays: Lab support through WhatsApp.
  • Flexible learning with Lab Access from anywhere, any time.
  • Group mock interview sessions conducted by Industry Experts.

Duration & Timing

  • 20 weeks / 5 months
  • Total 120 Hours of Instructor Led Live Sessions on Weekends
  • 40 Hours of Self Paced Learning for foundation modules
  • 6-8 Hours/ week Commitment is required for better Learning outcome

VLSI Tools & Lab

Synopsis Tools

  • VCS
  • Verdi
  • VC Formal

Lab Access

  • Flexible learning with online 24x7 lab access running on high-end cloud servers
  • Access VLSI Lab anytime anywhere using VPN

Who Can attend this course

  • Design Verification engineers and designers who want to use formal methods to improve verification performance.
  • Architects and managers who want to upskill
  • Students in EE/EC/CS have knowledge of system Verilog and want to start career in VLSI industry as Formal Verification Engineer
  • Enthusiastic Engineers who have knowledge of verification and want to switch to formal verification roles.

Qualification

  • B.E / B.Tech in Electronics / Electrical / Instrumentation
  • M.Tech / M.S in VLSI / Embedded Systems / Electronics / Similar

Payments

  • Pay through Debit card/ Credit card/ Net banking/ UPI.
  • Avail no cost EMI option with ZERO processing charge from our financial partners. You can choose 6 to 9 months of EMI without paying any additional cost on interest.

Placement Assistance

  • Our Placement Desk works closely with the leading VLSI companies to meet their entry level skilled engineer hiring needs and arranges interview opportunities for our trained engineers. The Hiring companies include both MNC and Service Companies.
  • We provide placement support as a complimentary service until the candidate gets the job. Interested candidates need to register with the placement desk for further assistance. For more information, please speak to our Learning Advisor.

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Curriculum - Online Formal Verification Course

Pre-requisites – Verilog, System Verilog, System Verilog Assertions

  • Introduction to Formal Verification
  • Advantages of Formal Verification
  • Mathematics in Formal Verification
  • Understanding Formal Verification
  • Working of Formal Tools
  • Formal Verification Flow
  • Application of Formal Verification

  • Base of Formal Verification
  • Formal Property Specification
  • Creating SVA properties
  • Assertions Simplification
  • Valid-Ready Handshake
  • Simplification of Assertions using Auxiliary
  • code
  • Request-Grant Handshake

  • Brief Introduction to Different Formal Verification Apps available in industry.

  • FV for Combinational logic,
  • Creating formal properties, data path - how to constraint it, analysis
  • Creating a Formal TB
  • Binding – DUT to the testbench.
  • Lab examples

  • FV for Sequential logic, FSM,
  • Mapping assertions for sequential logic
  • Different flavor of TB
  • Creating a Formal TB
  • Binding – D.U.T to the testbench.
  • Lab examples

  • State Space explosion Problem
  • Over constraining Problem
  • Symbolic Formal Modeling
  • Abstraction Techniques

  • FIFO Testbench setup
  • Assertion guidelines, assumptions,
  • Mix of Auxiliary code,
  • Coverage
  • Reusable formal setup
  • Complex FIFO counter test design
  • Counter abstraction, initial value abstraction,
  • Black -box, cut-pointing.

  • Sign off goal
  • Steps needed for sign-off
  • Cone of influence
  • Higher level coverage,
  • Over constraint Analysis
  • Formal Core Analysis in VC Formal
  • Coverage and signoff for FIFO design using FV

  • Protocol based design APB,
  • Score boarding techniques,
  • Stable variable technique,
  • Concept of tracker

  • FSM Testbench setup
  • Assertion guidelines, Assumptions,
  • score boarding technique, writing invariant
  • Mix of Auxiliary code,
  • Livelock, Deadlock scenarios
  • Coverage

  • APB TB creation
  • VIP creation
  • Usage of VIP for a complex APB based design
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FAQ

Training is delivered in Instructor-Led Virtual Class Room mode, on weekends. To attend the live sessions, you need to login to the chip edge e-learning portal. For Lab access, you will connect to the ChipEdge VLSI lab through a VPN.

Timings:

9:30 am to 1 pm, Saturday & Sundays

These timings are in IST (Indian Standard Timing) time zone.

Session Details:

9.30 am to 11.00 am – Lecture session

11.00 am to 11.30 am – Session Break

11.30 am to 01.00 pm – Lab Session

The course will be delivered by Senior VLSI Engineer with lab assistance from junior VLSI Engineer. Both are currently working in VLSI industry on latest technologies.

ChipEdge trainers are typically having 10 to 20 years of VLSI industry experience and currently working in latest technologies. They are typically project leads or project managers and are selected for their domain expertise, passion for sharing knowledge as well as good teaching skills.

They are available on weekends only, during class hours for live interaction.

Instructor led online courses on weekends, are primarily designed for working professionals who want to upskill themselves.

With shrinking technology nodes and increasing complexity of Chips, engineers are required to enhance their skills to stay relevant in their careers and increase their productivity.

Online courses can help you learn new skills as well as increase your knowledge in the area you are currently working. Skills that take years to master in the workplace can be imbibed in weeks using our combination of theory classes, hands-on training sessions, projects. As these sessions are delivered by Senior VLSI engineers with 10 to 20 years of industry experience, learning from their experiences  is a big takeaway from these courses.

Considering time constraints for all working professionals, you can attend these courses from home.

We use the latest versions of Synopsys Tools, with a dedicated tool license for every trainee during the lab/project work. 28nm libraries are used for labs, projects.

Synopsys tools are used by majority of product / MNC companies in semiconductor(VLSI) industry world wide, not just in India.

Lab Access is provided through VPN. This gives the flexibility to do labs anytime, anywhere at your convenience. All you need is a good broadband connection and a laptop.

It varies as per the course duration (short / long). please check “Lab” tab, in course pages. Our course counselors can help you as well.

We do have installment options for some courses. And EMI option is available through our partner organizations, who provides loans for training programs. please check with our Course Counsellors.

ChipEdge provides placement help to all candidates by providing them industry interview opportunities.

After a successful course completion, certificates will be provided.

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