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The Yantra blog
Explore chip design, build your skills and understand the decisions behind better engineering.
Articles
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Digital design
Before you write RTL, map the system
Start with the blocks, their connections and the job each one needs to do.
Verification
A better way to read a waveform
A closer look at the signals, questions and clues behind a debugging session.
Physical design
From logic to layout: the physical design journey
Explore the decisions that connect a digital design to its physical implementation.
Engineering practice
How to scope your first chip design project
Keep your first project focused, useful and small enough to learn from.
Digital design
What to bring to your next design review
Make your requirements, choices and evidence easier to discuss with a mentor.
Engineering practice
Turn a debugging session into useful learning
Record what you expected, what you saw and what you want to test next.