kgeorge123
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Hi All,
I was trying to do pros and cons of Front end ASIC design vs Back end.
Can you please help me in deciding which job should I choose?
Can you tell me which one has more scope in the long run?
Which one is less likely to get outsourced to countries like India and China?
How about verification is it equally prone to outsource?
The pros for Front end is :
1. Gain in lot of domain knowledge/expertise.
2. The major level of RnD effort goes in this and is prime to any product development.
Cons:
3. However once the system has been designed it just needs coding which can be very well done by anyone?
4.These days actual design is very rare and mostly integration of IP happens.So it remains more or less a verification job.
For Back end:
Pros:
1. Involves lot of tools knowledge and knowledge for CMOS process and deep-submicron technologies.
2. Knowledge of layouts and other things is very helpful to get into other aspects of design. One can do memory designs and get diversified into memory design career. A layout expert can as well get into mixed signal design and analog design IP.Easier to shift.
Cons:
However at the base level it just needs lot of tools and tools knowledge which can be easily outsourced to foundries and backend houses in asian countries.
Please understand no offence intended here.
Your help will be very useful.
Thanks
KG
I was trying to do pros and cons of Front end ASIC design vs Back end.
Can you please help me in deciding which job should I choose?
Can you tell me which one has more scope in the long run?
Which one is less likely to get outsourced to countries like India and China?
How about verification is it equally prone to outsource?
The pros for Front end is :
1. Gain in lot of domain knowledge/expertise.
2. The major level of RnD effort goes in this and is prime to any product development.
Cons:
3. However once the system has been designed it just needs coding which can be very well done by anyone?
4.These days actual design is very rare and mostly integration of IP happens.So it remains more or less a verification job.
For Back end:
Pros:
1. Involves lot of tools knowledge and knowledge for CMOS process and deep-submicron technologies.
2. Knowledge of layouts and other things is very helpful to get into other aspects of design. One can do memory designs and get diversified into memory design career. A layout expert can as well get into mixed signal design and analog design IP.Easier to shift.
Cons:
However at the base level it just needs lot of tools and tools knowledge which can be easily outsourced to foundries and backend houses in asian countries.
Please understand no offence intended here.
Your help will be very useful.
Thanks
KG