nature of a cpu design internship

[urmish]

hi guys

i have used this forum a lot for preparing for digital design interviews and learning many concepts in asic design.
i have secured an intern in a cpu design team in a leading semiconductor company. But I still do not know what exactly is expected from an intern and the nature of his job. Also they had mentioned during the interview that I will not be given any design work during the intern period (which is obvious since i am a fresher and no huge project can be completed in 3-4 months).
i was wondering how PERL and TCL languages are useful for such positions.
i am asking this since i want to be a little familiar with the job and prepare a little in advance since i have 10 days to spare.

thanks in advance
urmish

 

[jbeniston]

You will most likely be involved in verification, hence the perl and tcl

 

[rca]

tcl is used by the majority of the EDA tools.

If you work only at frontend level, verification, will be a must.

 

[dkpang]

Perl helps you to write some handy programs