Schedule

Day 1 (02-12-2024: Monday)

Date Time Content
02-12-2024 9:30 am – 10:30 am Registrations & Inaugural
02-12-2024 10:30 am – 11:00 am Break
02-12-2024 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Keynote Address: Govindacharyulu
02-12-2024 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Invited Talk: Ramanujam M Thodur, Global Technical Talent Lead, Texas Instruments India Pvt. Ltd
Topic: Career Opportunities in the Fascinating World of Semiconductors
02-12-2024 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Lunch Break
02-12-2024 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Invited Talk: Bhasker Kakani, Co-Founder & CEO, BITSILICA Pvt. Ltd
Topic: High-Performance Data Transfers over Compute Express Link (CXL)
02-12-2024 3:45 pm – 5:30 pm Hands-on-1: Dr. Md. Ziauddin Jahangir, Assistant Professor, CBIT
Topic: Analog Flow using Cadence Virtuso

Day 2 (03-12-2024: Tuesday)

Date Time Content
03-12-2024 9:30 am – 10:30 am Hands-on-2: Venu Madhav, Application Engineer, CoreEL Technologies Pvt. Ltd
Topics:
o Introduction to Xilinx 7 Series FPGA Architecture and Families
o Introduction to Vivado Design Flow
o Elaboration and Simulation of HDL Designs
o Understanding Synthesis and Implementation Flow
03-12-2024 10:30 am – 11:00 am Break
03-12-2024 11:00 am – 1:00 pm Hands-on-3: Venu Madhav, Application Engineer, CoreEL Technologies Pvt. Ltd
Topics: o Understanding Pin Constraining and XDC Files
o Synthesizing and Implementing a HDL Design
o Hardware Implementation on FPGA Board
o Embedded System Design on PYNQ-Z2
03-12-2024 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Lunch Break
03-12-2024 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Hands-on-4: Venu Madhav, Application Engineer, CoreEL Technologies Pvt. Ltd
Topics:
o Introduction to Embedded System Design using Zynq
o Zynq Architecture
o Traditional Embedded Design Flow
03-12-2024 3:45 pm – 5:30 pm Hands-on-5: Venu Madhav, Application Engineer, CoreEL Technologies Pvt. Ltd
Topics:
o Designing with IP Integrator
o Simple Hardware Design for an Embedded System on a Target Board
o Extending the Embedded System into Programmable Logic

Day 3 (04-12-2024: Wednesday)

Date Time Content
04-12-2024 9:30 am – 10:30 am Invited Talk: Dr. Satya Guptha, President, VLSI Society of India
Topic: Making India Electronics and Semiconductor Product Nation
04-12-2024 10:30 am – 11:00 am Break
04-12-2024 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Invited Talk: Prof. V. Ramgopal Rao, Vice Chancellor, BITS Pilani
Topic: Sensor Platform & Affordable IoT Solutions for the Developing World
04-12-2024 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Invited Talk: Mr. Rajesh Gupta, CEO, MOSartLabs
Topic: Cross-Functional Systems Engineering
04-12-2024 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Lunch Break
04-12-2024 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Hands-on-6: Venu Madhav, Application Engineer, CoreEL Technologies Pvt. Ltd
Topics:
o Introduction to PYNQ Framework
o Understanding the Python Productivity Flow
04-12-2024 3:45 pm – 5:30 pm Hands-on-7: Venu Madhav, Application Engineer, CoreEL Technologies Pvt. Ltd
Topics:
o Introduction to Jupyter Notebook
o Demonstration of Python Productivity using PYNQ Z2

Day 4 (05-12-2024: Thursday)

Date Time Content
05-12-2024 9:30 am – 10:30 am Invited Talk: CSS Sarma, Founder, WnP Hyderabad
Topic: Recent Trends in Indian Semiconductor IC Design
05-12-2024 10:30 am – 11:00 am Break
05-12-2024 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Invited Talk: Dr. Alex James, Dean-Academics, Digital University, Kerala
Topic: Crossbar-Based Mixed-Signal Neural Architectures under Variability and Parasitics
05-12-2024 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Invited Talk: Dr. Boya Pradeep Kumar, Director, Incline Invention Pvt. Ltd.
05-12-2024 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Lunch Break
05-12-2024 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm Invited Talk: Dr. Balaji Jayaraman, Member of Technical Staff, Micron Technology, Hyderabad
Topic: Generative AI for Chip Design
05-12-2024 3:30 pm – 3:45 pm Break
05-12-2024 3:45 pm – 5:30 pm Invited Talk: T. Kishore Kumar, Wipro
Topic: Generative AI for Chip Design

Day 5 (06-12-2024: Friday)

Date Time Content
06-12-2024 9:30 am – 10:30 am Invited Talk: Sanjeev Kumar Srivastava, Founder & CEO, ZOICX Technologies
Topic: Silicon Carbide / Gallium Nitride: Powering the Future of the Indian SemiCon Industry
06-12-2024 10:30 am – 11:00 am Break
06-12-2024 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Invited Talk: Dr. Deepak Mishra, Head & Associate Project Director - TDS-01, SAC, ISRO
Topic: Use of VLSI for Signal Processing in Satellite Designs
06-12-2024 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Invited Talk: Raj Sekhar Bochkar, Synopsys EDA Pvt. Ltd
Topic: Hurdles and Horizons in Indian Semiconductor Industry
06-12-2024 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Lunch Break
06-12-2024 2:00 pm – 5:30 pm Hands-on-8: Charishma & Shirisha
Topic: ASIC Backend Using Cadence Tools

Day 6 (07-12-2024: Saturday)

Date Time Content
07-12-2024 9:30 am – 10:30 am Invited Talk: Dr. Krishnakanth Avalur, CTO, MOSart Labs
Topic: CMOS Power Management Integrated Circuits for Automotive Applications
07-12-2024 10:30 am – 11:00 am Break
07-12-2024 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Invited Talk: Prof. P. Sreehari Rao, Professor & Head, Dept. of ECE, NIT-Warangal
Topic: Intricacies of Mixed-Signal IC Design
07-12-2024 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Invited Talk: Mr. Venkat Reddy, Scientist-D, C-DAC, Bangalore
Topic: IO Design for Digital, Analog, Mixed-Signal ICs
07-12-2024 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Lunch Break
07-12-2024 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Panel Discussion
07-12-2024 3:45 pm – 5:30 pm Valedictory