Silicon Drafting Institute (SDI) HOME COURSE OUTLINE SCHEDULE QUALITY JOB PLACEMENT TUITION TESTIMONIALS CADENCE PHOTOS CONTACT US Member of Cadence North America University Software Program "Thanks to Cadence Design Systems for its generous continuous support of Silicon Drafting Institute's I.C. Mask Layout Design Training Program. And special thanks are given to the Cadence Program Manager, who has dedicated a lot of time and effort to put the program together." Woo-Ping Lai School Director/Principal Instructor Silicon Drafting Institute is proud to announce that our Institution is a member of the Cadence Design Systems' North America University Software Program. Both Cadence, the leader in delivering high-quality, next-generation commercial grade EDA software for the semiconductor industry and our Institution's collaborative efforts enable us to provide to our I.C. Mask Layout Design Training Program the latest, the greatest and the world's most popular IC software tools. Cadence products have been and will always be the standard EDA tools for the semiconductor industry. Our students will have the opportunity to get an early exposure to a variety of Cadence advanced products; therefore our graduates will possess the skills and knowledge needed and be successful in the trade. In our 8-month I.C. Mask Layout Design Training Program, you will use the following Cadence tools to complete the layout project in class: Virtuoso - Layout editor (VLE) Virtuoso - XL Layout editor (VXL, an advanced version of VLE) Virtuoso Schematic Composer (Schematic entry tool) Assura LVS/DRC (On-line Verification & Extraction tools) Dracula LVS/DRC (Stand-alone Verification & Extraction tools) Cadence Chip Assembly Router (An advanced place & Route and Chip Floor-planning software) *Cadence is a trademark of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. 2655 Seely Avenue, San Jose, CA 95134 Silicon Drafting Institute 1879 Lundy Avenue, Suite 189 San Jose, CA 95131 | +1 (408) 828-2323 Copyright 2020 Silicon Drafting Institute. All rights reserved.