Newsletter March 2024

“Do not wait until the conditions are perfect to begin. Beginning makes the conditions perfect.” Alan Cohen.

In 2023, the industry faced a lot of challenges with waves of uncertainty. As 2024 is up on the horizon, instead of hoping things to be “perfect”, we at Maven Silicon, are aspiring towards new beginnings. Learning from the past year and moving forward with more courage, dedication and sheer hardwork towards creating a brighter semiconductor future. In this new year, we aim at transforming more VLSI careers and contributing towards the success of the industry with our top-notch VLSI training programs across the globe.

Here’s a summary of what we’ve been up to recently:

Our CEO delivered a keynote in VLSI-D 2024: “Charting the AI-Powered Transformation in the Semiconductor Industry”

In this keynote, our CEO talks about the global evolution of the semiconductor industry, the evolution of AI for Next-Gen advanced AI Chips for the edge computing and data centers and how AI driven EDA will transform the chip design process. He also explains how the Next-Gen Chip Designers can unleash their creative potential by thinking beyond design/software services and innovating products for domestic needs like defence and consumer applications.

Panel Discussion With Top Industry & Academic Experts

Our Founder & CEO, Sivakumar P R, expertly moderated discussions with industry leaders, where panel members Prof. Kaushik Roy, Prof. Amit Patra, Prof. Partha Prati Das, Mr. Sanjay Churiwala, and Prof. V. Ramgopal Rao shared their insights and innovative ideas. This insightful exchange explored crucial strategies for the future of chip design in the evolving AI semiconductor landscape.

2000+ VLSI Aspirants, 700+ VLSI Professionals and 300+ Universities Upskilled & Empowered in 2023

Last year, we upskilled 2000+ VLSI aspirants, trained 700+ VLSI engineers across global organizations, and empowered 300+ universities with our VLSI training programs and solutions. Also, with the help of 100+ placement drives, we’ve helped several aspiring engineers land up a stepping stone in their successful careers in VLSI.

Advanced RISC-V Training for the World’s Leading Wi-Fi Tech MNC

We’re delighted to share that with our Advanced RISC-V Training Program, we’ll be helping the VLSI engineers of the World’s Leading Wi-Fi Tech MNC upskill in RISC-V and make them project-ready faster. We are proud to contribute towards reducing the organization’s time-to-market goals and look forward to solving more challenges in the future.

Preview: Advanced RISC-V Training Course | Maven Silicon – RISC-V Global Training Partner

In this video, our Founder and CEO, Mr. P R Sivakumar, explains how he has authored the new RISC-V training course and how we use this advanced RISC-V course to upskill your engineers on various project-based requirements like RISC-V IP RTL design and verification, RISC-V embedded microcontroller and SoC design and verification, and RISC-V firmware and software development. As a global training partner of RISC-V International, we are now ready with our new RISC-V Training course to upskill your Design Engineers, Verification Engineers, and Embedded Systems Programmers on RISC-V. Watch the preview here.

The future of the semiconductor industry in 2024 depends on the mindset of how each of us focus and contribute towards enhancing the quality of the existing VLSI workforce and also making the Next-Gen VLSI engineers ready for the industry. We at Maven Silicon aim at solving new challenges for our clients and customers with our cutting-edge VLSI training solutions, and will continue imparting the best quality VLSI training across the globe to shape a new beginning for the industry.