Learn ASIC design with the 1-minute MOSFET

You can design integrated circuits, at no cost with opensource tools, and even try out designing MOSFETs, inverters and other nifty bits right now without installing anything.

I'll show you some examples, and talk about the course I'm taking to learn to design ASICs from the ground up using both siliwiz and the cool zero-to-asic course.

Check it out yourself at:

The tutorial and lessons are in the lessons button, or you can just see

[wi_zeus]

Thank you so much for this video! I'm very much looking forward to the following videos. Your effort spent on making them is very much appreciated :)
I have actually considered to take this course as well but could not bring myself to spend that much money on it. I guess it really depends on the perspective. I am extremely fortunate to be working in a semiconductor company (but not as a designer) so I have a bunch of colleagues with tremendous knowledge and many interesting stories to share. Who knows, maybe I'll join them one day.
Thanks again!

[chipacharya]

The content is good but 1-minute mosfet is a catchy line. Having more than 10 years of experience in this field its hard to believe that one can make it in 1 minute. Just a polite point of view.

[eitantal]

far out! was looking forward to a replacement for aging nonfree microwind. Other tools are not nearly as user-friendly

[martinwinther]

you really look like you should be teaching shredding on the guitar.

[AndyHTu]

I have a question that I hope doesn't annoy you, but I come from a creative background and have worked in the creative industry in films, videogame and commercial as a Creative Director, but the last 2 years I've been out of work and it has been very hard to find any work in this industry right now.

So now I got a potential job to become an ASIC Designer. I've told the guy that wants to hire me that I know nothing about programming and electrical engineering and it would be very difficult for me to come in and just learn it without foundational skills to get there. He is in a high position and keeps telling me how easy it is to learn, but I told him he has decades of experience in this industry and I don't. But....I'd like to get this job because I'm desperate to get back to work and don't mind working anymore, but I am afraid I won't be able to learn it adequately without any experience. I've been watching videos for awhile to get prepared for this by january. They plan on sending me to school for 6 months to learn it, but is that enough time to grasp the concept to work adequately in this field?

[alandalmiro]

Hello, is it possible to create an ASIC for mining cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and make it profitable? Energy efficient?

[amop]

Great video! You mentioned in the beginning that you have designed analog neural nets. I have been planning to design one myself as a fun summer break project. Are there any tips you may have to get started? From what I’ve heard, it seems like a huge but super rewarding process.

[OMNI_INFINITY]

Much more interested in learning how to convert a simple C app into a chip without having to do all the electronics logic manually like it’s 50 calendar years ago

[OMNI_INFINITY]

My hair is long and sadly a tiny bit has been a little gray recently, so maybe that is why learning microchip design. Sprint sprint sprint (when My body hasn’t been too tired from involuntary “fasting” when visiting shenzhen where some native chinese sadly interfered with Me getting food and drinks before the typhoon yesterday). Anyway, was up involuntarily early because body was requesting food has led to laying in bed instead of finishing the ground connections on a PCB right now and hopefully the food and drinks will arrive soon so can go back to bed. Anyway, glad to find somebody that seems like somebody I would likely be friends with. Thanks for posting these tutorials! Excuse the mildly delirious malnourished rambling.