Learning Paths

Structured roadmaps designed to take you from beginner to expert. Choose the path that matches your current goal.

1. Beginner Verification Path

Target: Students & Freshers Foundational Concepts

Start here if you are new to VLSI verification. This path builds the essential mental models needed before tackling complex frameworks.

Digital Basics - Logic, numbering systems, and basic circuits.
Verilog HDL - The language of hardware design.
SystemVerilog Basics - Data types and procedural blocks.
Simple Testbench Concepts - How to drive and monitor signals.

2. SystemVerilog → UVM Path

Target: 1-3 Year Engineers Core Industry Skills

The standard industry progression. Master Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) in SV before seeing how UVM standardizes it.

SV OOP - Classes, inheritance, and polymorphism.
Interfaces - Connecting testbenches to hardware.
Randomization - Constrained random verification (CRV).
Virtual Interfaces - The bridge between dynamic objects and static hardware.
UVM Components - Drivers, Monitors, Agents, and Scoreboards.

3. Protocol Verification Path

Target: Working Engineers High Authority

Deep dive into standard protocols. Learn how to verify complex bus behaviors, not just read the spec.

AXI Basics - Channels, handshake, and architecture.
AXI Ordering - Detailed transaction ordering and ID rules.
Common Deadlocks - How to avoid and debug protocol hangs.
Assertions (SVA) - Formalizing protocol rules.
Coverage Strategy - Measuring verification completeness.

4. Interview Fast Track

Target: Job Switchers High Impact

Focus on the "gotcha" questions and deep reasoning that interviewers actually testing for.

SV Traps - Race conditions, scheduling, and tricky semantics.
UVM Traps - Phases, TLM, and config_db pitfalls.
AXI Patterns - Protocol coherency and corner cases.
Debug Reasoning - Evaluating synchronization and thread communication.