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Hands-on RTL Design & Verification

Learn Hardware Design and Verification through our hands-on design challenges, real-silicon like projects, and interactive simulations with waveform debug.

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// Write fifo at the current row pointer

for (genvar i=0; i<FIFO_DEPTH; i=i+1) begin

always_ff @(posedge clk)

if (fifo_wr_en[i]) begin

fifo_data_q[wr_row_ptr_q][i*4+:4] <= nxt_fifo_data;

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Get complete access to every hands-on Hardware Design & Verification course, project, and interactive simulation.

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All courses included7 hands-on courses

Course 01Hands-on RTL Design

25 handpicked questions to up your interview game
Learn about skid buffers, fifos, valid-ready protocol and a lot more
Designing complex microarchitectures with focus on PPA
Converting microarchitecture details into real-world synthesizble RTL
Various industry standard timing optimisation challenges

Included with membership Course 02Hands-on Testbench Design

Various SystemVerilog Verification constructs useful for building modern testbenches
Learn, develop and simulate real-world Testbenches
Start from architecture and go all the way up-to transactions, driver and scoreboards
Build complete testbench with DPI support to verify RV32I RISC-V Processor
Get video explanations and working solutions in SystemVerilog

Included with membership Course 03RISC-V Processor Design

Fundamental concepts of computer architecture and processor design
Practical exposure to the unprivileged RISC-V Instruction Set Architecture (ISA)
Learn to design a single-cycle RV32I compliant processor from scratch in SystemVerilog
Create RISC-V assembly programs and execute them on the designed processor

Included with membership Course 04VIPT Cache Design

Start from Specification and build microarchitecture and RTL
3-stage Pipelined design
SKY130 SRAM Macros
LRU Replacement Policy
SystemVerilog for RTL Design

Included with membership Course 05Hands-On RTL design for Networking Systems

Problemset specialized in design patterns from the world of networking chips
Directly inspired by real world silicon and big tech interview questions
Covers various sub-topics ranging from simple gearboxes to complex packet parsers,arbiters and timing logic.
Power, performance and area tradeoffs to be handled in each problem
Course is available only in System Verilog (Get video explanations and working solutions in Only SystemVerilog)

Included with membership Course 06Owned21 Days of RTL

Various SystemVerilog language constructs useful for writing modern synthesisable RTL
Learn, develop and share RTL Design and Testbenches
Start from a basic mux to designing round-robin arbiters
Get working solutions in SystemVerilog

Free Course 07SystemVerilog for Design

Various SystemVerilog language constructs useful for writing modern synthesisable RTL
Understanding how sequential and combinatorial logic is converted into RTL
Get exposed to converting microarchitecture to RTL
Learn basic building-blocks like counters, shift-registers from ground up

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Prefer a single course? Individual 12-month access is also available on each course page.

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The course features questions ranging from easy to challenging problems. As an ex-software developer, I found it remarkably similar to LeetCode, which immensely helped me prepare for interviews.

Praneeth Kumar

CPU RTL Engineer at Apple · Apple

A long Discord post recommending the Hands-on RTL Design course — Discord

An AMD post-silicon intern secures a full time pre-silicon verification role — Discord

It already helped me gain the experience and confidence I needed to get a job related to this area. Thank you Rahul for such a great course!

Gerardo Gómez Enríquez

FPGA Application Engineer · Intel Corporation

This is one of a kind course that helps you be interview ready in RTL design and brings about a competitive spirit to optimize the PPA of a design.

Neeraj Cheryala

Applications Engineer · Silicon Labs

A performance architect at Intel gives detailed feedback on the platform — LinkedIn

A learner describes going from zero to hero in RTL design — Discord

The course is designed in a competitive coding manner which brought a fresh and engaging approach. I'm gradually building strong foundation in RTL design using Verilog and System Verilog.

Raghvendra

Trained Fresher · NIT Delhi

Its really been a great course and even hearing that the RISC-V is nearing completion I am looking forward to subscribe it. Thankyou so much for the immense hard work.

Bhaumik Chavda

Engineer II · Seagate Technology

A student credits their skills to the instructor's work — Discord

A learner describes the instructor's RTL coding as poetic — Direct message

Varsha Madhuranath, a CPU microarchitect, writes that QuickSilicon's courses helped her restart her career after a break — LinkedInVarsha Madhuranath

Varsha Madhuranath, returning after seven years away from RTL design, calls the course an answer to her prayers — LinkedInVarsha Madhuranath

A learner lists interview questions the course had already covered — Discord

A community member describes the course as an investment rather than a spend — Discord

A follower credits the 100daysofRTL series for landing a job — LinkedIn

Its a first of its kind that we are witnessing a hardware based coding platform and its really very good to both learn and compete.

Sourav Banerjee

RTL Design Engineer · CoreEL Technologies

A Discord member praises the clarity of the course videos — Discord

The instructor delved into all facets including problem statements, microarchitecture, and implementation. The generated waveforms provided an insightful overview. Undoubtedly a valuable investment.

Sai Charan

Digital Design Novice · Arizona State University

A short message saying they got a job because of the course — Direct message

A follower thanks the instructor for the 100daysofRTL posts — LinkedIn

A subscriber shares that they received an offer from Amazon Annapurna Labs — WhatsApp

Rarely does one encounter a course that not only offers immeasurable professional value but also captivates the mind like a thrilling Mission Impossible movie.

Vineeth S Kuduvalli

Senior Design Engineer · Arm

An NC State masters student credits the courses for a Qualcomm CPU RTL design internship — Discord

A learner says they got an ASIC microarchitecture role because of the course — Discord

The question pool is very diverse and covers nearly every aspect of rtl design. Practising these problems has helped me a lot during interviews, and I was able to learn and develop better verilog coding habits.

Naren Vilva

CPU Verification Engineer · MIPS

The debug option with the waves really lets you figure out your own bugs before going to see the solution. I really recommend anyone who is looking for RTL design practice to give it a try.

Shay Dahan

VLSI Design Team Leader · Valens

A practising designer says the problems match real daily work — Discord

A senior FPGA engineer at Quantlab Group reviews the RISC-V course — LinkedIn

Two LinkedIn messages thanking the instructor for launching the course — LinkedIn

An engineer recommends the Verilog course to a peer — Community

A learner calls it the best RTL course they have seen — Discord

An email from a learner who enjoyed the course — Email

A follower is motivated to start their own RTL challenge — LinkedIn

Why Choose QuickSilicon?

Practical, hands-on hardware design learning with transparent course outcomes

Interactive Learning

Learn by doing with our hands-on coding environment and real-time feedback system.

Project-Based

Build real-world projects from simple counters to complete RISC-V processor.

Industry-Ready

Learn industry-standard tools and methodologies used by top hardware companies.

Instructor-Led Curriculum

Learn from course material created by experienced hardware-design practitioners.

Clear Completion Goals

Track module progress and complete the requirements defined for each course.

Simulation Tools

Access open-source simulation tools and synthesis environments.

Our Videos set us apart

Our two-part videos cover microarchitecture design and RTL implementation in System Verilog, offering both a comprehensive understanding of microarchitecture and detailed RTL walkthroughs

Microarchitecture Overview

Comprehensive design principles

Line-by-line RTL walkthrough

Detailed implementation guide

Try out our practice playground

The platform focuses on hands-on learning, offering ability to code, simulate and debug RTL in multiple HDLs.

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About the Instructor

Rahul Behl

With over 10+ years of experience in the semiconductor industry, Rahul is passionate about using technology to solve real-world problems. He is also dedicated to teaching various Hardware Design & Verification concepts with a strong emphasis on practical implementation.

Rahul has worked with companies like ARM and Tenstorrent. He holds a BE (Hons) in Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering from BITS Pilani University.

10+

Years Experience

Semiconductor Industry

2000+

Students Taught

Hardware Design Concepts