Welcome to the SISTec- Centre of Excellence in Semiconductor Technology, it's a launchpad for the semiconductor experts of tomorrow. What makes this CoE truly stand out is its rich integration of industry-standard EDA platforms, primarily from Synopsys and Cadence, tools that shape the designs powering the world's most advanced Electronics today.

Chips to Startup (C2S) program plays nationally. This program, driven by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), has become the backbone of India's VLSI talent supply. With over 43,000 students enrolled and nearly 60,000 professionals trained as of mid-2025, the initiative is far outpacing its initial goals, fostering a booming community of skilled designers across more than 270 academic institutions. Through C2S, students gain access to world-class Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools delivered via centralized licensing, enabling them to learn chip design, verification, packaging, and system simulation firsthand. This exposure bridges the gap between classroom theory and practical industry requirements, fueling India's semiconductor mission with a solid pipeline of capable engineers. The end goal is ambitious but clear: develop over 85,000 VLSI-trained professionals by 2030, ready to drive India's semiconductor ecosystem forward.

SISTec's Centre of Excellence, with its comprehensive access to Synopsys and Cadence platforms, positions students at the fore front of India's semiconductor revolution. As the country transitions from producing its first chips to establishing multiple operational fabs, graduates trained on these industry-standard tools will play crucial roles in sustaining India's technological self-reliance and global competitiveness in the semiconductor sector. The combination of world-class EDA tools, practical project exposure, and India's operational manufacturing ecosystem creates an unprecedented learning environment for the next generation of semiconductor professionals.

• Cadence

  Cadence offers a comprehensive suite of Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools essential for integrated circuit design and verification. Assura is used for physical verification, providing design rule checks (DRC) and layout versus schematic (LVS) verification to ensure layout correctness. Spectre is a powerful SPICE-level circuit simulator for accurate analog and mixed-signal simulations. L-Edit, often part of design workflows, supports intuitive layout editing of integrated circuits. Xcelium is a high-performance digital simulation engine supporting major hardware description languages, speeding up logic verification through parallel processing.

  Together, these tools facilitate every critical stage from circuit design, simulation, and physical implementation to final sign-off, ensuring high-quality, reliable chip development.

• Synopsys

  Synopsys provides industry-leading EDA tools for all stages of chip design and verification. VCS handles high-performance logic simulation, Verdi supports advanced debugging, PrimeTime is used for static timing analysis and sign-off, HSPICE excels at transistor-level circuit simulation, and Custom Compiler speeds custom layout creation. Together, these tools ensure reliable, power-efficient, and high-performance silicon solutions for modern semiconductor applications.

• Ansys

  ANSYS Totem delivers advanced transistor-level power noise and reliability analysis for analog, mixed-signal, and custom digital designs, ensuring compliance with stringent power integrity and reliability standards. Raptor-X is a silicon-optimized electromagnetic solver built with hybrid technologies for accurate and efficient modeling in SoC and 3D IC applications, trusted by leading foundries for high-speed product development.

• Keysight

  Keysight Advanced Design System (ADS) is a comprehensive electronic design automation software for RF, microwave, and high-speed digital circuit design, offering integrated simulation, layout, and optimization tools for seamless end-to-end workflows. SystemVue provides system-level design and verification solutions focused on communications systems, enabling designers to model, simulate, and optimize complex RF and digital signal processing chains.

• Xilinx

  Vivado is Xilinx's hardware-centric tool for designing and implementing FPGA logic using HDL or block-based workflows. Vitis builds on Vivado, enabling developers to compile, debug, and accelerate software and hardware using C/C++, providing an integrated flow from hardware design to application acceleration.

• Silvaco

  Silvaco delivers comprehensive TCAD, device simulation, and EDA tools for semiconductor process and device modeling, essential for custom IC design and verification. Together, these tools support sophisticated chip design and verification workflows across multiple technology domains.

• Analog IC Design

  The CoE provides hands-on experience in circuit design, simulation, layout, and verification using industry-standard software. The training typically covers key aspects such as schematic creation, DC/AC simulations, layout editing, design rule checks (DRC), layout versus schematic (LVS) verification, and post-layout parasitic extraction. It equips learners with practical skills to design and validate complex analog and mixed-signal circuits efficiently.

• Digital IC Design

  Digital IC design training on Cadence tools covers the full design flow from RTL coding and functional simulation using Verilog, to synthesis, place and route, and timing verification. It includes hands-on experience with digital implementation tools like Encounter for physical design and Incisive for simulation and verification. This training equips learners to design, simulate, verify, and implement high-quality digital integrated circuits efficiently.

By honing their expertise in these top-tier tools, SISTec students do not just learn; they experience what it takes to create cutting-edge technology. This unique blend of Synopsys and Cadence platforms ensures they develop a well-rounded skill set encompassing both digital verification and analog design-opening doors to diverse semiconductor career pathways. India's journey toward semiconductor self-reliance is powered not only by factories andpolicies but by centers like SISTec's CoE, where passionate learners transform into skilled engineers armed with industry-leading tools.