I have recently created a series of tutorial videos aimed at assisting the students of our university who are participating in the chipathon contest. The purpose of these videos is to guide them through the process of setting up an open-source IC design environment.
The tutorials are divided into two playlists. The first playlist covers the setup of a virtual machine for open-source IC design, along with the installation of relevant tools and process design kits (PDKs) such as Sky130 and GF180. You can access this playlist through the following link: (
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuagZInUDm_0ikh2Ot7ObliCDP8aW1RFc)
The second playlist is dedicated to the basic inverter design flow, which includes schematic creation, simulation, layout design, design rule checking (DRC), layout versus schematic (LVS) verification, and post-layout simulation. To access this playlist, please follow the link provided: (
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuagZInUDm_3BinLYhJmp7b0v-VEIwVIS). please note that currently, the playlists are only accessible through the provided links and are not searchable on YouTube.
Your feedback on these tutorial videos would be greatly appreciated