Why choose us?

International Standard Curriculum: The program follows the international standards set by Synopsys, a global leader in Electronic Design Automation (EDA) and semiconductor IP, combining theory and practice to provide comprehensive knowledge from basic to advanced levels.

Certification: Certificates are issued and recognized by both PSTC and Synopsys, and are acknowledged by many leading domestic and international companies in the semiconductor industry.

State-of-the-Art Facilities: PSTC boasts some of the most modern facilities and equipment in Southeast Asia, fully equipped with HPC systems, HAPS virtualization systems, Zebu Server 4, Zebu Server 5, and NDIVIA servers.

A senior faculty team and leading experts with professional experience at Chip design companies and corporations such as Synopsys, TSRI, CoAsia, Viettel, and S-Phenikaa.

Chip Tape-Out Opportunities: Outstanding students from each course have the chance to tape-out a real chip at SiCADA and TSRI in Taiwan.

Career Opportunities: Graduates open the doors to career opportunities at leading companies in the semiconductor industry, both domestically and internationally, with a starting salary of up to 280 million VND per year.

Top experienced instructors

Dr. Le Thai Ha

PhD in IC Design from KU Leuven, Belgium

Dr. Le Thai-Ha, former Project Leader for Viettel’s 5G DFE chip, led the SoC 5G DFE project—a complex chip in Vietnam's first 5G ecosystem with a computational capability of 1 trillion calculations per second.

He completed his Ph.D. and Master’s in Microchip Design at KU Leuven, Belgium, and KAIST, South Korea respectively, specializing in analog and digital design, algorithms, and system design. Since March 2024, he has served as the Director of the Phenikaa Semiconductor Training Center.

With over 16 years of experience in the semiconductor field, Dr. Le Thai-Ha has successfully developed more than 10 chips, contributing significantly to both semiconductor training and microchip design.

Dr. Le Thai-Ha will also be one of the expert trainers, directly teaching at the Phenikaa Semiconductor Design Training Center in the near future.

Education program

Digital chip design training programs

Basic training courses
Frontend design training courses (RTL, FPGA)
Middle-end design training courses (Synthesis, DFT, Verification)
Backend design training courses (PD, PV, Signoff)
Firmware training courses (SDK, CPU, DSP, NPU, AI, OS)
Advanced and system design training courses (ASIP, System Architect, HW-SW Codevelopment, Design for Reliability)

Analog and Mixed-Signal chip creation programs

Basic training courses (3-6 months, depending on the student's background)
Analog and Mixed-signal Layout training courses
Design training courses (PLL, ADC/DAC, PMIC, RF, mmWave, SerDes)

Production training programs - Chip packaging and testing

Chip manufacturing process training courses (IC Fabrication, Semiconductor Technology, IC Thermal Design)
Analog IC Design Courses (AIC, AMPI, ALP, ALI, Noise and Crosstalk, IC interconnects, MSIC, …)
Chip testing and evaluation training courses (System Verilog, ICST, ICVA, ICST)

FACILITIES

With a pioneering vision, Phenikaa Semiconductor Training Center (PSTC) makes significant investments in cutting-edge facilities, equipment, and technology, demonstrating its commitment to training quality and creating the best environment for learning and research. The curriculum integrates both theory and practical training using modern machinery and equipment. Students will develop comprehensive skills, knowledge, and experience necessary to meet businesses' recruitment needs.

ZEBU SERVER

In the modern IC technology space, Zebu Server 4 and Zebu Server 5 have appeared as powerful solutions, featuring outstanding hardware simulation capabilities, effectively supporting the development and testing process. Test semiconductor circuits. Zebu Server 4, with its proven stability and performance, is the ideal tool for designers who want to test quickly and accurately. Moving forward from there, Zebu Server 5 continues to push the boundaries of simulation capabilities with higher speeds, more complex processing capabilities, and an improved user interface, ensuring the highest level of productivity. in the test environment.

HAPS-100

HAPS-100 is an efficient hardware simulation solution, part of Synopsys' HAPS product line, designed to speed up the validation of SoC (System on Chip) designs. The platform offers highly complex simulation capabilities, making it the ideal tool for developers to quickly and accurately prototype electronics before mass production.

GPU A100

The NVIDIA A100 GPU, a prominent part of NVIDIA's Tesla product line, is a device designed to handle machine learning and artificial intelligence tasks with high-end performance. Using NVIDIA's Ampere architecture, the A100 offers a quantum leap in performance and power efficiency, making it the top choice for data centers and research environments that require processing power. Extremely high computational and graphics processing.

Synopsys, Ansys software

At Phenikaa Semiconductor Training Center (PSTC), Synopsys and Ansys software are indispensable tools for designing and analyzing integrated circuits. - Synopsys software offers comprehensive solutions for the simulation, design, and testing of integrated circuits, enabling students and researchers to obtain precise, effective, and quick outcomes. - Ansys is a robust analytical tool that allows users to simulate the actual operating conditions of integrated circuits, thereby optimizing designs to achieve the highest performance. Integrating these two software programs at the center facilitates the research and development of semiconductor integrated circuits with high accuracy and reliability, fostering creativity and innovation within the sector.