Video Series · Beginner-friendly
A 13-part beginner series — no chip-design background needed. Every cut lands exactly on a Phase / Stage boundary of the Vibe-IC flow, so the 13 shorts walk the whole journey: the 44 main-line steps, the two parallel tracks (Analog A1–A9, Mixed-signal M1–M4), and the conditional safety / at-speed steps — each explained in everyday language, ~2:20–3:30 per episode.
Total newcomers with zero IC experience. If you have never heard of RTL, a netlist, or a GDSII file — this is exactly where to start. We introduce each term the moment you need it, in plain words, and only as much as the example needs. No maths, no prior tools.
Episodes 1–11 walk the digital main line: spec & docs (Phase 1), RTL to synthesis (Phase 2), then physical design all the way through tapeout and manufacturing (Phase 3). Conditional safety (FS1) and at-speed test (DT1–DT3) steps are covered where they slot in.
The last two episodes cover the tracks that run alongside the main line: the Analog pipeline (spec → topology → sizing → layout → hardmacro) and the Mixed-signal integration that joins the analog and digital worlds on one chip.
The 13 episodes
All 13 episodes are live — aligned to the ALL_STEPS flow document, every cut on a Phase / Stage boundary. Each card lists the exact steps it covers, and links to the video. Watch the full series in 中文 on YouTube or in English on Vimeo.
Go deeper
Want the full step-by-step map behind these episodes? The complete flow page lists every one of the 63 steps — its input, output, and the EDA tool that runs it.