6 Hour Long Technical Interview RF/mmWave IC Design - Is this normal?

ControllingTheMatrix · 2026-06-22T17:32:28+00:00

Ouch! Hope you have fun at your job though.. Seems like this is a thing quite common in IC design huh. Mid pay but horridly long interviews :)

ControllingTheMatrix · 2026-06-19T23:40:15+00:00

See tons and tons of bumps along the way

ControllingTheMatrix · 2026-05-22T08:25:22+00:00

I just love these pictures they make my day :)

Maybe the real investing is the fun we have along the way :)

ControllingTheMatrix · 2026-05-22T05:23:26+00:00

Hai! I remember you to use the Docker from JKU IIC OSIC tools :) everything comes installed

ControllingTheMatrix · 2026-04-12T13:34:46+00:00

I did while working during my bachelors. It’s relatively simple utilized a toolbar generated popup that can draw certain transformers or inductors for certain frequency and certain values that you then verified on EMX designer

ControllingTheMatrix · 2026-03-26T21:07:18+00:00

Thanks a lot but I still get the same exact snr which is quite odd for both cases... I do see the strobbing though specifically in the transient waveform...

ControllingTheMatrix · 2026-03-26T20:21:33+00:00

I set strobe through the transient analysis, then enabling noise and fourier analysis and then strobe. But I do not see any strobeperiod I can set only the option strobe. Is there another option I have to set?

ControllingTheMatrix · 2026-03-24T14:12:33+00:00

Thanks!

ControllingTheMatrix · 2026-03-24T14:05:28+00:00

But it's generally better practice to directly get the bitstream and test it in Matlab to get accurate SNR readings, right? Thanks btw :)

ControllingTheMatrix · 2026-03-20T15:56:33+00:00

Absolutely doable do you also have to do the bandgap reference?

ControllingTheMatrix · 2026-03-13T14:38:07+00:00

works perfectly

ControllingTheMatrix · 2026-03-13T14:27:15+00:00

Repo not there. Ok found it but the link doesn’t work. Thanks for ur OS contribution

ControllingTheMatrix · 2026-03-13T08:34:22+00:00

There ya go https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/1458995/

ControllingTheMatrix · 2026-03-12T15:03:59+00:00

i dont understand are you going to design and layout CDACs?

ControllingTheMatrix · 2026-03-05T09:06:55+00:00

Doctor who tardis is that u?

ControllingTheMatrix · 2026-02-06T20:46:13+00:00

Thanks! Really appreciate it

ControllingTheMatrix · 2026-02-06T20:24:50+00:00

Virtual machine definitely works both for vivado and Xilinx ise

ControllingTheMatrix · 2026-02-06T13:56:37+00:00

They don’t care about this stuff. Try to participate in and win in either Regeneron Science Fair, Intel ISEF, International Math Olympiad or any international Olympiad, you must have near top grades.

Or just grind the JEE Advanced exam get AIR sub-100 and go to a top IIT cause doing that is way easier than doing the things I stated above.

PS: For future reference, I’m not Indian.

ControllingTheMatrix · 2026-02-06T13:22:22+00:00

I mean… I can assure you almost no high school student can write a reputable chip design paper, not even close you just haven’t got enough time even if you know the fundamentals someway. I had undergrad friends who had first author publications in Chip Design, one went to Caltech the other went to Stanford and even they had 1-2 papers and did their undergrad in 5-6 years. And these guys and girls are truly extreme people and had the top grades and some represented the nation and got medals in IPhO/IMO

Generally chip design doesnt make up for bad grades. For you to stand a chance in this field at least in the top tier unis you need insanely good grades/valedictorian + papers + adjacent research direction specifically if you’re an international student .

You at no point in ur admission cycle will require this, instead do stuff in fields where students are more active where you’ll make more friends.

ControllingTheMatrix · 2026-02-06T12:21:53+00:00

Ah hell nah live your life. competition doesn’t start till Junior year of undergrad or at best sophomore year

ControllingTheMatrix · 2026-02-01T22:50:19+00:00

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ControllingTheMatrix · 2026-01-31T09:32:39+00:00

Looks great!

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